Albany Police Seize Drugs, Weapons

Two children ages 1 and 2 were taken into protective custody.

Weapons seized from house Photo: Albany Police

(ALBANY) - On Thursday morning, officers of the Albany Police Department conducted a welfare check at 1900 SE Del Rio Avenue #C. The welfare check was in response to a Department of Human Services (DHS) referral that there was possible drug usage and drug dealing at the residence

Officers contacted the occupants of the home and their two children ages 1 and 2.

The occupants were identified as 28-year-old Dusty Ray Anderson and 22-year-old Shawna Marie Brady. During a consent search of the home the officers located over 1/2 pound of marijuana, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, a loaded sawed off shotgun, a .45 caliber derringer and surveillance cameras.

Dusty Ray Anderson was arrested and taken to the Linn County Jail on charges of Possession of a Short Barreled Shotgun, Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine and Endangering the Welfare of a Minor.

Shawna Marie Brady was arrested and taken to the Linn County Jail on a charge of Endangering the Welfare of a Minor. Shawna Marie Brady was also cited to appear on a warrant charging Child Neglect II, Endangering the Welfare of a Minor and PCS Schedule II.