Thread by @CrimeWatchMpls

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MEGA THREAD
We're sick of reposting these examples to the always available hypocrites in MN who bemoan "gun violence."

We hereby dismantle ANY argument from ANY Minnesota public official, representative or activist who calls for new gun laws and more gun control.

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You ALLOWED this to happen and then called it righteous while you left residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul defenseless and terrorized.
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GANG MEMBER Jaqwan Lamar House was given plea deals in at least two gun cases leaving him free to commit more violent crimes.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PRISON.

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Terry Lorenzo Brown, the St. Paul Truck Park mass shooter SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PRISON.

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Shivon Lee McCall indiscriminately fired shots in Uptown Minneapolis.

She was tossed a plea deal. ZERO time to serve.

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Keith Dawson, a multi-time convicted VIOLENT FELON was repeatedly spun through the revolving door of Minnesota's system until he instigated a gun battle that KILLED A CHILD.

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Multi-time convicted felon Danial Michael Levercom, Jr., who is prohibited from possessing firearms, was NOT charged with felon in possession after being found with a gun in Hennepin County.

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"... Between 2013 and 2019, judges and prosecutors chose to NOT sentence minimum prison sentences in felony firearm cases 40% of the time.”

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Repeat violent offender Abdimalik Hassan Abi was given a stayed sentence on a "mandatory" 5-year sentence for felon in possession of a firearm. He was repeatedly spun through Minnesota's revolving door to continue committing crimes.

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Teigre Ramone Collins' 5-year 'mandatory' sentence on felon in poss'n of a firearm was stayed in November. Because MN is totally serious about gun crime.

He was just arrested after robbing/carjacking a Door Dash delivery driver at gunpoint in Duluth.

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Troy Paris Payton
Five year "mandatory" minimum sentence on felon in possession of a firearm STAYED. Mille Lacs County.

Now charged in a new case with felon in possession.

Because Minnesota is totally serious about gun crime.

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Mack Denaro Brown recently convicted on multiple felonies which will be served concurrently. In the PLEA BARGAIN, a charge of felon in possession of a firearm, requiring a mandatory 5-year sentence, WAS DISMISSED.

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Brooklyn Park felon Markyse Maurice Wells has been federally indicted for possessing a firearm and a Glock "switch" that renders a gun to fire automatically, i.e. machine gun.

Of course, @MNCourts heretofore gave him stays on his prior violent crimes.

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Violent felon Deandre Amaud Harrington was offered a plea bargain dismissing charges of felon in possession of a firearm in TWO CASES in 2019.

He has gone on to be charged with NUMEROUS new crimes in several cases creating multiple victims.

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Yusuf Ahmed Yusuf of Eden Prairie shot his friend in the head inside an apartment while making a Snapchat video (prolly trying to pretend he's a gangster while endangering everyone around), yet he was only charged with reckless discharge of a firearm.

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Guled Omar Farah has a history of violent crimes.
Convicted in 2020 on Felon in Possession of Firearm ("mandatory" 5 yrs).
Spun out on stayed sentence. Has had several probation violation warrants issued since, but probation not revoked.

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Known gang member Gregory Dwayne Hamilton got a slap on the wrist in 2020 with a stayed sentence for a shooting at Winner Gas. Now he's in custody for 1st degree murder ++ related to a series of murders and shootings in north #Mpls last year.

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Dajion Jakar Strickling received a stay on his 5-year "mandatory minimum" felon in possession conviction by Judge Wm Koch. Subsequently charged in several felony cases with violating no contact orders.

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Courvoisier Corleone Prewitt convicted in 2017 on 5 violent felony counts related to gunplay - his sentence was STAYED. He's had several warrants and a probation violation since then and the stay has not been revoked.

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Jasmine Latrice Simmons-Brown pointed a gun at a carwash attended while her wife and child were with her. Her 36-month felony prison sentence was stayed by...... oh, Judge Martha Holton Dimick 🙄 who is running for Hennepin County Attorney.

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Daniel Curtis Elmberg convicted April 2019 on Felon in Possession of Firearm.
MANDATORY MINIMUM 5 yrs STAYED despite violent history.
Subsequently convicted on several violent crimes.
Now serving several sentences on those crimes concurrently.

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Zaid Said Mohamed charged w carrying a firearm without a permit. Failed to appear at hearing, warrant issued. Arrested on warrant. Spun out on ZERO bail 5 hours later.
Two more warrants issued on failure to appear and his release has not been revoked.

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Known gang member Jawan Contrail Carroll. In 2016 HC Atty Mike Freeman made a big show of charging dude w/multiple gang related felonies. Dismissed all charges & pled guilty to Disorderly Conduct.
Subsequently charged w murder in the #DTmpls shooting of Charlie Johnson.

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Gang member Farhan Musse Ibrahim was charged in 2019 in two cases with gang-related attempted murder. For some inexplicable reason he was running around in society free to commit new violent crimes. Subsequently convicted w 2nd degree assault in another shooting.

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Tasia Deanne White.
26 convictions. 10-time convicted felon, most violent.
Recently convicted on felon in possession of a firearm. She was granted a downward sentencing departure by Judge Paul Scoggin, AND was allowed to serve three separate felony sentences concurrently

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Omar Fuad Abdi
Previously convicted on Felony Terroristic Threats after threatening to shoot up #Hopkins school.

Received a STAYED sentence.

Subsequently convicted on 8 felonies in 5 cases, including violent crimes. Some of the new convictions stayed, others concurrent.

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NOTE: This thread only scratches the surface of the numerous violent offenders we've posted who've been spun through the door to create more victims. We're focusing this thread on gun related crimes & charges that have not been treated seriously by prosecutors or @MNCourts.

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Ask your reps why prosecutors coddle gang members.
Ask why judges stay sentences and spin gang members out the door.
Ask why gun crimes are not taken seriously in #MN.
All while our fake "leaders" bemoan the rise in "gun crimes."
Shove this in their face next time they cry.

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Oh, and thanks so much to @MNCourts for this one.
Kenyatta Buckles previously used a shotgun in several armed robberies, beat and terrorized the victims.

Received a stay of imposition in a plea deal.

Went on to become a serial rapist.

Good job.

@MNCourts 33/
Violent offender Nicholas Robert Briski-Smith was previously convicted in Minnesota on possession of a short-barreled shotgun. He was tossed a plea deal, of course. Credited with time served.

Now federally charged in a new gun case.

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Minnesota could not be more serious about tackling gun crime.

Right @SenRonLatz, @epmurphymn??

Maybe just one more law that your regime can ignore will do the trick, huh??

@SenRonLatz @epmurphymn 35/
Violent, predatory offender Cornell Oneal Young, 15 priors including 7 felonies.
Convicted on felon in poss'n of a firearm.
Despite history, his 60-mos prison sentence was stayed in a downward departure. 14 mos later, charged in new gun poss'n case.

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Christopher Lee Schimmelman, 03/28/1997
Convicted in 2017 on felony poss'n of a firearm w an altered/missing serial number. He rec'd a stay of imposition. Several warrants & probation violations and the stay hasn't been revoked.
Now in custody on felon in poss'n of a firearm.

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Lifelong violent offender Leontawan Lentez Holt was given a downward departure on a "mandatory" 5-yr sentence to 36 mos on felon in poss'n of a firearm in July 2020.

Now charged in an April 2022 murder in #UptownMpls.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PRISON.
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Thomas Lenard Hunter was left free to kill by Minnesota's weak criminal justice system and
@MNCourts.
Hunter received a STAYED sentence on felon in possession of a firearm in 2015. He subsequently racked up numerous felonies and killed a man.

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Cody Wayne White, 04/17/1979

White had at least six prior felony convictions, including violent crimes, when he was convicted on felon in possession of a firearm.

His 72-month sentence was stayed by Mille Lacs County Judge Sarah E Hennesy.

Totes serious about gun crime.

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Cody Wayne White was subsequently convicted on 1st degree aggravated robbery (after receiving the stayed sentence), and is now a wanted fugitive.

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Montreal Bernard Christensen, 20.
Convicted on felon in possession of firearm + 3rd degree assault in May.

Despite a prior conviction on a violent crime, Judge Catherine A. Trevino stayed the 60-month gun sentence.

Because Minnesota is totally serious about gun crime.
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Multi-time felon charged in the June shooting homicide of Taleen Tanna in Mpls had 2 recent convictions that should have put him in prison, including a gun crime.
Instead, Laundelle Jackson remained free on stayed prison sentences from MN judges.
alphanews.org/minneapolis-mu…

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Another spin through the revolving door for Guled Omar Farah.
In custody on a probation violation on the gun case for which he received a stayed sentence - His 9th probation violation report since receiving the stay. Along with numerous fail to appear. Still not revoked.

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Tashawn Powell, 17, was on "probation" for a gun charge & failed to appear in court 4 times as part of probation.

Now charged w 2nd degree murder for allegedly shooting Fred Ulysses Walker, 15, at a #MplsDowntown LTR station on Aug. 2, 2022.

alphanews.org/teen-who-alleg…

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Shamar Alon Ramon Lark, convicted in April 2022 on gross misdemeanor carry a pistol w/o permit following a shots fired incident near #UMN student housing. His 1-year sentence was stayed. Ordered to serve 2 days.

3 months later, now charged in the Mall of America shots fired.

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UPDATE/CORRECTION on Shamar Lark's prior conviction/stay. He had TWO gun cases last year. The stay was on a RamseyCo case (from 9/11/21).

On the UMN area shots fired (from 3/26/21), he received a stay of adjudication, which he rec'd AFTER being chg'd in the RamseyCo case🙄

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Wayne Deonte Akis, convicted in Sept 2012 on felon in possession/firearm. The 60-mos sentence was stayed in a dispositional departure by Judge Rosanne Nathanson. Less than a year later, charged in new case with felon in possession/firearm and 1st degree aggravated robbery.

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Jamarcus Robert Tucker, self-admitted "gangbanger," has repeatedly had gun crimes dismissed or sentences reduced by @MNCourts in 6 different cases since Jan 2021, as recently as Jan 2022.

Now charged in the violent assault of Jack Nadeau in #MplsDowntown + felon in poss'n.

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Tiwan Darnell Puller, 31, St. Paul, should have been in prison on a felony conviction of felon in possession at the time he was charged with killing Alexandra Joyce Renee Perkins at W Broadway/I94 in an apparent drug/alcohol fueled high-speed crash.

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Justin Michael Kittleson was convicted on TWO separate gun crimes in Hennepin County in June & August 2022. Both convictions STAYED including felony 2nd degree assault where he fired a gun at someone.

Now charged w/armed carjacking & shots fired.
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James Lee Norgaard is a chronic offender who had several open cases with numerous felony charges when he was sentenced in May 2022 for illegally possessing a gun. He was sentenced to time served & spun out the door.
Now charged with several felonies.

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Lamont Michael Perez Evans, 05/17/1989. Lengthy history of felony convictions, yet on his 6th felony conviction, for felon in possession of a firearm, he was tossed a plea deal & rec'd a downward sentencing departure by Judge Ellen L. Maas.

MN is totes serious abt gun crime.

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MN prosecutors & @MNCourts are not serious about gun & violent crimes.
Juvenile felon Ridge Kinney stole 9 guns in a home invasion. He was tossed a plea deal dismissing all the felon in possession chgs AND rec'd a stayed sentence. Charged in another home invasion 5 mos later.

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Dakotah Lee Eastman
Oct 2019: Convicted on Felony Theft of Firearm
Rec'd stay-of-imposition by Judge Shawn M Moynihan, credit for time served & spun out. Warrants issued twice for probation violations, plus several warrants in a drug case. Still his probation is not revoked.

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Malcolm Edwards who is prohibited from possessing firearms was convicted on being a felon in possession of a firearm. His 5-year sentence was stayed in a downward departure & ZERO time to serve. He violated probation twice w/i weeks. Still not revoked.

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Gerald Darius Smith is charged w multiple violent gun felonies. He was supposedly found "incompetent" to stand trial. So @MNCourts RELEASED HIM INTO THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE VICTIMIZING. Now arrested after fleeing police in a stolen vehicle.

@MNCourts 54/
Antwan/won Marlo Davis had about 40 convictions when he was charged with felon in possession/firearm.
His 60-mos sentence was stayed.
NINE DAYS LATER, Davis committed a home invasion robbery & stabbed a man; sentence also stayed.
Probation not revoked on the gun conviction.

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Jerome Lee Swanson, 21, of Ham Lake was tossed a Dakota Co plea deal in 2020 dismissing a felony stolen firearm charge & staying a felony auto theft conviction.
Eight months later, he shot a man in #Mpls during a carjacking. @mncourts are not serious.
alphanews.org/ham-lake-man-r…

@MNCourts 56/
Minnesota is totally serious about gun crime.

Chronic offender Guntallwon Brown was convicted in two separate gun cases in two counties in two months.

Slap on the wrist in both cases. Spun out the door.

Probation violations in both cases + new charges, still not revoked.

@MNCourts 57/
Ramsey County plea deal and a downward departure on sentencing leaves Green Line LRT shooter Jacquez Jamarr Green FREE after being charged with attempted murder and 2nd degree assault.

Because Minnesota and @MNCourts are totally serious about gun crime.
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Roger J. Wells was convicted in Aug 2021 for the 2nd time in 6 years on felon/possession/gun.
Sentenced to 60 mos.
HOWEVER, sentence was stayed by Judge Reynaldo A. Aligada, Jr.
Wells died in a high-speed traffic crash on Mon.
If @MNCourts had done their job, he’d be alive.

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Roger Wells was also charged in November with four counts related to DWI and driving after revocation.

Yet, he was not probation violated on the gun case even though the terms of his probation prohibited alcohol/drug use and required him to remain law abiding.

Double Fail.

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@MNCourts are not serious about gun crime.
Christopher Mark Olson was convicted in Dec 2019 on felon/possess/firearm, but his 60-mos sentence was stayed by Judge Tim D. Wermager.
Today, Olson was charged w felon in possession + drugs after fighting w St. Paul cops on Monday.

@MNCourts 60/
WANTED DOUBLE MURDER SUSPECT Martin Orea was tossed a plea deal on a gun charge in 2017 amending a carry gun violation to misdemeanor illegal transport/gun while hunting... in St. Paul... with a revolver... in April.

@MNcourts and prosecutors are a joke and a farce.
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Felon Jacob Ronald Lewis was found with a loaded gun during a traffic stop, plus drugs and other people's wallets, IDs and checkbooks. He was tossed a plea deal by Ramsey County and a stayed 60-mos prison sentence on felon in possession of a firearm by Judge Paul Yang.

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Rolling 30s Bloods gang member Shantaello Leon Christianson was charged with felon in possession of a firearm & 2nd degree riot in 2013.
Felon in possession was dismissed and the 17 mos riot conviction was stayed.
He continued his criminal lifestyle.

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Lifelong offender Theng Yang had 11 adult convictions including 4 felonies plus 2 juvenile violent felonies when he was allowed to serve 2 felon in possession/gun sentences concurrently. Now 8 felonies later, he's newly charged w felon in possession.

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This is the third time Theng Yang has been charged with felon in possession of a firearm (plus numerous other felonies). It's time for @DMNnews to step in and do the job that @MNCourts refuse to do and charge him as a career criminal.

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WANTED FUGITIVE
Shawn Franklin Sunt, #NEMPLS history.
A repeat/violent/chronic offender we've posted several times.

17 prior convictions including 11 felony convictions since 2014--most stayed, others concurrent including a gun crime.

Your system isn't working. #3StrikesMN

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Brandon Pierre Johnson, 02/25/1989, a perp we've previously posted was granted a downward dispositional departure on a conviction for felon in possession of a firearm by Judge Tanya M. Bransford.
He's now federally charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

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Talon Scurlock was granted a stay on carry a gun w/o permit in April 2022 by Judge Kellie Charles. He was granted a stay on a DWI injury crash + other DWI in Sept 2022.
NOW: Charged in 3 new felony cases in 3 counties since Oct 2022.
@MNCourts, your feelgoodery isn't working.

@MNCourts 67/
Donte Raphael McCray was convicted in May 2022 on gross misd carry gun w/o permit (max sentence 1 yr). He was tossed a plea deal by HennCo prosecutors agreeing to a stay-of-imposition approved by Judge Jamie Anderson.
Now charged w 2nd degree murder of pregnant Kyla O'Neal.

@MNCourts 68/
Nathaniel Nahom Michael was convicted on first-degree sexual assault after charges say he raped a female while using a gun while impersonating a police officer. He was tossed a plea deal dismissing the gun & impersonation charges, and his 12-year prison sentence was stayed.

@MNCourts 69/
Marcus James Malibiran, 23, a perp we've posted numerous times.
8 prior felonies since 2018: Seven were stayed.
Two GM illegal gun possession convictions:
one probation, one stayed.
NOW: New federal charge on felon in possession because @MNCourts feelgoodery DOESN'T WORK.

Make sure you keep clicking "Show Replies" at the bottom. To date, we've added 69 items in this thread, but Twitter only shows 30.
Jan. 28, 2023.

@MNCourts 69a/

Read through the details of how @MNCourts repeatedly failed to hold repeat felon Marcus James Malibiran accountable for his escalating crimes which allowed him to create more victims.

No one but Crime Watch will report this information to you.
patreon.com/posts/felon-re…

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Damarcus Deontay Holloway, convicted on felon in possession/gun in 2017. Five-year sentence stayed. Other felonies also stayed, as recently as last week and he was spun out by @MNCourts.
NOW charged with new drug and gun felonies after three kids overdosed this week.

@MNCourts 71/
Christopher Dewayne Jones should have been in prison on felon in possession of a firearm when he shot and killed Blake Swanson at Raspberry Island in a 2021 robbery.
But due to MN's lax sentencing that only requires offenders to serve 2/3s incarcerated, he was free to kill.

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Davion Lazarick Gaines was charged with shooting up the Minneapolis 4th Precinct with a machine gun in July 2022. Here's the gunshot audio and our thread at the time:

At the time he was charged, HCA Mike Freeman faux huffed and puffed and said, "Reckless gun use will not be tolerated."

[Narrator voice] Pssst, it will be tolerated.

Under a plea deal, two felony charges of possessing a machine gun and reckless discharge of a weapon were dismissed.

He pled guilty in October to one felony count of riot. His 12-month sentence was stayed by Judge Kerry Meyer EVEN THOUGH he had another open case on a felony charge of drive-by shooting. That case is still pending.

LESS THAN 90 DAYS LATER, in December he was charged in a new case with felon in possession of a firearm. That case is still pending, and Gaines remains in custody on $200,000 bail.

@MNCourts, your feelgoodery isn't working.

cRimE soLuTionZ eLuSivE

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Daniel William Scharffbillig, 07/30/1989, of St. Paul was convicted in December 2022 on GM carrying a firearm without a permit to carry. Under the terms of a plea deal, two other counts of driving after revocation and drug paraphernalia were dismissed, and the Rosemount city prosecutor agreed to a stay-of-imposition and probation to the court - no prison or jail time.

NEW: Scharffbillig was charged on Friday with fleeing Inver Grove Heights police in a Kia stolen out of St. Paul which he subsequently crashed into a median. Upon arrest, Scharffbillig was found in possession of several bump keys, which can be forced into a vehicle’s ignition during vehicle thefts.

@MNCourts hug therapy not working.

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Bobby Neal Cole, Jr., 27, was convicted in Nov. 2019 on 1st degree aggravated robbery with a gun aboard the Metro Transit Green Line LRT in which the victim told the court she was "terrorized with fear."

The prosecutor tossed Cole a plea deal agreeing to dismiss two counts of felon in possession of a firearm/ammo in exchange for a guilty plea.

Ramsey County Judge George T. Stephenson approved the deal, then granted Cole a stay on the 81-month prison sentence in a downward departure from sentencing guidelines.
Read about the robbery and plea deal here:

NEW: Cole was taken into custody by Ramsey County this week after being charged in the Feb. 2021 murder of Raymond Renteria Hobbs, 20, in a St. Paul drive-by shooting (which occurred while Cole SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PRISON). The public indictment was posted in court records yesterday charging Cole with five felonies.

Cole was arrested in Illinois.

@MNCourts killed another person.alphanews.org/green-line/

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Christopher Reauld James, 11/25/1996, of Mpls was convicted in November on felon in possession of a firearm. Charges say he threatened a Metro Transit bus driver and a female passenger while throwing objects at the passenger in Brooklyn Center and said he had a gun.

Surveillance video showed James hide an object while he was fleeing police. A loaded .22 handgun was found at the location.

James is prohibited from possessing guns due to a prior robbery conviction (stayed by Judge Regina Chu).

James' 60-month prison sentence on the new conviction was stayed by Judge Julie Allyn in a downward departure from guidelines.

Last week, he was arrested on a warrant related to a probation violation in the case. Judge Regina Chu dismissed the violation and continued the stay and his probation this week. He's out. Free.

cRimE soLuTionZ eLuSivE

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Violent offender Immir Fyontane Rice, 24, was convicted in Jan. 2022 on felon in possession of a firearm. He was tossed a plea deal by Hennepin County for a stay-of-execution on the 60-month sentence which was agreed to in a downward departure by judges Paul Scoggin and Rachel Hughey.

NOW: Charged with double murder in the Feb. 2023 shooting deaths of two people at 28th and Bryant/Colfax Ave S.
He should have been in prison at the time of the murders.
Minnesota is not serious about gun crime.
@MNCourts

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The government failures in regard to this offender cannot be overstated.

Manamany Omot Abella was convicted in 2020 in two cases with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Plea deals in the cases dismissed charges of drive by shooting and 2nd degree assault with a gun (because MN is totes serious about gun crimes), and he was allowed to serve the two 5-year sentences concurrently (along with sentences in two other felony cases), despite his history of violent crimes including violent crimes as a juvenile.

Instead of the 13.5 years he was sentenced to, he spent less than 20 months in prison due to @MNCourts weak concurrent and two-thirds sentencing rules, AND @MinnCorrections additional decision to let him out even earlier after serving just half of the lame 40-month concurrent and two-thirds sentencing calculation.

Abella is now charged with murder in a new drive-by shooting last week - WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PRISON.

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Bobby Floyd Miller, 05/15/1989, received a stay on his 5-year prison sentence on May 17, 2023, in a downward departure by Judge Toddrick Barnette after pleading guilty to felon in possession of a firearm - because @MNCourts and prosecutors are totes serious about gun crime.
Lead Hennepin County prosecutor who offered the plea deal: Christopher James Filipski
Miller was charged after shots were fired at VOA Nicollet Towers a year ago in June. Our post from that:

TWO DAYS AFTER HIS SLAP ON THE WRIST, Miller allegedly shot two people again at VOA Nicollet Towers in #MplsDowntown on May 19, 2023. Our post from that:
Miller is newly charged, again, with felon in possession of a firearm, and 2nd degree assault.
Again, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PRISON at the time of the double shooting in #MplsDowntown at problem property VOA Nicollet Towers, but he wasn't because of our failed @MNCourts system.
Tag @GovTimWalz @MayorFrey, @MNCourts and #MNLEG in your replies.

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Joshua Matthew Goldman of St. Louis Park was tossed a plea deal on a gun pointing charge (threats of violence). Under the deal, the felony charge was downgraded to a gross misdemeanor. ZERO time to serve in a downward departure. @MNCourts is totes serious about gun crime.

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Kahn Z. Gbor is a chronic offender with at least 30 convictions, including multiple felonies, as well as multiple active cases.

Gbor was convicted in April 2023 on a felony count of felon in possession of a firearm.

DESPITE Gbor's lengthy and active criminal history and pending cases, the 5-year prison sentence was STAYED by Judge Lisa K. Janzen in a downward departure from sentencing guidelines.

Janzen noted that Gbor was "particularly amenable to probation" despite his 30 PRIOR CONVICTIONS and multiple active criminal cases.

#MNmath: 5 years = zero

Meanwhile, new onerous and specious "gun control" laws just kicked in for lawful Minnesota gun owners passed by DFL controlled #MNLEG in the last session because they're sooooooooooo concerned about gun crime🙄🤡

@MNCourts, @MinnesotaDFL and #MNLEG, you are an utter joke.

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Angelique Kay Franson, 08/21/1992, was convicted in August on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm. Her 60-month sentence was stayed by Judge Carolina Lamas in a downward departure from guidelines. She was credited with time served in jail and was placed on probation. (Originally stopped by UMPD in a stolen vehicle, she was found with a loaded gun). She is prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony assault and drug convictions.

Another case on 2nd degree riot was dismissed (In that case, Franson was part of a group that attacked and assaulted a man in downtown Minneapolis).

Another conviction on possession of metal knuckles was also stayed. (Park police/The Commons Park).

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Sex offender Kevin Jay Bruce, 01/03/1990, was just convicted in June 2023 on felon in possession of a firearm but his 5-year prison sentence was stayed by Judge Lisa K Janzen in a downward departure from guidelines.
NOW: Bruce is newly charged with fleeing police.
@MNCourts

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Totes serious about gun crime.

Of 773 felony cases in Hennepin County that involved firearms, only 28.7% saw a mandatory minimum sentence imposed and carried out. Of those who were convicted, about 48% did not get a mandatory minimum sentence.
Read⬇️
alphanews.org/over-40-of-con…

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Minnesota is totes serious about gun crimes. New #MNLEG legislation proposes to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes, and also creates more bureaucracy and administration - and of course, throws more taxpayer money at the bureaucracy while prosecuting less.

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North Minneapolis 'Lows' gang member Marquez Demar Hill-Turnipseed was convicted in Sept. 2022 for being in possession of a machine gun (Glock with a switch).

He was sentenced to ONE DAY of time served by @MNCourts.

Nine months later, Hill-Turnipseed was scooped up by the feds in possession of another machine gun (Glock with a switch).

The feds have to repeatedly clean up the mess made by Minnesota prosecutors and courts.

alphanews.org/minneapolis-lo…

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Dexter Armond Jackson was convicted in March 2023 for being a felon in possession of a firearm (prohibited due to a prior conviction for armed robbery).
His 5-year prison sentence was stayed in a downward departure by Judge Lisa K. Janzen, and he was placed on probation. Two warrants, new crimes, and 1 year later, he's charged with randomly attacking a college student in #Dinkytown with a gun.

Totes serious.

alphanews.org/random-attack-…

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Trevion Armond Figgs was just convicted in Ramsey County in January on a charge of being in possession of a firearm without a serial number. Figgs had been arrested last June following a shooting in St. Paul where 40 shots were reported and 27 shell casing had been recovered. He was found with a gun in his possession without a serial number that was a forensic match to the casings recovered.

You know the rest... the felony was downgraded to a gross misdemeanor and his sentence was stayed by Judge Andrew Gordon in January 2024, because Minnesota is totally serious about gun crimes.

TWO MONTHS LATER in March of this year, (when Figgs should have been in prison but wasn't because MN is weak), Figgs was charged with attempted murder of Ramsey County Deputy Joe Kill after firing shots with a rifle from a moving vehicle during a pursuit.

Also, Ramsey County has finally decided to charge Figgs with attempted murder in last June's shooting in St. Paul, which they should have done in the first place.

Read more on the shots fired at Deputy Kill👇


It's time for Andrew Luger @DMNnews to step in and federally charge this mess made by @MNCourts and weak prosecutors.alphanews.org/arrests-made-i…

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Multi-time violent felon Devonte Deshawn Dickerson, 11/26/1997, was convicted in 2021 for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

In addition to being bailed out by MN Freedom Fund after being charged, former Judge Martha Holton Dimick granted Dickerson a downward departure on his felony sentence upon conviction, despite his criminal history.

Two months after being released on parole (after serving only 2/3s of his downward sentence), he was charged with felony auto theft. He was convicted in Feb. 2024, and Judge Marta Chou stayed his 30-month prison sentence, despite still being on parole from the gun conviction (he should have been sent back to prison to finish the gun crime sentence, in addition to the auto theft conviction).

Now, he's back in custody on probable cause narcotics.

Minnesota loves creating crime victims and is not a serious state.

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@GovTimWalz, @AGEllison & @MNCourts are totally serious about gun crime.

Larry Bernard Clark, Jr, 05/30/2003, of north Minneapolis was convicted last year for being in possession of a machine gun (Glock with an auto sear).

He was tossed a plea deal by Joseph Paquette from @HennepinAtty @MaryMoriarty's office offering a stay of imposition (no prison), probation, and 20 days of picking up trash in the park on STS.

Judge Kerry Meyer thought that sentence was way too harsh and reduced his STS to 11 days of picking up trash and spun him out the door.

Clark has violated probation at least twice since his fake sentencing.

Judges Julie Allyn and Hilary Caligiuri separately continued Clark's stay of imposition and probation after each violation and spun him back out the door.

NOW: Clark was picked up on another felony probation violation warrant in the case this morning.

How many spins?? Pathetic.

BTW, @DMNnews didn't charge him federally after all the tough talk of cracking down on machine gun possession.