Man gets 4 years in prison for drug charge

Published 10:25 am Monday, March 28, 2011

An Inver Grove Heights man who was found with 12 individually wrapped rocks of crack cocaine in October was sentenced to over four years in prison Friday afternoon in Mower County Court.

Eric Donte Watson, 24, was convicted of third-degree drug possession of over three grams of cocaine.

Watson was arrested along with Quincy Lee Morrow, 23, and Tuquan Lee Smith, 21, on Oct. 27.

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According to a court complaint, the men were arrested near Second Street and Second Avenue SW after police received a call about three men chasing another man near Domino’s Pizza and Napa Auto Parts.

When police arrived, they saw one of the suspects sitting in a Chrysler Sebring yelling out the window. Police took inventory of the vehicle and discovered the cocaine in a cigarette pack inside the car, according to the court complaint.

Police also found a black pouch, pocket-sized scale, numerous plastic bags and razor blades in the trunk.

Morrow is currently wanted on a warrant and has not been sentenced in the case.

Smith is scheduled for sentencing April 7.