YouTube Commentary On Level Three Sex Offender Concentration In North Minneapolis...

YouTube embed from Jordan Neighbor, blog post by John Hoff

The video embedded above was filmed during a protest slash community meeting about Level Three sex offender concentration in North Minneapolis, which this blog reported on at the time, click here.

I never got around to highlighting this video on my blog when it was belatedly posted to YouTube about five months after the event in question. (But better late than never, this is grass roots media, here)

Ironically, I myself can't watch this video here in Afghanistan...our server just isn't fast enough. Please enjoy it on my behalf.

In light of the recent escapades of Clarence Robinson and Menes Williams, (and I mean "escapades" in the sense of "escapes") this video from April of 2010 seems an appropriate commentary on this ongoing, vexing issue of Level Three sex offenders being dumped in North Minneapolis.

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ANOTHER Level Three Sex Offender Walks Away From A North Minneapolis Half Way House, Rapes A Woman For Four Days (Ever-So-Allegedly)

MN DOC mugshot, therefore public domain, blog post by John Hoff

Level Three sex offender Menes Williams recently walked away from a North Minneapolis halfway house after cutting off his ankle monitor. If you're thinking, "Wait a minute, didn't I just read about this?" you might be recalling the case of Clarence Robinson, a Level Three sex offender who was ALSO dumped in North Minneapolis right after his prison release, and who ALSO cut off his ankle monitor and sauntered away from Department of Corrections custody.

Robinson was on the lam for less than a week before being apprehended. Other than breaking into a school to obtain some food, Robinson apparently didn't pull off any kind of crime spree. But it should be noted he pulled off his crime spree the FIRST time he escaped from the DOC, tying up a woman and raping her.

Now consider: DOC escapee Menes Williams allegedly tricked his way into a woman's house in the Fairview Neighborhood, tied her up, and raped her for four days.

Gee, does anybody think maybe Robinson and Williams sat around their skanky North Minneapolis halfway house and compared notes? This is EXACTLY the kind of thing we can expected when Level Three sex offenders are all concentrated in one place, in direct violation of a toothless state law which says they're NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ALL CONCENTRATED IN ONE PLACE?

There are some folks in DOC I like very much. All the same...I hope the victim of Menes Williams sues the hell out of DOC, and I hope her case is made easier by the "not supposed to concentrate sex offenders all in one place law" which, while toothless, might be valuable ammunition in a tort suit for establishing slam-dunk liability.

Click here for Fox 9 coverage about the Menes Williams escape. Incredibly, Fox 9 seems to be the only mainstream media outlet which even thinks this is a STORY. How, I wonder, did DOZENS of media outlets write about Clarence Robinson, but only Fox 9 writes about Menes Williams when it was WILLIAMS not Robinson who actually went on a sexual crime spree while escaped?

(THIS time)

Well, I don't have those answers, but it's usually this blog's duty to dig up the complete criminal record and provide the small details which the mainstream media skips over. All the way from Afghanistan I will, once again, do my duty...


19-K6-96-002598
WILLIAMS, MENES DANTE
06/08/1977
11/12/1996
Dakota-Hastings - Criminal/Traffic/Petty
Misdemeanor
Converted Closed
(TCIS Amended Charge) THEFT FROM PERSON

Pled Guilty. Apparently was in jail 10 days, got a year of unsupervised probation.

Oww! My wrist!

62-T3-97-055045
97855253
97855253
WILLIAMS, MENES D.
06/08/1977
08/13/1997
Ramsey Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Non- Traffic Misdemeanor
Converted Closed
THEFT
POSSESS STOLEN PROPERTY

Pled to the possession charge, actual theft charge dropped. I smell a plea bargain.

Looks like he got a suspended sentence and, again, unsupervised probation. Seems he might have done 20 days in jail and gotten credit.

62-T2-99-052531
99308075
99308075
WILLIAMS, MENES DANTE
06/08/1977
07/01/1999
Ramsey Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Non- Traffic Misdemeanor
Converted Closed
FALSE INFO TO POLICE
VOCSL POSS SM AMT MARIJ

(Sarcasm font)

Well, now The Man is keeping Menes down. (Is his first name pronounced like "menace?") Knowing he has a criminal record, he feels he needs to lie to the police. He feels bad about himself, so he smokes pot to feel better.

That's the vicious cycle. That's the man keeping you down. DAMN THE MAN!!!!!

(End sarcasm font)

Pled guilty to both. Got, oh my word, MORE UNSUPERVISED PROBATION. Got fined $500, but only had to pay FORTY BUCKS because the rest was stayed. Looks like he got some credit for time served.

62-T5-00-015741
00202822
00202822
WILLIAMS, MENES DANTA (Note different spelling of middle name)
06/08/1977
02/16/2000
Ramsey Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Non- Traffic Misdemeanor
Converted Closed
TAMPER WITH MOTOR VEHICLE
VOCSL POSS SM AMT MARIJ

Pled to the dope. Tamper with motor vehicle charge dismissed. Oh, what's that smell? PLEA BARGAIN!

Had to pay fine and surcharges equal to 8 dime bags.

No, you may not pay in dime bags.

62-K7-00-001405
WILLIAMS, MENES DANTE
06/08/1977
05/01/2000
Ramsey Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Serious Felony
Converted Closed
CSC3-FORCE/COERCION
27-CR-03-031319

Now we see the true Menes Williams, and it turns out he's not a petty thief or dope smoker so much as a perv. According to his Department of Corrections web page, Williams "has a history of sexual contact with female victims (age 15-adult). The contact has included penetration. Victims were vulnerable due to disability. Offender had just met one victim and was not previously known to another victim."

For the "force, coercion" incident in 2000, Williams received 48 months. Oh, fines and surcharges equal to THIRTEEN dime bags. He also had to supply a DNA sample and register as a sex offender.

WILLIAMS, MENSES
06/08/1977
03/21/2003
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Southdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
FALSE NAME TO PEACE OFFICER

Since 48 months is four years, and this incident happened just under three years later, it would appear Williams didn't serve his whole sentence but was right out on the street giving false information to police (sarcasm font) for the "man keeping you down" reasons discussed before. Pled guilty and got a $50 fine.

A FIFTY DOLLAR FINE!!! This guy is a convicted pervert, gives a false name to police, and gets fined FIVE DIME BAGS!!!

Well, he did plead guilty. I smell a plea bargain.

47-K5-04-000158
WILLIAMS, MENES DANTE
06/08/1977
03/08/2004
Meeker
Drange, Steven E.
Misdemeanor
Converted Closed
(TCIS Amended Charge) INTERFER W/9-1-1 CALL
(TCIS Amended Charge) DOMESTIC ASSAULT/C.FEAR
(TCIS Amended Charge) DOMESTIC ASSAULT/B.HARM
5D ASSAULT/BODILY HARM
GIVE PEACE OFFICER F.NAME

Looks like Williams tried to get some kind of relationship going but, well, that didn't work out so well. He pleaded "not guilty" to everything and was only convicted of giving the false name. I wonder if the victim in this case was even willing to testify?

Williams was fined an enormous number of dime bags: $1075 with all the surcharges. Also ordered to pay restitution. Looks like this thing went to collections but was credited $1,103 as "uncollectible."

27-CR-06-028381
WILLIAMS, MENSES
06/08/1977
04/28/2006
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Closed
CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE 4TH DEGREE

Pleaded guilty. I see a notation that says "54 Mo" and another which says 66 days credit for time served. Given the fact this happened in 2006, and 54 months is 4 and one half years, and Williams was in a halfway house until just recently, when he cut off his ankle monitor...

Well, this seems to be the last crime which put him away for a while. Until he just walked away and (allegedly) raped a woman for four days, after being trumpeted by Amicus as some kind of success story.

Yeah, about that...

The Fox 9 story also mentions how Menes Williams was a volunteer for a group called Amicus, (Amicus USA dot org) which appear to be a bunch of wannabe do-gooders whose version of doing good is coddling criminals and writing up nice profiles about them. Here is a link to the article which Fox 9 alludes to in a single sentence, but does not provide a link. (Click here)

I strongly suspect this article might just quietly disappear off the internet, therefore I am going to republish the entire article as a comment to this blog posting so what was gushily written about mad dog rapist Menes Williams will remain in the public record as part of the history of Amicus.

The article says Williams has "a strong interest in blogging for Amicus" and pictures Williams sitting at a computer.

This blog has said it before, but apparently needs to say it again: Level Three sex offenders should not have access to the internet.

Burglar Rapist Clarence Robinson ESCAPES, And KARE Digs Up Interesting Data On Level Three Sex Offenders...

Department of Corrections mugshot, therefore public domain, blog post by John Hoff

Clarence Robinson isn't one of the way-too-many Level Three sex offenders which the Minnesota Department of Corrections has allowed to be dumped into North Minneapolis over the sustained protests of residents. Robinson last resided at a halfway house in the 55403 zip code, when he cut off his ankle monitor (presumably after a great deal of sawing that NOBODY noticed, NOBODY reported) and walked away.

However, in the course of reporting on this story, KARE dug up some information that's highly relevant to the issue of sex offender concentration in the 55411 zip code...



According to KARE, click here for story, over the last year over 200 warrants have been issued for Level Three sex offenders not in compliance. So, let's see, if the 55411 zip code has a ridiculous and disproportionate number of those offenders, HOW MANY OF THOSE WARRANTS INVOLVED LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS WHO RESIDE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS?

Just in case Clarence Robinson should happen to find his way to the 55411 zip code, here's some information from the Department of Corrections that may be helpful.

(Parody font)

First of all, Clarence is a really friendly guy. Feel free (especially if you are female) to walk right up to him, for example, in a line at the convenience store and say something like, "Hey, buddy, if you need some time to find your money, would you mind if I go ahead? I have a small child waiting in my running car."

Then you might add something like, "Your face is familiar. Haven't I seen you somewhere before? Like a Department of Corrections press release?" (Snapping fingers) "Oh, wait, I know! You were on JOHNNY NORTHSIDE DOT COM!"

(End parody font)

But seriously...

In 1997, Robinson committed a first degree burglary in which he raped a female victim in a home in Minneapolis. I don't have the info about where the home was, but Robinson tied the victim's feet and ankles.

Robinson was given a sentence of 204 months, which he managed to make longer by escaping from Carver County, TRYING to escape from Anoka County, plus multiple robbery and burglary convictions which the DOC press release notes dryly were "subsequent convictions."

(So these convictions happened after DOC let him get away the FIRST time?)

Robinson was released from the prison in Stillwater on October 27. It took him a little while to get his bearings and come up with a plan. Six days, to be exact. On November 1, he got rid of the ankle monitor and sauntered away. (DOC says he "walked away" but I think "sauntered" is a more accurate verb)

Gee, I thought those ankle monitor thingies were MONITORED as evidenced by the use of the word "monitor" in the phrase "ankle monitor."

I guess some of the prisoners get PLACEBO ankle monitors.

Anyway, if you see Clarence Robinson...

Hopefully it will be on some street corner, and not stepping through your bedroom door.