Man sentenced to 57 months for drug, burglary convictions
Published 7:43 am Friday, May 25, 2018
Christopher Lynn Wright, 29, of Austin was sentenced on Thursday in Mower County District Court to 57 months in the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud for felony third-degree possession of 10 grams or more of methamphetamine. He was also sentenced to 20 months in prison for felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle and 90 days in jail for misdemeanor fourth-degree DWI-under the influence of a controlled substance, though he received credit for 90 days already served.
Christopher Lynn Wright, 29
Wright also pleaded guilty to felony second-degree burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and was sentenced to 51 months in prison. A charge of felony theft was dismissed.
Judge Jeffrey Kritzer issued the sentences.
All of the sentences will be served concurrently.
Wright was arrested on Feb. 16 after police received word he was wanted on a warrant out of Freeborn County and that his vehicle had been seen in Austin. An officer spotted Wright leaving Kwik Trip and heading north on Fourth Street Northwest and activated his lights. The officer chased Wright onto 21st Avenue Northwest and Seventh Street Northwest, where Wright stopped and ran on foot because a gate was blocking the road. He was caught and told the officer that all of the drugs in the car were his.
Police found 11.39 grams of methamphetamine in the car.
On April 9, while at the Mower County Jail, Wright was charged with burglary pertaining to a case from Nov. 1 in which $12,600 was stolen from a residence in the 18000 block of Highway 105 in Austin Township. A relative of the victims was formerly married to Wright’s brother, Billy, who is currently awaiting trial on charges of felony second-degree burglary-unoccupied dwelling and felony theft-take/use/transfer movable property without consent from the same case.
Court documents state that Billy allegedly confessed to the burglary, saying that his role was to keep the victims’ dogs under control, but that Wright kept the money. Documents also state that one of the victims said she suspected the brothers were responsible because Billy was familiar with the dogs, who would likely bite strangers.
