JNS BLOG EXCLUSIVE: Naming The Six (Possible) North Minneapolis Crime Families Hours After Polls Close On Election Night...

Stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

About a year ago, a respected community leader (RCL) told me something like, "John, I know you're the only one willing to dig into this story I am about to tell you." The RCL proceeded to tell me half a dozen "crime families" were responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime in North Minneapolis. The crime families had generations of dysfunction and it appeared they taught crime skills to their offspring like a profession.

I obtained the surnames of the families, one of which was (of course) Gomez.

In fact, it was my stories about the Gomez family, documenting three generations of crime, which made that RCL believe I'd be able to get to the bottom of the story of half a dozen crime families. (Click here, and here) 

HOWEVER, hearing of the pattern and assembling the facts isn't as easy as assembling facts and then perceiving the pattern...

Criminal Complaint Provides Ugly Details About Murder At 2311 Queen Ave. N.

Stock photo, Camp Shelby, MS on way to Afghanistan,
blog post by John Hoff

According to a criminal complaint against Honora Tremaine Patterson, click here, Patterson was a "daily visitor" at 2311 Queen Ave. N., where he visited Lolitta M. Malone.

It was Malone's housemate and former boyfriend, Henry Love, who discovered the victim stabbed to death and covered in gasoline. Henry had come downstairs to light a cigarette.

Good thing Henry waited before lighting that cigarette.

A red plastic gas container with some gas still in it was near the body...