Northfield Woman Charged with Heroin Possession

A Northfield woman has been charged with heroin possession after police say she bought syringes at a Minneapolis drugstore and then went behind the store to inject it.

Madelynn Ann Dufour, 20, is charged with fifth-degree drug possession, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

According to the criminal complaint, signed by Minneapolis Police Sgt. Thomas Peterson, an off-duty officer reported that a woman had entered a drugstore at Broadway and Lyndale avenues at about 6 p.m. Aug. 15 and bought syringes.

The officer said the woman got into a car, and a man drove her behind the drugstore and parked.

When police arrived, the car was still behind the store. Officers approached it and spoke to the male driver, who appeared “very nervous,” according to the complaint.

When the driver got out of the car, officers spotted a syringe and a metal spoon partially hidden beneath the driver’s seat. They asked the passenger, identified as Dufour, to get out of the car, and found another syringe and metal spoon beneath her seat, along with a rock of suspected heroin in the grooves of a screwdriver in the driver’s door, according to the complaint.

Both syringes contained an unknown substance. Police also found a partially looped belt on top of the brake lever.

The suspected drugs tested positive for heroin.

Dufour has been released from custody on a $3,000 bond. She made a first appearance on the charge Aug. 20.

Since 2006, there have have nine deaths in the Northfield area related to heroin or opiate use.

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