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Record Feb. 22
Published 12:00pm Friday, February 22, 2008Home search leads to arrest :
An adult female was arrested and charged with fifth degree controlled substance crime after a search warrant was executed at 227 W. Channing Ave., around 12:25 a.m. today. An undisclosed amount of methamphetamine and cash were seized. The name cannot be released at this point because the investigation is ongoing, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department.
The warrant was executed by the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department, West Central Drug Task Force and Fergus Falls Police Department.
Ramsay to appear:
Ruth Ann Ramsay, 49, Perham, will make her first appearance in Otter Tail County District Court, Monday, Feb. 25, at 9 a.m.
Ramsay is charged with theft by taking property without consent theft by swindle; and financial transaction card fraud/use without consent. All are felonies.
Ramsay allegedly embezzled $124,967.55 from a former employer, Perham Eye Clinic, over a 10-year period.
Meth sentence:
Terry Wayne Schiller, 51, Richville and Fergus Falls, pleaded guilty in Otter Tail County District Court and was sentenced Feb. 15 for fifth degree controlled substance crime, possession. On May 5, 2007, Schiller was stopped on a traffic matter near Weetown and was discovered to have meth in his possession.
Schiller was sentenced to 13 months in prison, stayed for 10 years, and up to 10 years supervised probation. He will serve 180 days in Otter Tail County Jail, with credit for 116 days served./ He will pay $1,582 in fines and court costs.
