Court documents state that year-old Abdisalan Ali Hilowle was charged with second and third-degree drug sales and a misdemeanor count of fleeing police following an incident on April 2, when Rochester police were called to check on a man and woman and a parked car. The caller who alerted authorities to the situation also noted that there was tinfoil on the driver's lap.
According to the criminal complaint , the responding officer found Hilowle in the driver's seat and a female in a rear passenger seat. The officer also reported seeing what appeared to be a bag of cocaine i n Hilowle's hand and several pieces of burnt tinfoil on his lap.
It was alleged that, after he was directed not to move and place his hands on the steering wheel, Hilowle exited the vehicle and attempted to run away, but stumbled and was apprehended. The charges alleged that the officer "observed numerous items strewn in Hilowle's path," including a bag of suspected cocaine, a bag of suspected fentanyl pills, cash, and drug paraphernalia. The criminal complaint says a search of Hilowle turned up two bags of suspected cocaine, and more than fentanyl pills in his possession.
The charges against Hilowle also indicated that the woman in the vehicle told the officer that she had just purchased one or two fentanyl pills from him.
Court records show that last March, Hilowle was charged with first-degree drug sales and possession after Rochester police responded to a downtown parking ramp and found him and a woman passed out inside a vehicle.
