When police served a search warrant on 2722 Fremont Ave. N. this July, they allegedly found 31.4 grams of cocaine in the pocket of a jacket. In the same jacket was the ID card for Sylvester Powell, (DOB 3/10/49) who is now charged with felony drug possession.
Click here for the criminal complaint, which is a model of succinct prosecutorial writing.
Sylvester has a short but impressive rap sheet, as follows...
27-CR-90-006707 POWELL, SYLVESTER 03/10/1949 01/26/1990 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed 5TH DEG POSS CONT SUB-COCAINE Aid/Abet - GOC
27-CR-91-085449 POWELL, SYLVESTER 03/10/1949 11/22/1991 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed 5TH DEG-POSS-CONT.SUBS.CRIME - CRACK/COCAINE Not applicable - GOC
27-CR-93-020705 POWELL, SYLVESTER 03/10/1949 03/22/1993 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed ASSAULT IN THE 5TH DEGREE DISORDERLY CONDUCT
27-CR-94-111107 POWELL, SYLVESTER 03/10/1949 12/29/1994 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed AGGRAVATED DRIVING VIOLATION Not applicable - GOC DRIVE U/INFLUENCE Not applicable - GOC ALC CONC .10/+-MV Not applicable - GOC ALC CONC .10/+ IN 2 HR-MV Not applicable - GOC DRIVING AFTER REVOCATION Not applicable - GOC CARELESS DRIVING Not applicable - GOC
27-CR-95-091169 POWELL, SYLVESTER 03/10/1949 10/13/1995 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Ridgedale Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed DRIVING AFTER REVOCATION
27-CR-97-053278 POWELL, SYLVESTER 03/10/1949 06/27/1997 Hennepin Criminal/Traffic/Petty Downtown Crim/Traf Mandatory Closed ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE Not applicable - GOC
Sylvester's address on the criminal complaint, and apparently the address where the warrant was served, is 2722 Fremont Ave. N., a non-rental, non-homestead owned by Umar Al-Khattab Luqman.
It is unknown if Powell is a member of the Minneapolis Powell Crime Family. He has the same surname and a criminal record. This is plenty enough to catch the attention of this blog and merit a story as I attempt to put together all the pieces of the ongoing issue of multigenerational crime families and their impact on North Minneapolis.
64 years old !?! I guess cocaine keeps you young. Excuse me, I gotta go get some cocaine...
ReplyDeleteThat's not a crack pipe. It's a meth pipe.
ReplyDeleteSome of the deets on that 1997 ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE charge are found at
ReplyDeletehttp://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/court-of-appeals/1999/1281.html
Apparently Sylvester Powell (OID Number: 158934) was incarcerated for most of the time between the June 1997 assault first degree and his release (as reported on MN DOC Offender Locator) on 11/17/2010. Powell apparently served more than half of that 240 month sentence after losing his appeal. Apparently $10.00 of his $62.50 fines and fees were written off as "Uncollectible".
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Sylvester Powell, Appellant
03/20/1998
Disposition (Judicial Officer: Bush, Philip D.)
1. ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE (Not applicable - GOC)
Convicted
04/16/1998
Sentenced (Judicial Officer: Bush, Philip D.)
1. ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE (Not applicable - GOC)
06/22/1997 (FEL) 609.221 (CNVOFFENSE)
Condition - Adult:
1. No contact with victim(s), 04/20/1998 - 04/16/1998, , Active 04/20/1998
Comment: - ACTIVE: 04/20/1998
Condition - Adult:
1. Pay restitution, 04/20/1998 - 04/20/2018, , Active 04/20/2018
Comment: WITHIN: 240 MONTHS - ACTIVE: 04/20/1998 TO BE TAKEN FROM PRISON EARNINGS
Commit to Commissioner of Corrections - Adult:
MN Correctional Facility - St. Cloud 240 Mo
Report on 04/16/1998 at 1:00 PM
Credit for Time Served for 299 Days
enough of the might be part of the crime family bs...thats lame if your not 100% sure why mention it??get a damn life please...people like your blog when you blog about the truth with facts not guessing or your own thoughts
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'll continue to mention it and I'll continue to mention the degree of my certainty or uncertainty. As information becomes available about who is related to who, much of the background on each Powell, Champion, Ferguson or what-have-you will already be completed in these posts.
ReplyDelete(Cue Frank Sinatra singing)
I'll do it...
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Three, count 'em, trey Powells! http://www.justice.gov/usao/mn/joelpowellsentenced.html
ReplyDeleteLet me count in Pashto...
ReplyDeleteYo. Dwa. TREY.
Yes, three Powells.
And, maddeningly, the article you linked doesn't even say if they're related, or how.