2 Lakeville Men Arrested for Drug Possession

Two Lakeville men are facing felony drug charges after police found marijuana and oxycodone in their home last week.

Sunleader Glows Brightly, 73, is charged with two counts of fifth-degree drug possession and Laron Alec Schmidtke, 20, is charged with one count. The maximum penalty on each count is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Schmidtke remained in the Tuesday on a $10,000 bond. Glows Brightly was released on his promise to make all court appearances.

According to the criminal complaints, Lakeville police executed arrest warrants at a home in the 19000 block of Kenwood Trail on the morning of Nov. 4.

When police spotted glass jars full of marijuana in the living room, they obtained a search warrant. During a search of the home, they found a plastic box containing a needle and a glass pipe on a downstairs table; four needles on an entertainment center; spoons with trace amounts of drugs, including oxycodone; and other items containing marijuana, the complaint says.

One of the spoons was found on a countertop in Glows Brightly’s bathroom, according to the complaint. Police also found a plastic box containing trace amounts of drugs in his medicine cabinet, along with half of an orange pill and drug paraphernalia in a lockbox on the porch.

Glows Brightly told police that he owns the home and rents a room to Schmidtke. He denied that any of the drugs found by police belonged to him.

Schmidtke told police that the marijuana in the living room belonged to him and Glows Brightly, but denied knowledge of any of the other drugs or paraphernalia in the home.

Glows Brightly is scheduled to make a first appearance on the charges Dec. 12, and an omnibus hearing in Schmidtke’s case is scheduled Dec. 5, both in Dakota County District Court in Hastings.