Alvin Leon Chambers, 30, of Austin was sentenced on Monday in Mower County District Court to 15 months in the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud for felony fifth-degree drug possession. He received credit for 274 days served.

The sentence is concurrent to a 75-month sentence he received in February from Steele County for felony first-degree sales of 17 grams or more of cocaine or meth within a 90-day period.

Judge Christa M. Daily issued the sentencing.

Chambers was arrested on July 9 after an officer, who was searching for Chambers on a warrant, spotted his vehicle in the parking lot of the Western Manor Apartments. Chambers attempted to flee the officer on foot and tripped. The officer saw Chambers throw something that was in his pocket as he was getting up. After Chambers was arrested, the officer found the thrown object, which was a plastic bag that contained approximately eight ounces of cocaine.

A review of Chambers’ criminal record shows prior convictions for first and third-degree drug sales.