Trouble Waits For Johnnie B. Riggins Once The Cops Catch Him...

Stock photo and blog post by John Hoff

Johnnie B. Riggins isn't a very successful criminal. Loitering, littering, urination, and panhandling are apparently the best he can do in Hennepin County. And yet, because Riggins didn't appear on a bench warrant on November 8, 2010, the city is gunning for Johnnie...

Through Crime Prevention Specialist Tim Hammett of the Fourth Precinct, the City Attorney is requesting community impact statements for that inevitable day when Johnnie gets caught by the cops. Click here for a link to a sample Community Impact Statement you can forward to the City Attorney when various no-accounts are going before a judge, and keep in mind you don't need to PERSONALLY witness the livability crimes in question, merely their impact. This campaign against "urination poster boy Johnnie B. Riggins" is part of the West Broadway Court Watch initiative, and it's good to hear there is such a thing.

A year or two ago, I used to submit dozens of impact statements through the city attorney's website, click here for a link to that site, but the site doesn't seem to get updated anymore. One hears rumors of a new and improved site to submit Community Impact Statements, scheduled to happen sometime in a bright utopian future which will be upon us within our lifetimes, but so far that doesn't seem to be happening which is a shame...submitting these statements is like eating popcorn or dialing 311 on graffiti: once you start, it's addictive and very hard to stop.

So, yes, I've been missing the opportunity to submit community impact statements very much, something I used to blog about from time to time, click here for an example. But then an email hit my inbox with an opportunity to submit a statement about Riggins to Timothy.Hammett@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

And I thought, hey, I'll do that. But, really, a lot of us need to do THAT. And the system should be made very easy, very accessible so we can do exactly THAT.

In closing, allow me to make public the court records of notorious no-account Johnnie B. Riggins, as follows:


27-CR-94-028847
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
04/12/1994
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
ASSAULT 5TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC)
ASSAULT 5TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC)

27-CR-94-044192
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
06/01/1994
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
3RD DEG BURGLARY

27-CR-95-075778
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
08/29/1995
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Southdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
ASSAULT 5TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC)

27-CR-97-024677
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
03/25/1997
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
THEFT

27-CR-97-113309
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
12/16/1997
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
THEFT

27-CR-02-103041
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
12/26/2002
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
CONSUMING IN A PUBLIC PLACE

27-CR-03-040562
2030065896
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
06/13/2003
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
THEFT - $200 OR LESS

27-CR-04-016614
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
03/12/2004
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
LOITERING WITH OB

27-CR-04-048761
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
07/28/2004
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
THEFT

27-CR-04-067406
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
10/07/2004
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
ASSAULT 5TH DEGREE/DOMESTIC
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
DISORDERLY CONDUCT

27-CR-07-022624
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
04/09/2007
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
TRESPASSING

27-CR-07-024720
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
04/18/2007
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
Offensive Conduct Ordinance
TRESPASSING

27-CR-08-2175
2070351073
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B
10/22/1959
01/14/2008
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
Theft $250 or less

27-CR-09-5979
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B.
10/22/1959
02/04/2009
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
OBSTRUCT LEGAL PROCESS-LAWFUL EXECUTION LEGAL PROCESS

27-CR-09-25318
1090078930
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B
10/22/1959
05/21/2009
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
Trespassing

27-CR-10-4443
1090615624
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B
10/22/1959
01/29/2010
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
Trespass-Occupy/Enter Dwelling/Locked/Posted Build

27-CR-10-35961
0090101841
RIGGINS, JOHNNIE B
10/22/1959
08/05/2010
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
Loiter with an open bottle

I only wish I had a mug shot of Riggins to post. Sigh.