AUSTIN, Minn. – A Nebraska man arrested during a traffic stop in Austin for drug possession has accepted a plea deal in the case. Tyler Joseph O’Brien, 26, was pulled over on I-90 October 18 and the officer learned there was a warrant for O’Brien out of Dakota County. Upon a search of the vehicle police found 369 grams of meth, 33 grams of marijuana, and a .40 caliber handgun. O’Brien remains in the Mower County Jail on $500,000 bond. No trial date has been set.
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