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Former Mpls School Staffer Sentenced to 13 Years for 2018 Sexual Assault
(Melvin Epps, Source: MN Dept. of Corrections) By MN Crime Watch, June 30, 2019A former Minneapolis Public Schools employee was sentenced to 156 months in prison after being found guilty by a jury in June for a 2018 sexual assault that took place following a Super Bowl party.Melvin Epps, who held consecutive positions in Minneapolis Public Schools as a special education assistant at Northeast Middle School and as a behavior specialist at Patrick Henry High School between August 2014 and March 2017, raped a woman after offering her a ride following the Maxim Super Bowl party in downtown Minneapolis, according to a report in June by Alpha News.Prosecutors originally sought the maximum allowable prison sentence of 187 ...
Posted Aug 9, 2019, 1:30 PM by Ronnie V
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Man Convicted of Manslaughter in Green Line Assault of Senior Citizen Now Facing Several Gun Charges
A 23-year-old man with a history of receiving plea bargains on convictions for violent crimes committed at transit stations, including manslaughter, is now facing new weapons charges in two Twin Cities counties.Cavis Deandre Adams should have been incarcerated at the time of the September 2016 assault at the Robert Street Green Line transit station that resulted in the death of 68-year-old Gebremedhin Tela. Just two months prior, Adams had been convicted of felony robbery in another violent assault on a man at the Rice Street Green Line transit station in March 2016. However, in the Rice Street case he was given a plea bargain that dismissed a first-degree aggravated robbery charge and he pleaded ...
Posted Jun 30, 2019, 5:19 PM by Crime Watch
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Police Advise of Burglaries in the Mpls Fulton Neighborhood
June 6, 2019
Burglaries in the Fulton Neighborhood
June 4th, 2019, between the hours of 9 pm and 6 am, there
were eight reported burglaries to garages, and one to a home in a four-block
radius (click on ALL ATTACHMENTS below). The suspects entered through unlocked
or unsecured service doors in three cases, and the others were forced open.
Entry to the home was made through an open rear door. Suspects stole tools,
bikes and other miscellaneous items.
50XX York Ave S.: (House- rear door unlocked/open) Home
owner awoke to a loud crash in his kitchen. Suspect fled when homeowner yelled
out. Loss: Kitchen drawer with wallet and Id.
48XX Vincent Ave S.: Service door forced in. No ...
Posted Jun 7, 2019, 7:12 AM by Crime Watch
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Minneapolis Man Charged with Armed Robbery in St. Cloud
Abdimalik Hassan Abi (Photo: Stearns County Jail)
By MN Crime, May 30, 2019
St. Cloud media is reporting
that a Minneapolis man has been charged in Stearns County with aggravated
robbery and weapons violations after another man said he was robbed of his
cellphone on May 21 by the suspect.
The report alleges that Abdimalik Hassan Abi, 22, blocked
the victim’s car into a space at a business parking lot on the 800 block of
University Drive about 5 p.m., and that Abi then approached the driver’s side
window displaying brass knuckles and a gun in his waistband while demanding the
victim’s cellphone and code to unlock it.
Police spotted the suspect’s car the next ...
Posted Jun 5, 2019, 6:59 PM by Crime Watch
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Native Mob Gang Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
Dakota James Lafave (Photo: Sherburne County Jail)
By MN Crime, May 28, 2019
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced
sentencing in federal court last week for Dakota James Lafave to 366 months in
prison for assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, witness
retaliation, and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
The case stemmed from a 2017 incident in which Lafave shot a
former Native Mob gang member in the back in retaliation for testifying against
fellow gang members in a federal racketeering conspiracy trial in 2013. Lafave
had also hoped that the unprovoked attack would elevate his position in the
Native Mob gang, according to the release.
Lafave, aka “Biggs,” 30 ...
Posted Jun 5, 2019, 6:51 PM by Crime Watch
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Interesting Police Calls -Twin Cities--Caller wants to be seen about being locked in the bathroom at the Taco Bell for 15-20 minutes
--Need squads to respond to a fight in the parking lot of Kinder Care
--There's a rolling domestic that started at the [fast food restaurant] at xxxx University. Vehicle was last seen westbound with female half in and half out of the vehicle (NE Mpls)
--Need a squad to head to Phelps Park for a 13 y/o who says he can't feel his body. He just got done smoking marijuana with someone named Tyree (Pct. 3)
--I just got flagged down on a party who's lying in the grass without his pants (Pct. 3)
--Caller says there's a creepy and shirtless man in a Buick down by the wading pool (Minnehaha Park)
--There are some kids throwing rocks off a pedestrian bridge, and it looks like they've got a mannequin, too, that they haven't thrown yet (S. Mpls)
--Customer trouble at [business]. Meet the caller out front regarding a spiritual advisor (S. Mpls)
--Metro Transit driver needs assistance for a person roller skating on the bus and refusing to leave (Johnson & E. Hennepin)
--Caller said his roommate tried to bury him
--Caller saw a party bus hit a couple of parked cars
--Caller says the suspect assaulted him with a vacuum cleaner--See the caller about Facebook threats (NE Mpls)
--Caller wants to cancel the call about the possible prowler. He found out it was the pizza guy
--Suspect who was making the threats is named Diane, she's wearing a tube top and shorts that say "hoy" on the rear and it's reported that she's drunk (NE Mpls)
--Caller says her 52 year old brother is acting stupid and hit her (S. Mpls)
--The neighbors are yelling at each other, one's threatening to shoot. There's a history of shooting in the past (S. Mpls)
--We got a call about an aggressive perfume vendor in the parking lot at [store] at 13th & Franklin
--Caller hears noise on the back porch. Caller does have a machete (NE Mpls, 11:40p)
--We're thinking that the caller has been drinking
--There's 4 parties harassing passersby and stealing hot sauce from the Chipotle (NE Mpls)
--I have some kind of a mascot, a guy in a pig outfit, who has passed out (NE Mpls)
--Another assault just occurred at the church (DT Mpls)
--Injury accident at 28xx Johnson St. NE, a bicyclist ran into a car
--Send an ambulance for a child who ran their bike into the side of a bus (S. Mpls)
--Caller said his wife is trying to sell his classic car on Craig's List, and there's someone there trying to load it on a trailer now
--Check on a partially clothed individual, an Indian female wearing a white shirt and nothing else (S. Mpls)
--We just got flagged down by two vehicles. Appears to involve hot coffee and road rage (S. Mpls)
--Caller is reporting that a neighbor keeps banging on her walls (S. Mpls)
--See the caller at [NE Mpls address]. She claims she was assaulted yesterday and wants an ambulance today
--At Phillips Park there are two girls throwing pine cones at cars
--Report of 3 year old child that was left with the dog (NE Mpls)
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