Criminal Record Of El Mio Ju Johnson, Victim In "Porch Murder" Incident...

Stock photo and blog post by John Hoff

El Mio Ju Johnson was one of two victims killed in a bizarre incident in which a car was used as a murder weapon, click here for the story about charges pressed in the wake of Johnson's death.

The mainstream media has reported on Johnson's murder but it seems bloggers are always left to fill the cracks in the public record...

In the pattern of most other homicides in North Minneapolis, it is not surprising to learn that Johnson had a fairly extensive criminal record and, well, here it is:

27-CR-04-032786

05/19/2004
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
THEFT

27-CR-06-043507
06/29/2006
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
BURGLARY-3RD DEGREE


27-CR-06-050890
07/25/2006
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
LITTERING

27-CR-07-008344
02/06/2007
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
THEFT

27-CR-08-1642
2070194135
01/10/2008
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Give False Name/DOB/ID to Peace Officer

27-CR-08-14927
03/26/2008
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale
Theft-Take/Use/Transfer Movable Prop-No Consent

27-CR-10-23006
0100041219
05/21/2010
Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Dormant
Public urination prohibited.

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I really wish the mainstream media would routinely link to criminal records of this kind when reporting on homicides. Minneapolis is not plagued by murder so much as we are plagued by a criminal underclass who--in an almost random manner--sometimes commit acts of murder, mostly against each other. The coverage of murders by the mainstream media usually omits this fact.