Joseph Gellerman, 34, and James Robert Carlson, 55, and both of Superior, Minnesota have been charged with four counts each of fourth-degree sale of a Schedule I, II, or III controlled substance.

According to the criminal complaint, authorities began an investigation into the store called Last Place on Earth in response to a suspected drug overdose that resulted from bath salts called Riptide. Investigators were working to determine if Riptide was being sold at the main shop, which Carlson owns.

The undercover officers entered the store a number of times and purchased Riptide and another substance called Everest, which were both determined to be Schedule 1 controlled substances.

Bath sales are a relatively new drug on the market. At first, it was not known the effects, but it has been found that the substance, also referred to as “pipe cleaner” can be as dangerous, if not more dangerous, than other illegal drugs on the market.

Because of cooperation from the community, authorities were able to once again take down dealers of the deadly poisons, which has been touted to have some measure of victor and justice. Many of the individuals these drugs have been peddled to are vulnerable to addiction and the results can be deadly.

The prosecutor in the case will be Assistant County Attorney Jon Holets.

Duane Klynn Porter, 27, entered a guilty plea in March to a felony offense of first-degree DWI and to driving after cancellation of his driver’s license. Porter was sentenced to four years in prison on the DWI conviction and one year for driving after cancellation. Both sentences are to be served concurrently.

Porter has had problems with alcohol in the past and issues with the law since he was a minor. It was revealed in court that he had 10 underage consumption citations, two fifth-degree assault convictions, eight felony auto thefts, and three cases of giving police a false name. He also has a third-degree aiding and abetting arson conviction and a first-degree criminal damage to property conviction.

According to the criminal complaint, porter was arrested by a Proctor police officer on January 17 on the suspicion of drunk driving. He was given the chance to call an attorney, but called someone else about getting him more beer.

After taking a breath test, it was found that he had a blood alcohol concentration over three times the legal limit in the state of Minnesota. Police said that porter became combative and said that the cops were playing a game and that he was going to play his, asking them if they remembered when he hit their partner.

It is believed that porter was referring to an incident in March 2001 when he was driving with a blood alcohol concentration of over three times the legal limit and collided with a car driven by a Duluth Police Officer after blowing through a stop light. The officer was severely injured and was just days away from retirement.

When an investigator investigating that crash in 2011 asked Porter how much he had to drink before colliding with the officer, he told the investigator that he hadn’t consumed enough, according to the complaint. The officer, who was at one time Duluth Police Department’s Investigator of the Year suffered bleeding of the brain, a concussion, cuts around both eyes, and bruising around internal organs. He is now retired.

After Porter was convicted of that driving offense, he spent a year in prison, where he was to undergo chemical dependency treatment and follow recommendations. Porter would later violate probation by entering an establishment where alcohol was the main source of revenue, which is forbidden in his probation. This caused his probation to be revoked and he was sent to prison again.

On April 5, 2012, porter was released from prison, but he didn’t report to his probation officer on June 2 and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was again returned to prison and released on November 24, 2012.

Approximately 54 days after being released from prison, Porter was arrested for this latest drunk driving charge, leading to the four year prison sentence.

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