Police Bust Marijuana Grow Operation in Otsego
Theft and DWI arrests in Albertville and St. Michael also kept Wright County Sheriff's deputies busy this week.
Two Otsego men were arrested last week after a search warrant uncovered a marijuana grow operation in their garage and a large amount of heroin in the home. Wright County Sheriff's Office assisted the Anoka-Hennepin Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force in the Jan. 16 search of the home of Steven Nelson Sandberg, 22, and Brian John Hibbard, 21, in Otsego. Sandberg was charged with first-degree sale of heroin, second-degree possession of heroin, and fifth-degree sale of marijuana. Hibbard was charged with fifth-degree sale and possession of marijuana, according to criminal complaints filed by Wright County Attorney's Office. Police found marijuana plants set up in the Otsego garage, and a total of just under nine-and-a-half pounds of …
