Link To "Trashy Straw That Broke Camel's Back" In Appeals Court Case Against Landlord Mahmoud Khan, As StarTribune Reports Khan Might LOSE ALL HIS RENTAL LICENSES!!!!!

Photo by John Hoff, door of a Khan property, blog
post by John Hoff

Click here for a Minnesota Court of Appeals case from December of 2014. 

We Are Winning! 

In yet another major piece of progress for North Minneapolis neighborhood revitalization, the Star Tribune is reporting that slumlord Mahmood Khan likely faces the loss of all his rental licenses, which would be the biggest action against a landlord by Minneapolis since...

Years Of Court Battles For Mahmood Khan, Owner Of A North Minneapolis Rental Property Empire In Tatters...

Photo by Jeff Skrenes, a/k/a the Hawthorne Hawkman, used previously on a guest
author article here on JNS blog, blog post by John Hoff


Click here for Minnesota Appeals Court document. 

Click here for another appeals court document. 

And click here for yet another. 

And here is one more.  

Click here for the one that started it all in the Court of Appeals. 

Mahmood Khan Is All The Buzz On Facebook 

A little more than a week ago, Fifth Ward City Councilman Blong Yang--our neighborhood's "law and order" representative in Minneapolis city government--published the following on his Facebook page, and his comments were immediately shared on North Vent, the premiere Facebook forum on North Minneapolis neighborhood issues...

4425 Aldrich Ave. N. Has Been Demolished, It Was Once The "Old Johnson Boarding House" Before Slumlord Mahmoud Khan Got His Hands On It...

Photo from Old North Minneapolis Facebook group, blog post 
by John Hoff

Information I wrote earlier tonight about 4425 Aldrich Ave. N. was out of date even while I was hitting the PUBLISH button. It turns out the house went down today. Complete information was found on Old North Minneapolis Facebook group, which I have joined as of today.

The loss of this house is all the fault of slumlord Mahmoud Khan, who turned it into a run down, overcrowded, unsafe rental.  Occupants barely escaped with their lives during a fire in March of this year. After that, the building sat vacant except, one suspects, for rats and the occasional crackhead trespasser looking for metal.

Today the building met its doom.

According to Old North Minneapolis Facebook group, the building was constructed around 1902s to serve...

Backhoe Of Doom Is Parked In Front Of 4425 Aldrich Ave. N., A Slumlord Mahmoud Khan Rental Where Nine Occupants Were Injured In A Fire...

Contributed photo and/or photo used under First Amendment Fair Comment and
Criticism and/or photo used by permission of moderator of North Talk Facebook
forum, blog post by John Hoff

Jeff Skrenes, who blogs as the Hawthorne Hawkman and started the popular North Talk Facebook forum, pointed me to some information on his forum and urged me to blog it since Jeff (social butterfly that he is) finds himself busy with other obligations.

It would appear a "Backhoe of Doom" is parked in front of 4425 Aldrich Ave. N., a notoriously decrepit eyesore owned by slumlord Mahmoud Khan. The parking of such a backhoe is always a sign of impending demolition, kind of like when a prisoner on death row is moved out of his cell and to the "ready" area, and asked what he'd like for a last meal.

This building was the scene of...

Sex Trafficking Of Minors Took Place At A Mahmood Khan Rental, Details Are In The Criminal Complaint...

Creative stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

Meranda Lynn Warborg was arrested in July of last year, accused of being involved in trafficking minors in the sex industry. (Click here for criminal complaint) She has already pled guilty. 

The trafficking took place at a Mahmoud Khan rental property, no less, which was 2722 Oliver Avenue North. This fact was mentioned in a Star Tribune story about Khan, click here, if you can stand the little pop ups ads where the Star Tribune keeps reminding you that you've read enough free stories and it's time to "subscribe."

This blog's stories can be read for free. Plus no pop ups.

I'm just saying.

I've had the criminal complaint for a while but didn't get around to publishing it. I did go out of my way, several months back, to forward a copy to...

Meranda Jean Erickson, Present During Death Of Fugitive Landon J. Pederson, Is Charged With Burglary And Two Assault Charges Over Pistol-Brandishing Incident During Which She Yelled, Allegedly, "Who's The Bitch Now?" OH, And She Lives At YET ANOTHER Slumlord Mahmoud Khan Property...

Stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

Meranda Jean Erickson (DOB 2/11/84) was present at the recent homicide of fugitive Landon J. Pederson, whose last address was Swift County, Minnesota, but she is NOT charged in his death.

She is, however, charged over a lpistol-brandishing crime spree which is described quite colorfully and in detail in the criminal complaint, click here. 

According to police and prosecutors, the incident happened on March 27 when police were dispatched to the 1600 block of Sheridan Ave. N. on a report of a shooting. When officers arrived...

Possible Gas Leak At Crappy Khan "Murder House" Threatened Whole Neighborhood With Explosion Hazard At 6 AM This Morning, WHEN IS THE CITY GOING TO TAKE ALL THIS S.O.B.'S RENTAL LICENSES? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW IN NOMI...

Creative stock photo, not North Minneapolis, blog
post by John Hoff. Photo depicts burning trash
dump behind vehicle at a base in Afghanistan. This 
does not depict a vehicle on fire. 

According to information from some good citizen in the neighborhood, which was forwarded to me by email, this morning there was a possible gas leak at 2401 Ilion Ave. N., the location of a recent homicide reported extensively here on JNS blog. The Minneapolis fire department and emergency crews from Centerpoint Energy and Xcel responded. JNS believes MPD was probably on the scene as well though that fact was not reported to me.

The house is reportedly empty since the arrest of the leaseholders after the recent homicide incident. One citizen, speaking well for all of us, wrote as follows:

Fourth Precinct Begins "Conduct On The Premises" Crackdown On Northside Rental Property, Thank God...

Creative stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

Word reaches JNS blog that letters have gone around to all the licensed rental properties in the Fourth Precinct, stating that a crackdown will begin July 19 on rental property, with particular emphasis upon "conduct on premises" provisions.

I have a copy of the letter, click here. 

Sorry the letter may not be as convenient to view as many of my other Google docs, it was sent to me as an image instead of a PDF.

Not that I'm complaining.

If officers of the Fourth Precinct would like a road map to bad behavior on Northside rental properties, they could use JNS blog. For the past several years, I have made a constant practice of determining the addresses of criminal suspects, then scrutinizing the properties where they live and making connections to the slumlord class.

Click here for an example of THAT. 

Sometimes I even come up with the name of a rental property owner OTHER THAN Mahmoud Khan.

In closing and in summary...

God Bless The Fourth Precinct. 

"To whom it may concern," Angry Neighbors Beg City Officials To Revoke Mahmoud Khan's Rental Licenses After Homicide At 2401 Ilion Ave. N.

Creative stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

An online petition has been circulating via email chain in regard to slumlord Mahmoud Khan, owner of the property at 2401 Ilion Ave. N. where a homicide took place recently. 

It turns out neighbors had already complained about the tenants at that property. In response, it appears slumlord Mahmoud Khan replaced the tenants...

With WORSE tenants.

Here is the petition which has been circulating online...

Another Fire At Another Mahmood Khan Rental Property, CONFIRMED CONFIRMED CONFIRMED...

Photo by Hawthorne Hawkman, blog post by John Hoff

Yesterday, my fellow Northside blogger Hawthorne Hawkman managed to confirm what I strongly suspected: 

A house fire on the 2000 block of 21st Ave. N. took place at slumlord Mahmood Khan's property at 2008 21st Ave. N., pictured above. This is the SECOND near-fatal fire at a Khan property to take place this year.

It was only back in early March when a fire at 4425 Aldrich Ave. N. injured nine people, leading to a lot of media coverage and editorial comments by this blogger which were strongly-worded even by my usual freewheeling standards. 

Allow me to refresh the public memory about what I said regarding slumlord Mahmood Khan after the house fire which injured nine people...

Backhoe Of Doom Parked In Front Of 2222 4th St. N., The "Murder Property" Owned By Mahmoud Khan...

Photo contributed by Hawthorne Hawkman, blog post
by John Hoff

The endless saga of 2222 4th St. N. looks to be coming to an end. As early as 2009, neighbors thought the house would soon be demolished by slumlord Mahmoud Khan (he of the eight units and one smoke detector) fought a court battle to save the property. He lost.

Click here for previous blog coverage. 

This is the property where the body of Annshalike Hamilton, 15, was found in the garage. The murder remains unsolved though Hamilton's mother has repeatedly voiced her suspicions about who she believes killed her daughter. 

As of today, a backhoe is parked in front of the property.

It is assumed demolition will begin tomorrow.

Not a moment too soon!
And by "moment" I mean, well, YEAR.