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Oct 24 9 tweets 3 min read
South Minneapolis - Five vehicle injury crash at Ontario and W Lyndale Ave. Possible extrication needed.
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At least five EMS rigs assigned. Some vehicles are "severely impacted."
Oct 24 4 tweets 2 min read
SHOOTING. One who is shot showed up at the hospital. Supposedly occurred in 5th Precinct, south Minneapolis. No other details yet.
UPDATE: May have occurred at 35xx Grand Ave S. Image 2/
The suspect named in the shooting is the "neighbor from hell" we previously posted.
John Sawchak.
Sep 21 8 tweets 3 min read
Downtown Minneapolis - SHOOTING. At least three people are shot.
In front of the Pour House at 5th and Hennepin.
BM, tan sweater "00", ran from the scene.
Police requesting multiple EMS rigs.
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CPR started on at least one of the people shot.

A fourth person shot was found. (four confirmed so far).

Police are looking for a fifth person shot.
Sep 18 4 tweets 3 min read
South Minneapolis - Overnight before 5 a.m., DOUBLE SHOOTING at the encampment. People shot in their heads. CPR on at least one, later pronounced deceased.
Corresponding Shotspotter activation.
Suspect: Native Mob gang member in a Jeep Cherokee, 30s, all red clothing, skinny
25xx 17th Ave SImage But @MplsWard9 Jason Chavez and @MplsWard12 Aurin Chowdhury want to give people at drug encampments preferred status and make it harder to remove encampments.
Aug 21 4 tweets 2 min read
This is how #MNmedia misleads you on crime statistics. Although the Geriatric Neighbor was doing a report on juvenile auto theft and how the current system isn't working to deter it, they quoted Hennepin County auto thefts this year at 475.

But they didn't tell you that DOESN'T include Minneapolis, which is sitting at 4300 auto thefts so far this year. It's a stunning number. Why won't they tell you?Image
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In fact, looking at this closer, the number @UbahDAli and @WCCO listed in the screenshot above is NOT the number of auto thefts, but is the number only being PROSECUTED so far this year. So, COMPLETELY WRONG INFORMATION.

WCCO needs to do a retraction. Image
Aug 20 4 tweets 1 min read
Downtown Minneapolis - STABBING at Bolero Flats, 21st floor. One reportedly stabbed in the neck and back.
1117 Marquette Ave
21:03
Police arrived and are being told the person who is stabbed is nude and possibly running down Marquette.
Now he's in a parking ramp on 12th.
Now police say the person stabbed is up in the apartment. They're still checking for the naked male.Image 2/
Police are now separately with the naked male in the parking ramp at 117 12th St. The party said he is also stabbed and police see cuts on him.
21:10
Aug 15 4 tweets 2 min read
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Oh boy. Where to even begin with this one.

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"Leaning into opinion journalism"......

Uh, newsflash, birdcage liner, you crossed that bridge long ago.
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Birdcage liner has historically turned off public comments on every single important story where the public seeks to weigh in, not the least of which are crime and public safety related stories. Image
Aug 10 6 tweets 3 min read
In today's laughable headlines from Tim Walz's PR department in Minnesota:
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If we have anything to say about it, the world will find out what everyone in Minnesota knows about Tim Walz and his abject failures that #MNmedia won't tell you. Image
Aug 10 4 tweets 2 min read
NEW only on Crime Watch: We've obtained a copy of an internal email issued from Metro Transit GM Lesley Kandaras stating Metro Transit Police Chief Ernest Morales is "on leave," after being on the job just over a year. Captain Joseph Dotseth will be covering in his absence.

Crime Watch exclusively told you a few weeks ago that Morales was apparently being considered for a new police chief job in Austin, TX.

We're also working to gather information some other rumors surrounding this leave and whether there are other circumstances involved. Stay tuned.

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Our prior post on Morales being considered for Austin, TX police chief.

Aug 6 4 tweets 2 min read
YOU DON'T HATE 🦕#MNMEDIA ENOUGH.

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While he allowed his buddy's candy store to remain open and then killed your grandmas and grandpas by forcing sick people into nursing homes while you cried outside their windows.

UNCONSCIONABLE. This ass needs to be run out of office, not promoted.

Aug 2 4 tweets 1 min read
Downtown Minneapolis - Police on site in the Loring Park neighborhood say someone is firing shots from a building.
Possibly at 2xx Clifton or coming from across the freeway in 5th Precinct. Police in that precinct checking 19th and Nicollet.
Now another shot west of La Salle/Groveland.Image 2/
Police have narrowed it down to coming from behind 215 Oak Grove.
A witness said two people were firing toward the freeway from a parking garage.
One is BM, 30s, black tank, tan shorts, red shoes, other is BF in black/red pajama pants.
Jul 13 9 tweets 3 min read
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NEW only on Crime Watch. A recent change in Hennepin County court policy is leaving some alleged domestic abusers free on very low bail just hours after being arrested and before seeing a judge. 2/
A new “standing order” signed last month by Hennepin County Chief Judge Kerry Meyer replaced a “standing order” that had been in effect since 2019, which set conditions for “pre-appearance release” on various crimes (meaning whether an arrested party can be released before appearing before a judge).
Jul 11 4 tweets 2 min read
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Karen 11 and this clown are still gaslighting you on Minneapolis crime stats saying "cRimEz iZ dOwN" on a *** three-year average ***.

Uh, crime was at all-time highs during the last 3-4 years. Saying it's down from that is GASLIGHTING.

Not to mention, fewer people are reporting, as we've posted numerous times, and there are fewer cops to take reports. See 2/⬇️ 2/
Here's when we called out this dunce a year ago for the very same thing.

Jul 5 12 tweets 5 min read
THREAD of overnight arrests.
(Name, city of residence, probable cause charge)

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ABDULAHI MOHAMED ABDULAHI, 23, Apple Valley
MOHAMED NASIR ABDULLAHI, 21, Minneapolis
ABDIHAKIM MOHAMED ADEN, 20, Minneapolis
ABDIRAHMAN YUSUF AHMED, 20, Minneapolis Image 2/
MOHAMED OSMAN AHMED, 19, Minneapolis
SUCDI AYAANLE AHMED, 18, Minneapolis
ABDIRAHMAN MOHAMED ALI, 21, St. Paul
MAHAMED YOUSSUF DAHIR, 22, St. Paul Image
Jul 5 5 tweets 1 min read
South Minneapolis - OFFICER HELP CALL.
Police on site at the Lake St YMCA, possible shots fired. There had been reports of a large crowd, fights, and people with guns. Up to 300 people on site where there was a basketball tourney.
2121 E Lake St
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Police say there's a person in the gym with a gun.
Three males in jumpsuits. One in gray, one in black, all in masks. One had long dreads.
Jun 30 5 tweets 2 min read
NEW only on Crime Watch:
Local chef of notoriety Justin Sutherland was apparently arrested overnight, we're told on probable cause domestic assault and allegedly involving a firearm.

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Sutherland has just happened to be the head chef at some local joints where gangs like to have shootouts, at least a couple in and around Uptown and south Minneapolis. Probably totally a coinkydink.
Jun 19 4 tweets 3 min read
1. This is new. Another 5 people are charged in the Twin Cities with Medicaid fraud totaling over $10M (we'll come back to this).

2. The guy pictured (1) was charged in a prior theft by swindle case and the video shown was from a probation violation hearing in the case last year. His lawyer pictured in the video is former state Rep. John Lesch (pic 2-3) .

The fraud in the case John Lesch was defending for this guy, occurred WHILE John Lesch was a state rep.

It just seems dirty that someone who had a fiduciary responsibility to the people of the state ends up defending a criminal who defrauded taxpayers under that state rep's own watch (and this isn't new, it's just gross. See also Sen. Bobby Joe Champion for many more examples).

3. Circling back, can someone please put together a shareable Google spreadsheet showing the number of fraud cases and the amounts (must be closing in on $1 billion by now) that has occurred under the watch of @GovTimWalz and @AGEllison. Thank you.Image
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Just as a point of note of even more corruption, when Abdirashid Said (above) was charged in the prior felony theft by swindle case in 2021, he was living at Audubon Crossings in NE Minneapolis - an "affordable" income limited apartment.

Where is the @IRSnews prosecuting these people for receiving monetary benefits to which they are not entitled and failing to pay taxes on those benefits?Image
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Jun 15 7 tweets 1 min read
South Minneapolis - Pedestrian struck by a vehicle.
E Franklin and Portland Ave

21:41 Vehicle went up over a curb and struck three people.
One is still down.
Jun 1 4 tweets 2 min read
South Minneapolis - Earlier this morning, occupants of this red vehicle were breaking vehicle windows and doing smash and grabs in the areas of:
38th and 10th Ave S
35th and Park Ave S
41st and 15th Ave S
42nd and 11th Ave S
39th and Elliot Ave S
39xx 12th Ave S
Broken rear window, Arizona or ND plate same/similar to 445BGV. Occupied by 4 in teens or 20s.

These widespread smash and grabs have been going on for DAYS, with hundreds of victims. ZERO #MNmedia have reported the incidents.

It's a godd*m free-for-all in this city that's being completely ignored by "leaders" and media. ZERO warnings, ZERO reports, except from Crime Watch.

When encryption comes, YOU WILL KNOW NOTHING. And that's what they want.Image 2/
Read about the hundreds of windows smashed by marauders earlier this week across Minneapolis.

patreon.com/posts/over-100…
May 30 24 tweets 5 min read
South Minneapolis - SHOOTING.
ACTIVE SHOOTER. Fire responders or officer possibly involved.
DEVELOPING.
22xx Blaisdell Ave
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POLICE ARE BEING SHOT AT.
May 28 10 tweets 4 min read
Over 100 vehicle break-ins early Tuesday morning in Minneapolis. Police were not allowed to pursue when the suspects were later spotted.

No alert issued by MPD to the public.

Follow Crime Watch on Patreon for more exclusive content. No paywalls ever.

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Submitted info about vehicle break-in in the Marcy Holmes area of Minneapolis. These have yet to be reported to MPD, so the number of vehicles broken into overnight will likely skyrocket.

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