AMBOY — A woman who missed her sentencing hearing in December for a felony drug conviction was arrested last week after she attempted to run from a police officer in Amboy.
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The officer was responding to a call from police in Winnebago Wednesday. An officer there asked him to watch for a black Saturn car that was likely heading his way. The car had two women inside who had allegedly stolen items from a house in Winnebago, the Winnebago officer said.
A short time later the Amboy officer spotted a car matching that description. It had two women in the front and a pile of stuff in the back. He stopped the car on Highway 169 just north of the Main Street intersection in Amboy.
He spoke to both women in the car. The driver identified herself as Sarah Ann Rapp, 23. The passenger, later identified as 28-year-old Kristin Marie Rapp, gave the officer what turned out to be a fake name.
As the officer was going to his squad car to have dispatchers check the name, Kristin Rapp got out of the car and started running through a plowed field, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in Blue Earth County District Court. The officer chased her through the field and through a grove of trees next to a farm house before he was able to catch her.
Kristin Rapp had pleaded guilty in October to a felony drug charge for selling methamphetamine to an informant working with the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force. She sold a total of about 3 grams of the drug to the informant for about $400 during two transactions in August. She was arrested in Sibley Park while setting up a third deal with the informant.
Kristin Rapp was released on bail, but a warrant was issued for her arrest in December after she failed to appear at a sentencing hearing.
So the Amboy officer making the stop Wednesday knew she had a drug background. With the help of a drug dog and another officer, the Saturn was searched. The officers reported finding a purse that had been stolen from the Winnebago home and a pipe that they suspect was used for smoking methamphetamine.
A small amount of marijuana was found in Sarah Rapp’s pocket, the complaint said. She told the officers Kristin Rapp was helping her get things from a Winnebago house where she had been living. She also told the officers the methamphetamine pipe belonged to Kristin Rapp.
Kristin Rapp was charged with felony possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor charges for theft and fleeing. Her bail was set at $100,000 during a court appearance Friday
