Myon Burrell, who was sentenced to life in prison as a teenager and released 18 years later after independent reporting revealed flaws in the murder case that put him behind bars, was charged Friday with felony drug possession one day after police found illicit drugs in his vehicle and tens of thousands of dollars in his Crystal home.

Myon Burrell was arrested in Minneapolis Thursday and formally charged on May 10 with one count of fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance.

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,

Burrell faces a felony drug charge along with charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm in a separate case.