MAY 6--The manager of a Minnesota movie theater sold cocaine hidden in a bag of popcorn to a police informant, according to court records.
Jamie Lynn Hiniker, 39, was named yesterday in a criminal complaint charging her with narcotics sales. Hiniker is the general manager of the four-screen Spotlight Theatres in Mankato, a city 80
miles from Minneapolis.
If convicted of the felony drug count, Hiniker faces a maximum 20-year prison term and a fine of up to $250,000.
Hiniker was a target of a Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force probe, according to a probable cause affidavit. An investigator reported that he knew “through previous investigations” that Hiniker worked at a movie theater and “the sale of cocaine typically took place behind the theater in an alley or at the theater in a popcorn container with popcorn.”