by John Hoff
A respected member of the community sent me an email after my "Six Crime Families Of North Minneapolis" article, asserting that my list was missing a very important surname:
Ferguson.
My source laid out a long, complicated and bloody tale about the Fergusons with enough detail and citations to sources that I am convinced. Ferguson is one of the crime families. Here is the tale, as told by my source and supplemented by my digging where my source's tale led.
The first place the tale led was prison...
"It all starts with this inmate," wrote my source, pointing me to James Leon Ferguson, OID Number 166127, DOB 12/22/1966. Ferguson is serving a life sentence for murder. He is the patriarch of the Ferguson clan.
Who James Ferguson killed is described in an appeal case, State v. Minnesota v. James Leon Ferguson, as follows:
(O)n the evening of November 11, 1991, defendant James Ferguson walked down a sidewalk in south Minneapolis to a station wagon parked in front of an apartment building. When close to the station wagon, he intentionally and repeatedly fired into the front seat, one shot fatally striking Ray Kennedy, the front seat passenger, in the back of the head, and three shots, closely grouped together, wounding the driver, Tony Jenkins, in his left side. There was evidence that Ferguson's companion, Archie Braylock, fired into the rear seat of the station wagon where two people were sitting without hitting anyone. Ferguson and Braylock, together with a third companion, fled the scene, with Ferguson the last to leave. When Ferguson was arrested some days later, he claimed he had not been present at the shooting; later he changed his story to claim self-defense.
This was back in the old "Murderapolis" days, but my source asserts a whole brood of criminals sprang from the loins of James Leon Ferguson, one of which was Ju-Chaun Marquis Ferguson, a/k/a JDawg Ferguson, who was a homicide victim this spring. My source says "Jdawg" was the son of James Leon Ferguson and a woman named Chauncie McMullen.
In regard to JDawg, my source says as follows:
He was actually the least tainted of that family of chaos. He was born into the wrong family. Honestly he was a respectful person trying to make in in a legitimate business ,much as I hate rap. I don’t know if he had a record but he was the kind of kid who called you ma'am or sir and used proper English in front of adults. He was charming and could have went somewhere if NOT for garbage, gang parents.
My source further asserts the uncle of Jdawg was a guy with the improbable name of Godschild Saint Slaughter , who worked with Jdawg at Dawgy Ent. (Entertainment)
Pictures of Jdawg, like the one below, remain on The Facebook page of Dawgy Ent.
My source states there are, for lack of a better word, two Ferguson "patriarchs" who are related and they had a passel of offspring, many of which went down the wrong path and trouble our city to this very day.
James Leon Ferguson was one of the patriarchs. I'll write more later about the other.
My source states a bunch of Ferguson progeny have the surname "Slaughter" or "McCaskill" (which they tend to spell "McCaskel" on Facebook, but "McCaskill" in voluminous police records. It is also common to see the name as "Slaughter-McCaskel."
I am working with my source to get as much of a "family tree" as possible but this blog operates on the "publish what we know for sure as quickly as possible" principal, (click here for prime example) rather than waiting for somebody to write up the entire Book of Numbers with all the "begats" and conveniently toss it into my lap.
Look up Calvin ferguson and Leonard alaughter
ReplyDeleteDUDE you are truly a maggot with too much time on your hands! Writing about old news why do you write a blog and investogate the "Ebola" outbreak and if we are lucky you will catch it
DeleteLook them up for what
DeleteLeonard slaughter .....
ReplyDeleteBoth leonards... there are two jr n sr can u also see if they have ever worked for the state.... say......CI
ReplyDeleteNo need
DeleteDeaunteze Bobo convicted for Stand Up Franks June 2006.
ReplyDeleteLeonard Slaughter's cousin? Down for murder before 20 yo.
Look up 3548 Columbus on the jail rosters.
www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=270251
www.southsidepride.com/2007/12/articles/Powderhorncrimewatch.htm
Where does "Bobo" come into this? I've heard that name but what can you tell me? How does it connect to crime families?
ReplyDeleteHere is the first article, linked above, from November 26, 2007.
ReplyDeleteVery inadequate article in that it doesn't NAME the family in question. And has no PARAGRAPHS.
I put some paragraphs in.
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Minneapolis police ran into trouble Thursday night, after running into a house with a dangerous history. They were trying to nab a suspect when they got almost got nabbed themselves.
Thursday night, two police officers were checking out a call about gunshots in a south Minneapolis neighborhood. That's a pretty routine call in that part of the city, until the officers very quickly felt their lives might be in a danger.
According to the police report, the officers saw a man who may have fired the shots run into a house on the 3500 block of Columbus Avenue South. The officers went in after him and were confronted by a crowd of people. Police officials say the officers were outnumbered and surrounded. They called for help from other police officers.
The people in the house allegedly hit and slapped the two officers. Five people were arrested for assault and obstruction of justice. Most of the people arrested are part of what police describe as a notorious Minneapolis crime family. They are involved, police say, in the Bloods, which is one of the city's oldest gangs, with extensive criminal activity in its background.
Police say they are part of a growing number of criminals who police say are getting more brazen.
"It's been a tough November for us. We had officer Bedard who was killed as a result of some criminal activity. We had the officer who was dragged from a vehicle as a result of some criminal activity and now we have some officers who were following up on a call of shots fired who were basically in my mind attacked in a house. If people feel they need to attack officers they are going to feel the full wrath of the judicial system," says Sgt. Jesse Garcia with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Formal charges are expected against the five people arrested Thursday night. The two officers who were assaulted had some cuts and bruises, but are doing fine.
Here's a much better article by a neighborhood blog which describes the same incident. This one names the family and it's FERGUSON.
ReplyDeletePowderhorn crime watch
by Dennis Geisinger
Acording to the Minneapolis Police Department’s Community Crime Prevention/Safety For Everyone (CCP/SAFE) program, two city police officers were assaulted inside the residence at 3548 Columbus Ave. while investigating a report of gunshots fired in or around the house on the evening of Thanksgiving Day. When police arrived, a man had run into the house, and the police officers followed him.
The two officers were then reportedly “hit and slapped” by those inside, attempting to interfere with the man’s arrest.
“Five arrests were made,” said Minneapolis Police Information Officer Sgt. Jesse Garcia. The two officers involved are said to have sustained only minor injuries. According to Third Precinct Police Commander Lucy Gerold, charges of assault and obstruction were filed against four of the five: Antoine Ferguson, Danny Lee Braylock, Diane Nicole Ferguson, Dangela Kenosha Ferguson and Antonio Ferguson.
According to county property records, the house has been owned since 1990 by Addie M. Ferguson.
Reggie Ferguson, a relative, convicted in the ’90s of attempted murder, has been reputed leader of the Rolling 30s Bloods gang.
“That family has taken gang banging and made it a family business,” Sgt. Garcia said. “We’ve seen more activity at that particular address,” said Police Commander Gerold.
Charges of second-degree murder were filed Nov. 5 in the death of Kingfield neighborhood resident Mark Loesch, found murdered on a lawn in the 3700 block of Elliot Avenue morning of Sept. 13. Twenty-three-year-old Donald E. Jackson was charged after he and another man allegedly beat Loesch with a metal bat and then took $40 from his pocket.
An Associated Press story appearing Nov. 6 said, “Jackson told investigators that he and another man were selling drugs on the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue when they saw Loesch, 41, on his bicycle and decided to rob him.” Jackson, who is being held in the Hennepin County jail on $1 million bail, was convicted in 2003 for first-degree aggravated robbery.
According to Police Commander Gerold, Jackson, to her knowledge, is not a gang affiliate.“We don’t have enough evidence to see anything that resembles a pattern” in reports of assaults on bicyclists and gangs, Gerold said.
VERY informative links contributed by the commenter. Many thanks from JNS blog.
ReplyDeletesouth side family
ReplyDeleteThey need to line all them up and shoot them! One of them low lives are responsible for the death of my brother whom was not a gang member! Evil blood line!
ReplyDeleteFucc yu
Deleteif your going to blog about north mpls then do it but the bobos ferguson slaughters etc all come from south minneapolis..if you ask any of them they will tell you south mpls is home....the economy has pushed lots of black ppl from south mpls to north mpls..but anyone who knows or associates with any of them know they are from south mpls....they are part of a south mpls gang called the 30s bloods as in the south mpls 30s area is where they are from...if you dont have anything to write about N mpls then dont but dont say your a north mpls blogger then half of your stories are about south mpls.....seems like you try to hard to me....
ReplyDeleteyour dumb all those families associated with the fergusons are from south mpls always have been for generations they grew up in the south mpls 30s ie central park phelps park powderhorn etc....everyone is not from north mpls...i think you should reconsider wht you blog about..with out knowing facts
ReplyDeleteAll those guys and familys are from south minneapolis...all southside rolling 30s blood gang members or the offspring the outlaw bloods which is basically the same thing..they are known in south minneapolis and have been since the 80s
ReplyDeletejust bcuz jdawg got killed in n mpls doesnt mean he is from there..he was born and raised south mpls and richfield a south mpls suburbs
ReplyDeletejames ferguson is the father of slain man jachaun ferguson...stick to writing about north mpls if you dont know your facts...the fergusons havent been active in years and when they were it was in south mpls never north...the same ppl who live in north minneapolis go to south minneapolis everyday to hang in their "hood"
ReplyDeleteIn regard to that whole "South versus North" thing, people who LIVE in North and commit crimes in SOUTH are NORTH ENOUGH for me to blog about, especially when I'm committed to writing about the crime family issue.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, as to whether they are "active," the Fergusons have been active enough by, for example, losing JDawg to gang violence. Whether dishing out the gang violence or being the victim of it, that's active enough for investigation and concern.
If you want this blog to publish namby-pampy blog posts about the most crispy fried chicken on West Broadway, how about you write that and submit it? Meanwhile, I have bloody bloodlines of BLOODS to document, so take a long and refreshing hike off a short but sturdy dock.
Bobos never had much chance. smh
ReplyDeleteFunny the only Slaughter on the jail roster in this county says he lives in Brooklyn Park. His sister and about twenty of their family live right on Penn ave north. So it may have started south but they were priced out and moved north. The best news is many of them moved to Brooklyn Park right off Zane. These apples fell right next to the tree.
ReplyDeleteI saw Ted Bobo get shot. He was a waste of a bullet. Of course he survived. I think his real name is Theodore. All these people should have been sterilized long ago. Problem solved.
ReplyDeleteYou all are talking all kinds of bullshit. You sound like fools. And this comment above mine... Choke on a dick and die slow ya bitch! Your mommy should have swallowed you. Your a waste of life.
ReplyDeleteJns... Get a life. I'm pretty sure you don't have one since thus is all you seem to do and can't even get facts right.
ReplyDeleteHurry up and tell me which fact you believe is incorrect.
ReplyDeleteAll of you dumb fucks need to get your facts straight. Keep "Bobo" out your mouth. And for the record fuck JNS your sources and anybody else that's associated with you including family...
ReplyDeleteJNS blog is not publishing a comment for the time being because the comment appears to be in some kind of numerical code and references gang activity.
ReplyDeleteJOHNNY SO CALLED NORTH SIDE ARE U EVEN FROM MINNESOTA??? YOUR ARTICLES SEEM SO UNCLE TOM DRAMATIZED... I AM BORN & RAISED IN MPLS NORTH & SOUTH... I AM ALSO RELATED TO A COUPLE OF THESE FAMILIES YOUR REPORTING ON... AND I AM APPALLED THAT YOUR SINGLING OUT BLOOD LINES & TARGETING WHOLE FAMILIES JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE RELATED... OBVIOUSLY YOU COULDNT BE FROM MPLS BECAUSE YOUR BASING YOUR CRIME ARTICLE ON THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN MOSTLY THE 80'S... NOW IF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT NORTH SIDE CRIME FAMILIES... HOW COME YOU DIDNT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE MPD??? HOW THEY KILLED TYCEL NELSON? OH BECAUSE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN A GANG & WAS CARRY A GUN. BY THE WAY THEY NEVER FOUND IT... HOW BOUT HOW THE WILD WILD WEST WHO USED TO RIDE AROUND A JACK PEOPLE? OR HOW CAGNEY & LACEY STEREO TYPED BLACKS FOR YEARS HARRASSING & BEATING THEM ONLY TO GET PROMTED... I UNDERSTAND YOU TRYING TO SHED LIGHT & BRING AWARENESS TO THE CITIES CRIME... BUT PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK... & OUT OF THE ARTICLES YOU POSTED ON THE FERGUSONS... NONE OF THEM TOOK PLACE IN NORTH MPLS... I'M JUS SAYING... YOU NEED TO STOP SOUNDING LIKE A MPD UNCLE TOM! "JOHNNY NORTHSIDE " EVEN SOUNDS LIKE A WILLIE LYNCH SUFFERING UNCLE TOM NAME... IM SURE THIS POST PROBABLY WONT MAKE TO YOUR WALL SINCE YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT FIRST... BUT MAN WHEN YOUR TALKING BOUT MY CITY PLEASE PLEASE TELL THE WHOLE STORY & THE WHOLE TRUTH & NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH... OR JUST BE QUIET... HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY EVERYONE!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo tru
DeleteOH I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING UNCLE TOM... I DIDNT REALIZE YOU WERE WHITE... NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY THE UNCLE TOM NAME & THE PORTRAYAL OF SOME OF THESE FAMILIES... YOU JIMMY CRACK CORNS OF MN ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO PORTRAY OUR BLACK FAMILIES AS MONSTERS... HOW BOUT YOU REPORT ON THE SICK PERVERTED SEX PREDATORS IN MINNESOTA PERIOD! HOW A WHOLE WHITE FAMILY OF 4 GENERATIONS MOLESTED ALL THEIR CHILDREN FOR YEARS. THE "CERMACK FAMILY" THEY FROM THE 80'S TOO... HOW BOUT THE CHILD MOLESTATION SCANDAL THAT INCLUDED THE WHOLE TOWN OF JORDAN MN,... TALK ABOUT HOW MANY WHITE OFFICERS HAVE KILLED INNOCENT BLACK MEN WHOM WERE MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS BEFORE THE WERE RACIALLY PROFILED & PREYED ON... HOW COME NO MENTION OF THE POLICE WHOM ARE KILLING OUR BLACK YOUTH SENSELESS?? JUS IN THIS PAST YEAR ALONE... LETS TALK ABOUT THAT JOHNNY WANNA BE NORTH SIDE
ReplyDeleteJordan, Minnesota? The Cermak family? You mean that sex scandal that happened in NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO?
ReplyDeleteWow. I actually remember that one. Boy, that is a blast from the past, isn't it? Takes me back, all the way back to my first job working at Godfather's Pizza. We'd listen to the hot songs on a jukebox...
(Singing to myself)
SISTER CHRISTIAN WHAT'S YOUR PRICE FOR FLIGHT?
(80s head banging motion)
What do those words even MEAN? All these many years, I have wondered.
Most of your claims are old as well, don't get so sensitive when White Criminals are brought to light, dude (in my 80s voice)
DeleteHere. Link to Sister Christian by Night Ranger.
ReplyDeleteAnd how about that band WHITESNAKE, huh? If that wasn't a double entendre, I don't know WHAT!!!!
http://youtu.be/z92bmlcmyq0
ReplyDeleteOut your mouth and focus on getting your life together you miserable mutherfucker
ReplyDeleteyou are making a stereotype against a certain family due to tragic events. Do you know that there are great people in the ferguson family that serve the lord and own churches. Now if you had events happen in your family that is from a distant cousin that has the same last name of you. How would you feel??? Do make generalizations on a family based off of unsupported findings. Who are you to judge or even make a general statement when you don't know the whole story to anything. This man died but had goals to become someone but someone killed him. Do you even know how this effects his family to see these ignorant articles? No wonder you write on the internet and not in the startribune or new York times because you are only looking at one point of you. Has any of your college English professors ever encouraged you to look outside the box.
ReplyDeleteI would assume the distant cousins, etc., would be ashamed of all the criminal involvement which is so well documented by certain of their relatives. Do you seriously expect that the decent people who try to live in the neighborhood should refrain from finding patterns in crimes and the people committing crimes because "distant cousins" might feel uncomfortable about the association with their same surname?
ReplyDeleteIf the "distant cousins" want to submit an op-ed piece to me, well, my email is at the top of the blog page.