U of M research assistant faces meth charge
A man who worked as research assistant at the University of Minnesota is charged with manufacturing methamphetamine.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports two officers patrolling a St. Paul public storage building last week on a theft report found 30-year-old Matthew Lee Krause in a methamphetamine lab in a unit.
According to the university's website, Krause works as an undergraduate research assistant II, in the biology department. The site describes him as a "master cloner," working on developing an in vitro regeneration system for pennycress, a potential source for biodiesel fuel
Krause was charged Tuesday in Ramsey County.
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