Photo by John Hoff
Here is Chris, the reporter (and associate editor) from a local online magazine, in the back yard of the Apartment Complex of Anarchy. A few hours later, the Sanitation Special Forces dropped by to take care of this mess because, after all this time, neither the tenants nor the new management company could somehow manage the relatively minor clean-up.
Litter is the least of our worries when it comes to this evil hole...
Here is the email recently sent by Inspector Martin of the Minneapolis Police Department in regard to recent arrests at this apartment and 416 31st Avenue North, the "problem tenants" who go out of their way to make life difficult for the sweet old Polish lady who grows all those wonderful flowers.
I give you the words of Inspector Martin, with some addendum from the Fourth Precinct Highlights.
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Here are some recent enforcement activities in Eco-Village that may warrant some follow-up.
08-143860, 5/18/08, 1800 hours, 3101 6th Street North, 4 people arrested after a narcotics call to 3101 6th Street North. Two of them had narcotics. (The Fourth Precinct highlights listed the narcotics as crack cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana)
* Terrell Vonshay Roberson, 6/26/86, 3318 Colfax Avenue North, possession of crack cocaine, loitering, trespass. (76 CAPRS)
* Chasary Goenver Walker, 7/22/78, 2954 Oliver Avenue North, possession of prescription narcotics and marijuana, loitering, trespass. (101 CAPRS)
* Gary White, 7/22/76, 6349 Halifax Drive, Brooklyn Center, loitering with intent to buy/sell narcotics, trespass. (55 CAPRS)
* Leola Denise Jackson 7/4/80, 3600 Penn Avenue North #104, Loitering with intent to buy/sell narcotics, trespass. (21 CAPRS)
I have asked the City Attorney's Office to seek geographic trespasses on these individuals.
08-144028, 5/18/08, 2142 hours, 3101 6th Street North--2 males arrested for loitering with the intent to buy/sell narcotics.
* Khameron NMN Lake, 6/30/75, 1410 Queen Avenue North, loitering with intent to buy/sell narcotics (chronic problem in the area) (Addendum: 45 CAPRS on Lake)
* Nathaniel Anthony Jones, 6/28/88, 767 4th Street E., St. Paul, loitering with intent to buy/sell narcotics. (Addendum: 28 CAPRS on Jones)
I have asked the City Attorney's Office to seek geographic trespasses on these individuals.
08-144601, 5/19/08, 1312 hours, 416 31st Avenue North, 1 female resident arrested after trying to hide crack cocaine from officers. Officers were pursuing a suspect who had dropped crack cocaine in 3101 6th Street North and learned he went into 416 31st Avenue North.
* Cherelle Lashey Davis, 3/18/90, 416 31st Avenue North, possession of crack cocaine. (2 CAPRS)
On the Fourth Precinct Highlights, the incident was described like so:
Officers have a male flee from them after they observe him drop suspected crack cocaine and check 416 31st after an anonymous caller said he ran into the address. Officer posted at the rear of the address observes a female lean out an upstairs window and hide suspected crack cocaine in a rain gutter. Original male could not be positively ID'd.
3101 6th Street has become increasingly more problematic. It is open to trespass and drug dealing and the drug dealing there has really heated up over the last week. A great citizen has been calling and giving us excellent probable cause to make stops and arrests.
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Many years ago we had a CCP Safe person working in Hawthorne who took it upon herself to monitor all the drug-related arrests. When someone was arrested, she would contact the owner of the property they gave as their place of residence and let that person know (if it was a rental property) that one of his/her tenants was arrested for drug related activities. The goal being to let them know they had a dealer living in their property. I'm not sure what the outcome was overall, but it's still kind of an interesting idea. Since these drug arrests are public info, I doubt any legalities are a concern.
I love this idea. One more major piece of work to be done, though. It's endless. The work is endless.
But having a blog where this idea can be articulated and discussed is one of the reasons I work so hard to keep this blog interesting and current. The names and addresses of these drug dealers are right here, available for you and everybody else.
"Do what thou wilt."
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