A bad check led police officers to drugs and two arrests on Aug. 21, and now one defendant has pleaded guilty.

Dustin Armin Niemeyer, 38, of Spring Valley, pleaded guilty Thursday to fifth-degree drug possession, a felony.

According to the Mower County court complaint, authorities received a complaint of a bad check from First Farmers and Merchants Bank and the Windmill Inn in Dexter. An employee at the hotel helped officers locate and arrest Laice Jo Hoffman, 33, of Kasson, and Dustin Armin Niemeyer, 38, of Spring Valley. Hoffman also faces a fifth-degree drug charge.

According to the complaint, officers were looking for Niemeyer, who opened his hotel room door for officers and was arrested. However, officers also saw a light bulb used for smoking meth on a nightstand along with baggies that tested positive for meth residue, miscellaneous pills and a third-party check to the hotel.

Officers later arrested Hoffman. They executed a search warrant in her van on Aug. 22 and allegedly found a syringe, 0.2 grams of meth, three marijuana pipes and a digital scale.

Hoffman has yet to plea in the case. Niemeyer is set for sentencing on Nov. 30.