Thread by @CrimeWatchMpls

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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.