Looking For Clues About "Ethel Buckingham," Girlfriend Of Shooting Victim Kalvin White...

Facebook photo, Kalvin White, used under First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism, blog post by John Hoff

According to an article in the STar Tribune, Ethel Buckingham was the girlfriend of North Minneapolis shooting victim Kalvin White, and the last person to see him alive...assuming he was still alive when she found him on her porch on the 3100 block of Dupont Avenue North with a gunshot wound. Buckingham tried to give him CPR until the police arrived. She was quoted as saying, "He didn't do anything but go to school and do his music." The STrib, however, dug up Kalvin White's criminal record of stealing from a purse, simple robbery and possessing a gun.

Looking at the state online court records system, MNCIS, there is only one Ethel Buckingham listed. Kalvin White was 24, and this Ethel Buckingham I've turned up was born January 18, 1983 so she's 29. OK, so they're about the right age to be dating each other. She's a bit older than him, but whatever.

The most important clue that MNCIS has PROBABLY turned up the right Ethel Buckingham is the fact the "MNCIS Ethel Buckingham" lives in the 55411 zip code. And then there's the criminal record, so it appears Ethel and Kalvin would have had that in common...


27-CR-03-025469
BUCKINGHAM, ETHEL LAROSE
01/18/1983
04/11/2003
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Southdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
THEFT

Pled guilty. Received a year of unsupervised probation. Credit for 1 day served and the rest of a 30 day sentence suspended. Somehow managed to stay on probation until 4/23/2010, however, and an "amended revocation" shows up. This is no doubt due to OTHER theft charges which happened later. By the way, still owes the court $80 in fees as of TODAY.

27-CR-05-020901
BUCKINGHAM, ETHEL LAROSE
01/18/1983
04/07/2005
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
LITTERING

I've come to see any "littering charge" on MNCIS to mean, "This is one of the people who perpetually throws trash in the street, but at least once didn't realize he/she was doing it right in front of a cop."

Pled guilty, fined $300 but it was all stayed.

27-CR-05-031529
BUCKINGHAM, ETHEL LAROSE
01/18/1983
05/23/2005
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Southdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
THEFT

Pled guilty. Got two days of "sentence to service" in lieu of doing time. A penalty this minor makes being a thief kind of cost effective, doesn't it? I mean, as long as you don't get caught too often.

27-CR-06-010332
BUCKINGHAM, ETHEL LAROSE
01/18/1983
02/13/2006
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
THEFT

Guilty. Looks like 5 days sentence to service in lieu of doing time, and a $50 fine, but also credit for 3 days in jail. Then later there was an "amended modification." There was a warrant issued, but then there was a hearing and interim conditions imposed.

Buckingham still owes $130 on this charge as of today, and as of the moment when police officers met her on that porch with her dead or dying boyfriend.

02-VB-08-23399
02060820087
BUCKINGHAM, ETHEL LAROSE
01/18/1983
11/24/2008
Anoka
Crim/Traf Non-Mand
Dormant
TRAFFIC - SPEEDING - EXCEED LIMIT 39/30

Guilty. But whatever. If all Ethel Buckingham had was a speeding ticket, she wouldn't be worth writing about. Of course, if you're doing 39 in a 30 and police pull you over, police might be more inclined to give you a ticket if they pull up your record and you're a lowlife thief and a litterbug. By the way, Buckingham still owes $125 on this charge.

27-CR-10-8479
BUCKINGHAM, ETHEL LAROSE
01/18/1983
02/25/2010
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
GIVE PEACE OFFICER FALSE NAME/BIRTHDATE/ID CARD
TRAFFIC-DRIVERS LICENSE-DRIVING AFTER SUSPENSION

Guilty of the false name, the other charge was dismissed. Got 90 days. All stayed.

27-CR-11-21796
1110486121
BUCKINGHAM, ETHEL LAROSE
01/18/1983
07/19/2011
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
Theft-Take/Use/Transfer movable property without consent

Guilty. She's on probation until October 27 of this year. Still owes $128 in court fees.

It is unknown if Ethel Buckingham is the same female pictured on Kalvin White's Facebook page and identified as "my boo" or a different female.

This is where Johnny Northside would usually conclude by stating the moral of the story but I've spent a lot of time trying to get MNCIS to pull up, and I'm tired.

Make up your own moral. Thanks.