Cedric Lamont Berry, Alleged Member Of "50 Zone" Gang, Charged With Weapon Possession...

Stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

When Cedric Lamont Berry, DOB 7/17/94, ended up in the Hennepin County Jail his address was reported to be 505 Knox Avenue North. This is what originally drew my attention to him; a North Minneapolis address. The actual criminal complaint, however, lists Berry at 3313 65th Ave. N. in Brooklyn Center. 

Berry is reportedly a member of the "50 Zone" gang in that city where, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Hennepin County prosecutor, Berry got picked up and charged over a series of events so incredibly lame it's not even an exciting "thug life" story. Honestly, the man doesn't even deserve a stock photo as cool as the one I created, above...

Digging Into Story Of "Shots Leave Four Wounded" At 1527 Queen Ave. N.

Creative stock photo, FOB Gardez, Afghanistan, blog post by John Hoff

A shooting that left four wounded in North Minneapolis was eclipsed, some days later, by the city's worst shooting...an event that was only MISTAKENLY ATTRIBUTED to North Minneapolis.

Only by dumb luck were there no deaths when shots were fired into a residence at 1527 Queen Avenue North. Interestingly, the text of the Strib article says the house was on the "1500 block of Queen Avenue North" but then captions in photos with the story say "1527 Queen Avenue North. This isn't the first time I've seen that contradiction in a STrib story, either.

What's up with that, STrib?

In any case, it was hardly the first time trouble came to the house at 1527 Queen Ave. N...