Roseville Woman Charged with Methamphetamine Possession

A Roseville woman has been charged with possession of methamphetamine in South St. Paul late last month.

Amber Lee Scherr, 25, is charged with felony fifth-degree drug possession, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

According to the criminal complaint, South St. Paul police responded to a burglar alarm going off at a business in the 400 block of Villaume Avenue just before 2 a.m. Oct. 24.

As police approached one of the doors, it suddenly opened and two people walked out, one of them Scherr, the complaint says.

Officers searched Scherr and found a glass pipe containing what appeared to be drug residue in one of her pants pockets, according to the complaint.

Dakota County Drug Task Force agents tested the pipe and found trace amounts of methamphetamine.

Scherr later told police that she had used the pipe to smoke crack cocaine a half-hour earlier.

Scherr’s criminal record includes a 2007 conviction in Sherburne County for possession of a small amount of marijuana and a conviction earlier this year in Ramsey County for theft.

Scherr is free on bond.