Two arrested for drugs and stolen property

Press release from the Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office.

Le Sueur County Sheriff Brett Mason reports that on Tuesday, February 8^th, Agents, with the Cannon River Drug and Violent Offender Task Force, assisted by the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Unit and the Waterville Police Department arrested Nathan William Quast, age 37 and Emily Ann Wagner, age 33 of Waterville after an investigation in their involvement in control substance and possessing stolen property.

Mason advises that Officers arrested Quast and Wagner during a traffic stop in Waterville, Agents located control substance, including methamphetamine and marijuana in their motor vehicle. Officers then executed a Search Warrant at 209 Sakatah Boulevard N in Waterville, where Quast and Wagner were known to be residing and Officers located additional control substances, including methamphetamine, psychedelic mushrooms and drug paraphernalia.

Officers then executed Search Warrants on various storage units that were located at Storage Unit Facilities, including a Facility in Waterville Township and in Le Center, where storage units associated to Quast and Wagner were searched and while searching these storage units, Officers recovered an antique/classic car that was reported stolen from a rural Le Sueur County farm site and a trailer that was reported stolen from the City of Eagle Lake. Additionally, Officers located firearms and ammunition in one of the storage units, noting that based on their criminal history, both Quast and Wagner would be prohibited from possession of firearms and/or ammunition.

Mason reports that the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Unit received various information and tips from the public that was used during the investigation of Quast and Wagner’s criminal conduct.

Mason advises that Nathan Quast and Emily Wagner are both being held in the Le Sueur County Jail and have control substance crimes, possession of stolen property and person prohibited from possessing firearms/ammunition charges pending and will appear in Le Sueur County District Court on Thursday, February 10th for a Bail Hearing.