Willie Rydell Wright Of 2401 Ilion Ave. N. Is In Custody, JNS Blog Believes This Is Second Suspect In Ilion Ave. N. Shooting...

Creative stock photo, blog post by 

Willie Rydell Wright of 2401 Ilion Ave. N. is in custody in the Hennepin County Jail. JNS blog believes Wright is the second suspect in the homicide of Landon J. Peterson, click here for previous story.

Wright (DOB 6/10/84) was picked up on a felon in possession of a firearm charge but that charge expired after 36 hours. He's now sitting in jail on a Department of Corrections hold. Wright has a laundry list of...

"To who this may concern," Two Turd Burglar Apology Letters Sent To Hillside Ave. N. Burglary Victim...

Photos, blog post by John Hoff

When it comes to the Thanksgiving Day Turd Burglary, it would appear everything is finished but the paperwork...

Tariq Khan, Accused Of Bizarre "Chasing With An Axe" Incident, Professes His Innocence To JNS Blog, Others...

Stock photo, (post June 21 storm cleanup) blog
post by John Hoff

JNS blog previously reported upon an allegation that Tariq Khan was accused of chasing somebody with an axe. JNS blog also speculated this might be a property owner protecting his home in the aftermath of downed trees and storm damage. Many homeowners were out in their yards with axes and chainsaws, including the author of this blog. (Note photo, above) Therefore, it was my position I would "withhold judgment" on this incident.

Tariq Khan has emailed this blog professing his innocence and forwarding another email which, again, professes innocence. The emails are reproduced below...

More On Meranda Jean Erickson, Suspect In A Shooting On Ilion Ave. N. At (Surprise, Suprise!) Yet Another Mahmoud Khan Rental Property...

Creative stock photo, graffiti near Oklahoma City Bombing
Memorial, blog post by John Hoff

This blogger would have written more about Meranda Jean Erickson, suspect in the shooting of DOC fugitive Landon J. Pederson, but I had to rush off to a meeting about Level Three Sex Offender concentration in North Minneapolis. A blogger's work is never done. JNS blog still had the name before any other media entity.

In fact...let me check something, here...

Yes, this blog is still the only media entity to publish her name, other than half a dozen "mug shot" websites, none of which actually has her mugshot. Some of those sites do have some interesting details, however, about a previous arrest...

Alleged Serial Robber Of Cab Drivers Was Identified By Prints On A Bottle, Was Arrested This Morning...

Old bottle at site of a former prison camp for 
Germans, blog post by John Hoff

Tonio Weaver, the subject of a previous blog post and the father of at least three small children, is now in custody. He is accused of robbing a number of cab drivers with a knife. The Hennepin County Jail Roster shows he was taken into custody at 10:38 this morning. He has a hearing tomorrow at 1:30 PM. His bail is set at $100,000.

The criminal complaint against Weaver came into my hands, click here, and it provides some interesting details on the charges...

Tarius Greshem Accused Of Abducting A Woman At Gunpoint And Raping Her Between Two Houses...

Photo, blog post by John Hoff

Tarius Gresham, facebook photo used under First
Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism 

Do you ever wonder where little Level Three Sex Offenders come from? What is the moment they are created? How do they replace their numbers after becoming old and gray and dying off, friendless and alone and without a valid driver's license?

Tarius Gresham, DOB 12/3/89, may provide answers to this mystery. Click here for criminal complaint. 

See that area between the two houses? This is what the kids who play online games would call a "spawning point." This is where the monsters are born.

This is the place where, on September 26, 2012, Gresham is accused of raping a woman that he abducted at gunpoint from the area of Broadway and Emerson. He allegedly made the woman go a short distance away, specifically the space between the houses at 2218 Emerson Ave. N. and 2222 Emerson Ave. N., and raped her. Then he took her cell phone. At some point the woman was able to run away. She hid until Gresham left.

The woman was unknown to Gresham and was reportedly walking home from work when she was abducted. She went to the door of a stranger and asked somebody to call 911. Police recovered the woman's purse from the space between the two houses.

Luckily...

The Electricity Is Out Again, But JNS Blog's Computer Is At 88 Percent Battery Power...

Photo taken June 21, depicting previous power
outage, blog post by John Hoff

It is around 4 in the morning and the power is out again. I know my house is out on the 2200 block of Bryant Ave. N. and it appears to effect all the houses around me. I placed a call to NSP like a good citizen should. I learned the outage effects some 3,000 customers and is believed to be a "main circuit breaker." Right now a "standard computerized estimate" says power will be restored at 11 pm. The operator tells me it will probably be sooner. Crews just need to find the main circuit breaker. 

Digging Into The Story Of This Morning's Shooting On Ilion Ave. N.

Creative stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

The female suspect in this morning's shooting on Ilion Ave. N. is Meranda Jean Erickson, DOB 2/11/84. Her address on the jail roster is 2401 Ilion Ave. N., which is the 2400 block, and so presumably the address where the shooting took place.

The man who died was Landon J. Pederson, a fugitive from Appleton, Minnesota. In the Star Tribune, a relative tried to cast Pederson as the hero and tragic victim of this incident, supposedly intervening in a domestic dispute...by kicking in a door and rushing upstairs.

More details to follow soon. 

Details Are Fuzzy After Shooting At Penn And West Broadway...

Photo, blog post by John Hoff

A local television station is reporting there was a shooting yesterday at "Penn and West Broadway. JNS blog was on the ground near there and thought the crime scene tape seemed to be surrounding an area all around the entrance to Olympic Cafe Plus, usually referred to as Olympic Cafe Two by local residents.

The tape remained up for several hours and police were at the scene as late as midnight, leading Northsiders to believe a fatality or serious injury was involved. There was also a homicide on Ilion Ave. N. last night. JNS blog doesn't have the details, yet, but an examination of the jail roster would lead me to believe the woman has not yet been charged and it is possible she's not in jail. 

Alleged Knife-Wielding Serial Robber Of Cab Drivers Is On Facebook And JNS Blog Has A Special Message Specifically For Him...

Facebook photo used for First Amendment Comment
and Criticism, blog post by John Hoff

Tonio Weaver is the subject of recent news coverage on Fox 9. He has allegedly robbed five cab drivers at knife point in two days and, as I write these words, is apparently still wanted by the police. One of the robberies happened in North Minneapolis.

Looking at his face on the Fox 9 story, I thought Tonio appeared young and I wondered if he was on Facebook.

Yes. He is...

At Least Three "Level Three" Sex Offenders Reported To Be Living At 3415 Logan Ave. N., Owned By Albert Miller Of St. Louis Park...

MN DOC Photo, therefore public domain

A participant in a North Minneapolis chat room reports a dangerous concentration of Level Three sex offenders is living at 3415 Logan Ave. N., a rental property owned by Albert Miller of 2631 Quentin Ave. S. St. Louis Park.

The participant reports he can identify residents of the property as Alex Diamond Cassidy, pictured above, as well as Reginald Hampton and rapist/murderer Russell Eugene Hyatt. (Check out this case with details about his sex murder)

Also, it is reported that...

Accused Robber And Shooter Malik El-Amin Appears Related To Well-Known North Minneapolis Imam Makram El-Amin Of The Famous El-Amin Fish House...

Facebook photo used under First Amendment Fair
Comment and Criticism, bite me. 

A commenter on a previous story about Malik El-Amin, charged with a boatload of serious criminal activity, asked whether young Malik was related to the folks who run the famous El-Amin fish house in North Minneapolis.

After a little bit of digging, I think it is safe to say...

Yes.

ASSUMING Malik is listed at the address where he REALLY lives and he didn't falsely put forth the address of some well-known people named El-Amin, then I can say with certainty Malik El-Amin is related to the folks who run El-Amin fish house.

Here are the facts I unearthed with not very much effort:

The name of the guy who owns the house where young Malik claims to live is "Makram El-Amin." That is the same name as...

Tariq Khan Accused Of Threatening To Cut Somebody's Head Off With An Axe Yesterday, JNS Blog Withholding Judgment On This Incident Given How Many No-Accounts Are Trying To Take Advantage After Tree-Downing "Summer Solstice Storm"

Stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

According to an MPD action alert email that was forwarded to me, a guy named Tariq Khan (relation to anybody else named "Khan" unknown) is accused of threatening to cut off somebody's head with an axe. This was an actual axe he had in his hands, allegedly, as he chased the two victims on foot. The two victims got in a car and then, presumably, made a police report.

The incident happened at 3434 Penn Ave. N. or near that location. That is Khan's address, where he lives in a homesteaded property.

JNS blog will be trying to obtain a criminal complaint for this incident if it goes forward to that stage. I will say it is unknown what, if anything, the victims did to provoke this incident however, given the incredible amount of storm damage and downed trees, it is not the least bit unusual for a Northside homeowner to have an axe in his hands or, for that matter, a chain saw.

Also, there are a lot of no-accounts out there trying to take advantage of the situation following the bad Summer Solstice Storm on June 21. The author of JNS blog has been dealing with various storm related issues for a couple days and I have seen some bad behavior with no-accounts approaching property owners to "help" with storm damage. An epic tale will be written, later, when I have time to write the tale.

So, all in all, I'm withholding judgment on this incident until there are more facts available.