Myon Burrell, the 38-year-old man whose life sentence in connection with the 2008 death of an 11-year-old Minneapolis girl was commuted, has been charged with one count of possession of a fifth-degree controlled substance, according to the Dakota County attorney’s office.
Burrell was reportedly arrested Thursday in Minneapolis following a narcotics investigation by the Hennepin County sheriff’s office.
Burrell, who was 16 at the time a stray bullet struck and killed 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He maintained his innocence. After the Associated Press and APM Reports in 2020 uncovered new evidence and serious flaws in that investigation, the state commuted Burrell’s sentence and he was released, after spending more than half his life in prison.
The Dakota County attorney’s office is handling the new case from Hennepin County “on a conflict basis.”
This is the second time Burrell has been charged with a felony since his release from prison in 2020. The Dakota County attorney’s office is also currently handling a case from August 2023 where Burrell was arrested in Robbinsdale and charged with possession of a firearm by an ineligible person and one count of fifth-degree drug possession.
Burrell is currently in custody at the Hennepin County jail. Bail has been set at $100,000 without conditions and $75,000 with conditions.
