Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Northside Resident Leroy Longs Jr. In Jail, Accused Of Animal Cruelty, Running Dog Fighting Operation...

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The Star Tribune and other media entities are reporting a high-profile story about an arrest in a dog fighting operation, but have not yet named the suspect.

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/232758731.html

Thanks, mainstream media, for giving JNS blog an opportunity to eat your lunch. The arrested suspect is Leroy Longs, Jr. whose address on the jail roster is listed as...

...4942 Emerson Ave. N., a property that is neither fish nor fowl, neither homestead nor rental property, what is up with THAT? The owner is listed as Latanya Morris of the same address.

Leroy Longs has a modest criminal rap sheet. Not all the following CHARGES may actually represent CONVICTIONS:

02-T9-99-015962 X 232075 LONGS, LEROY, Jr. 07/13/1979 06/28/1999 Anoka Non- Traffic Misdemeanor Converted Closed URINATE IN PUBLIC M

(Proof, said a participant in the North Vent Facebook forum, that public urination is the beginning of a downward spiral)

53-KX-99-000783 LONGS, LEROY, Jr. 07/13/1979 12/14/1999 Nobles Connell, Timothy K. Misdemeanor Converted Closed RIOT. Not applicable - GOC DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Not applicable - GOC DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Not applicable - GOC DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Not applicable - GOC OBSTRUCT LEGAL PROCESS. Not applicable - GOC (TCIS Amended Charge) UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY. Not applicable - GOC (TCIS Amended Charge) UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY. Not applicable - GOC

He resided in Worthington, Minnesota when all these charges were filed. The name Timothy K. Connell is the judge, not sure why it's messed up in that portion of MNCIS, but whatever.

27-CR-00-010034 1993098647 LONGS, LEROY 01/05/1958 02/02/2000 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed PUBLIC NUISANCE

27-CR-02-015405 LONGS, LEROY, Jr. 07/13/1979 02/26/2002 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed DISORDERLY CONDUCT

02-K6-03-004620 LONGS, LEROY, Jr. 07/13/1979 05/12/2003 Anoka Misdemeanor Converted Closed (TCIS Amended Charge) M DISORDERLY CONDUCT Aid/Abet - GOC

27-CR-09-36590 309101162 LONGS, LEROY, Jr. 07/13/1979 07/23/2009 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Ridgedale Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed Drivers License-Driving Without a Valid License or Vehicle Class/Type; Multiple Licenses Prohibited

27-CR-10-27358 1100799855 1100799855 LONGS, LEROY, Jr. 07/13/1979 06/15/2010 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed Fail to provide proof of insurance whether or not the owner Vehicle registration violation

27-CR-13-22504 LONGS, LEROY, Jr. 07/13/1979 07/15/2013 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Under Court Jurisdiction Disorderly Conduct

The owner of the house where Leroy supposedly lives, Latanya Morris, may have a bit of a record as well if she's the same as THIS person by the same name:

27-CR-95-058547 MORRIS, LATANYA MICHELLE 03/10/1975 07/07/1995 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed FALSE INFORMATION TO POLICE

27-CR-03-033499 MORRIS, LATANYA MICHELLE 03/10/1975 05/14/2003 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Brookdale Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed 4TH DEGREE DWI- ALCOHOL 4TH DEG DWI- ALC .10+ W/IN 2HRS DRIVING

27-CR-05-024355 MORRIS, LATANYA MICHELLE 03/10/1975 04/20/2005 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Southdale Crim/Traf Mandatory Under Court Jurisdiction THEFT TRESPASSING

Individuals talking on the North Vent Facebook forum are outraged to hear of "Michael Vick" dog fighting and, ironically, THEY WANT BLOOD. For the time being, Longs is being held on NO BAIL which is just as well for him. 

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Johnny, sorry for the off-topic question, but how do you find out who owns an apartment building in Minneapolis? I'm having some neighbor problems and its going nowhere with the police, I need to talk to the property owners. Thanks...

Anonymous said...

I don't think the StarTribune is too worried about you scooping them with the name. Ethical journalists do not report the name of a person until they are charged. But then we all know you have no ethnics, never have, never will.

Anonymous said...

johnny u ALWAYSSSSS talking about somebody. SHUTTT UPP !

Anonymous said...

First of all that is the same Latanya ass whole, and second this shit is false allegations,

Johnny Northside! said...

Here's the website to look up who owns a property in Minneapolis.

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/propertyinfo/

Anonymous said...

Good job, Johnny, for reporting the apparent suspect.

Anonymous said...

I know Mr long personal in my house got raided behind all of this. This man never fought nor talked about fighting any kind of dog or dogs, note I live with him. He love and take care of numerous dog's that is his passion in life. Like I said I live with him and my things were taken in a raid they have NOTHING remotely close to him that says dog fighting or neglect or and animal cruelty. Mr. Longs just nursed back to health a dog with cancer at my house kept a dog that was born with birth defects that's the one they showing on TV that did not come from dog fighting veterinarian can tell you that all his dog is license up to date shots and the media/news that the dogs didn't have food or at all the dog kennels the food sit outside the dog kennel and they get feed on a schedule dog food is expensiveI can take pictures if anybody would like to see free Leroy Longs jr

Johnny Northside! said...

HERE IS THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. Will write more about this later but for the moment I am just going to disseminate this.

https://pdfzen.com/647b15

Anonymous said...

Johnny correctly identified Leroy Longs as the person having been accused of animal cruelty. If, as stated by Anonymous 11/27/13 @ 11:27pm Mr. Longs is innocent of the accusations, then I hope he prevails in the court system. I don't like pit bulls, but to each his own, as long as folks keep them away from children. Pits tend to occasionally eat children.

Anonymous said...

More interesting details. The tracker was mentioned in the complaint, but not the addresses searched as a result of the tracking.

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/233020371.html

"Thanks to his movements being tracked by police with a GPS device, the man was charged with keeping the dogs in eight locations in or near the city, breeding them and training them for battle."

Look at all the JNS Jail Roster appearances for 3106 Irving Av. N.

Carey Joe Howell said...

The adresses associated with this dog fighting ring are 2918 Girard Av N, both units; 1730 6th St N;
3750 Bryant Av N; 1113 21rst Av N;
dogs were also found at 7819 Angeline Dr in New Hope; 3310 6th St N.

A special place in Hell awaits those who abuse children and animals.

Carey Joe Howell said...

these are the convictions for Leroy Longs from the public MN Doc website


Reported Names
Last Name First Name Middle Name
LONG LEROY
LONGS LEROY

Reported Dates of Birth
Date of Birth
7/13/1979

Conviction Summary
Disposition Date Disposition Statute Description Conviction Level
2/2/2000 Convicted Obstruct Legal Process, Arrest or Firefighting Misdemeanor
2/2/2000 Convicted Unlawful Assembly Misdemeanor
10/14/2003 Convicted Disorderly Conduct Misdemeanor
11/14/2013 Convicted Disorderly Conduct Misdemeanor

Johnny Northside! said...

I posted a link to the criminal complaint in this comment stream, above, so fast that I hardly had time to LOOK at the criminal complaint and I still haven't gotten back to taking in all the info it contains. So pardon this question...

Where are you getting those addresses? Right off the criminal complaint? Or elsewhere?

Anonymous said...

The addresses are listed in this STRIB story link posted above

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/233020371.html

Longs unwittingly gave police a precise road map of his incriminating movements, according to the criminal complaint, because Sgt. Lindsay Herron had a GPS device placed on his vehicle.

“Based on that,” the complaint read, “she was able to identify eight locations [the] defendant visited on a regular basis.”

The seven Minneapolis addresses where dogs were found are: 2918 Girard Av. N., both units; 1730 Oliver Av. N.; 2101 6th St. N.; 3750 Bryant Av. N.; 3310 6th St. N.; 1114 21st Av. N., and 3106 Irving Av. N. Dogs also were found at 7819 Angeline Dr. in New Hope.

Anonymous said...

Johnny, I got the addresses as well from the complaint. I looked them all up - none have the same owner/taxpayer, so it seems to me he was carefully covering his tracks. I could be reading more into it than actually exists. None of the name were familiar to me, but you are much more well-versed than I on slumlords.

Carey Joe Howell said...

I got them from the Saturday Strib
article

Carey Joe howell said...

I left off one address, 2101 N 6TH St

Johnny Northside! said...

Can you do some work for me and provide links to all the property address and name the owner of each property? Kind of tied up at the moment but I think that's necessary work and the next step.

Johnny Northside! said...

MINNEAPOLIS — A 34-year-old Minneapolis man is accused of organizing a dog fighting ring and breeding dogs in at least eight locations.

Leroy Longs Jr. was charged Friday with felony animal fighting in Hennepin County.

According the criminal complaint, the animals had scarring "consistent with having been fought." Eighteen dogs, including five puppies, were seized in raids.

A search warrant executed at the home of Long Jr.'s children revealed he had a 240-page book on how to become a successful dog fighter.

Longs is in the Hennepin County Jail with bail set at $15,000. His first court appearance is Monday.

A woman who answered the phone Saturday at a number listed to Longs in Minneapolis didn't want to comment.

Johnny Northside! said...

Every time I try to find the article that lists the addresses, the stupid Star Tribune DO YOU WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? NO REALLY, WE'RE SURE YOU WANT TO SUBSCIBE!!! YOU CAN'T LEAVE THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU TELL US YOU WANT TO SUBSCRIBE!!!! OK, WE'RE SENDING YOU BACK TO THE MAIN PAGE INSTEAD OF THE PAGE WITH YOUR ARTICLE, LET US KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO SUBSCRIBE!!! pop up keeps messing up my efforts...

HATE STAR TRIBUNE POP UPS!!! HATE THEM!!!!

Anonymous said...

lol why not subscribe? Or get a better popup blocker.

Johnny Northside! said...

A follow up on an earlier comment...

"Asshole" is the correct spelling.

Not "ass whole."

Screamingly funny illiteracy, though, and thanks for THAT little chuckle.