Burnsville man pleads guilty to counts of selling methamphetamine out of Bloomington hotel rooms

Emalyn Muzzy, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
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Oct. 18—A resident of Burnsville pled guilty to two counts of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to a press release by the Department of Justice.

Police arrested Eric Michael Dungy and accused him of selling methamphetamine out of hotel rooms in the summer of 2020. When police arrested him, they found more than $16,000 cash and heroin. After searching his car and his Element Hotel room, they found he had over five and half pounds of methamphetamine, pipes and a handgun among other items.

Dungy got out of jail in November 2020 and on December 14, 2020, he attempted to sell three ponds of methamphetamine to an undercover officer. After police arrested him, they found six and a half pounds of methamphetamine, heroin, 11 cell phones and over $12,000 in cash in several hotel rooms he rented at the Bloomington Country Inn and Suites.

A sentencing date has not been set at this time.