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09/27/2026

🚨 77 people were booked into the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday, September 25, 2026.

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09/27/2026

🚨 102 people were booked into the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday, September 24, 2026.

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09/27/2026

🚨 88 people were booked into the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.

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09/25/2026

🚨 83 people were booked into the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.

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09/23/2026

🚨 78 people were booked into the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday, September 21, 2026.

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THE GUN "WENT OFF A FEW TIMES," HE TOLD POLICE. THE VICTIM WAS SHOT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITIONIt st...
09/22/2026

THE GUN "WENT OFF A FEW TIMES," HE TOLD POLICE. THE VICTIM WAS SHOT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

It started with a look.

Just before 11:30 a.m. on September 13, 2026, Minneapolis police responded to a shooting at 7th Street and Nicollet Avenue downtown. They found a man lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. According to the criminal complaint, he'd been shot four or five times and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.

Officers recovered a black Smith & Wesson 9mm on scene. Five shell casings nearby.

Then they pulled the video.

Surveillance footage showed the victim and 29-year-old Marcus Dewayne Aron in the area for about 15 minutes before anything happened. At one point, the victim walked toward Aron. Aron backed up and reached for his waistband. The video showed the victim try to walk past him instead — and Aron lunge, allegedly trying to strike him in the head with the fi***rm.

The victim tried to run. He couldn't. Aron was holding onto his sweatshirt.

A fight broke out. The gun hit the sidewalk.

Aron picked it up.

About three seconds later, people in the area started ducking.

Officers aired a description, found Aron nearby, and took him into custody. In a post-Miranda statement, according to the complaint, Aron said he'd known the victim since they were kids and had gotten into a verbal argument with him a few months earlier — but didn't want to go into detail. He said the victim gave him a strange look, they exchanged words, and the victim walked toward him. Aron admitted drawing the fi***rm from his waistband and hitting the victim with it, then said the two ended up on the ground and the gun "went off a few times."

He never told police he thought the victim had a weapon.

Aron wasn't supposed to have a gun at all. The complaint states that on February 3, 2022, he was convicted of felony domestic assault — a conviction that, under Minnesota law, permanently bars him from possessing fi***rms or am******on. That conviction is the basis for the second felony count against him now.

Aron was booked into the Hennepin County jail on Assault in the First Degree — Great Bodily Harm (Minn. Stat. § 609.221.1), which carries up to 20 years and a mandatory minimum of three years due to fi***rm use, and Possession of a Fi***rm or Am******on by a Person Prohibited for a Crime of Violence (Minn. Stat. § 624.713.1(2)), carrying up to 15 years with a mandatory minimum of five.

At his first appearance, a judge set bail at $150,000 with no conditions, or $100,000 with conditions that include no contact with the victim, staying away from his residence, a fi***rms prohibition, and electronic monitoring.

Court records paint a long pattern behind this arrest.

CONVICTIONS BY YEAR:

2018 — 1 conviction (Hennepin County, gross misdemeanor theft)

2019 — 1 conviction (Hennepin County, misdemeanor disorderly conduct)

2021 — 6 convictions (Stearns County: misdemeanor domestic assault, misdemeanor violation of a domestic abuse no-contact order, and three petty misdemeanor traffic offenses; Hennepin County, one petty misdemeanor parking offense)

2022 — 6 convictions (Anoka County, one felony violation of a domestic no-contact order; Hennepin County, one felony violation of a domestic no-contact order and two petty misdemeanor traffic offenses; Stearns County, one felony domestic assault conviction sentenced as a misdemeanor, and one misdemeanor violation of a domestic abuse no-contact order)

2024 — 1 conviction (Stearns County, petty misdemeanor driving after revocation)

This reflects only convictions found in available MNCIS records; additional convictions may exist.

Aron remains in custody. His next hearing — an omnibus hearing, where the court typically addresses pretrial motions and evidence issues — is set for October 14, 2026.

⚖️ All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Details are sourced from the Hennepin County Jail Roster and Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO), including the filed criminal complaint.

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A FIGHT BREAKS OUT. A MAN CROUCHES BEHIND A SEDAN. THEN THE GUNFIRE STARTS — AND SOMEONE'S LEFT UNABLE TO WALKIt started...
09/22/2026

A FIGHT BREAKS OUT. A MAN CROUCHES BEHIND A SEDAN. THEN THE GUNFIRE STARTS — AND SOMEONE'S LEFT UNABLE TO WALK

It started as a fight in a downtown Minneapolis parking lot.

It ended with a man on the ground, shot through the calf, unable to explain who did it.

According to the criminal complaint, Minneapolis police were called to the 300 block of 1st Ave N. around 2 a.m. on September 12, 2026, after gunfire erupted near a downtown pizza restaurant. Officers found a victim with a gunshot wound to his left leg — no exit wound, no idea who'd fired. He told police he'd been standing in the parking lot, heard shots, and felt himself go down. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Investigators pulled surveillance video from the scene.

It showed a fight breaking out near a black Chevy sedan. Behind that sedan, two men were standing apart from the chaos.

One wore a black sweatshirt reading "Sweet Heat" across the back.

The other — later identified as 31-year-old Pierre Cortez Jenkins — wore a Chris Brown concert T-shirt and a red baseball cap that came off during the scuffle.

According to the complaint, Jenkins is seen reaching toward his waistband with both arms extended — a posture officers say is consistent with holding a fi***rm — before crouching down behind the sedan and out of view.

The second man is then seen walking to the back of the sedan, appearing to hold a black pistol.

Then the gunfire starts.

Everyone around scatters. The complaint states the second man is not seen producing a weapon during the actual shooting. Jenkins, though, stays crouched behind the vehicle the entire time — and investigators say spent shell casings were later recovered from that exact spot.

After the shots stop, Jenkins is seen picking up clothing and walking away from the victim, toward 1st Ave N. Minutes later, he reappears from the other side of the lot, climbs into the passenger seat of a black sedan, and leaves.

Cell phone location data placed him at the scene at the time of the shooting, according to the complaint.

Jenkins was arrested on September 17 and booked into the Hennepin County jail on one felony count of Assault in the Second Degree — Dangerous Weapon, Substantial Bodily Harm (Minn. Stat. § 609.222.2), which carries up to 10 years and a mandatory minimum of three years in prison due to fi***rm involvement. He's also being held on an unrelated warrant/hold out of Ramsey County; that matter has not been confirmed as a separate formal charge as of this writing.

At his first appearance on September 21, a judge set bail at $100,000 with no conditions, or $75,000 with conditions that include no contact with the victim, staying away from the victim's residence, and a fi***rms prohibition.

Court records show this isn't Jenkins' first time in the system.

CONVICTIONS BY YEAR
2013 — 1 conviction (Nicollet County, misdemeanor theft)
2014 — 3 convictions (LeSueur County, two petty misdemeanor traffic offenses; Hennepin County, one felony theft from a person)
2016 — 1 conviction (Nicollet County, gross misdemeanor — giving a peace officer a false name)
2017 — 2 convictions (Ramsey County, misdemeanor theft and giving a peace officer a false name)
2018 — 1 conviction (Ramsey County, felony motor vehicle theft)
2020 — 1 conviction (Hennepin County, misdemeanor domestic assault)
2024 — 4 convictions (Ramsey County, misdemeanor obstructing legal process; Dakota County, misdemeanor DWI, disorderly conduct, and giving a peace officer a false name)
2026 — 1 conviction (Ramsey County, misdemeanor fleeing a peace officer)

This reflects only convictions found in available MNCIS records; additional convictions may exist.

Jenkins remains in custody. His next hearing — an omnibus hearing, where pretrial motions and evidence issues are typically addressed — is set for October 21, 2026.

⚖️ All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Details are sourced from the Hennepin County Jail Roster and Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO), including the filed criminal complaint.

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THE LOOK ON HIS FACE SAID IT ALL: MINNEAPOLIS MAN ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT WITH A COCKED, LOADED GUN AND NEARLY 24 GRAMS OF CO**...
09/22/2026

THE LOOK ON HIS FACE SAID IT ALL: MINNEAPOLIS MAN ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT WITH A COCKED, LOADED GUN AND NEARLY 24 GRAMS OF CO***NE

They'd been watching him for two weeks.

Minneapolis police say they'd seen Tylan Deaontae Bland making hand-to-hand deals on the 3200 block of Penn Ave North — enough times to get a judge to sign off on a search warrant for him and his vehicle.

On the afternoon of September 17, 2026, they used it.

According to the criminal complaint, officers spotted 38-year-old Bland walking toward his parked black GMC SUV around 3:40 p.m. and hit their lights. When they told him they had a warrant for his vehicle, Bland reportedly looked up — an expression on his face that officers say told them exactly what they'd find inside.

They were right.

On his person, officers say they recovered a baggie holding two separate stashes of suspected co***ne: 14.8 grams of loose rock in one, and 9.1 grams broken into individual tear-off corners in the other — packaging officers say is built for street sale, not personal use.

Then they searched the SUV.

Inside, according to the complaint, officers found several packages of ma*****na — and a fi***rm tucked in a bag in the back seat. Not just any fi***rm: loaded magazine, a round already chambered, hammer pulled back and ready to fire.

Bland admitted to having the co***ne, the complaint states. The gun was a different story — he claimed he didn't know it was there, then reportedly added that he supposed he needed to take responsibility for it since it was in his vehicle.

He's no stranger to either charge.

The complaint notes Bland is barred outright from possessing a fi***rm, citing a federal conviction for intent to distribute more than 50 grams of co***ne, a federal felon-in-possession conviction, and a prior Minnesota conviction for third-degree drug sale. The recovered fi***rm and a DNA sample from Bland have been sent to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for testing, and prosecutors say additional charges could follow.

Bland was booked into the Hennepin County jail on one felony count of second-degree drug sale — 10 grams or more of a narcotic other than he**in or fentanyl (Minn. Stat. § 152.022.1(1)) — a charge carrying up to 25 years and a fine as high as $500,000.

At his first court appearance on September 21, a judge set bail at $250,000 with no conditions, or $50,000 with conditions that include no possession of fi***rms, no drug or alcohol use, random testing, and completion of a chemical dependency evaluation.

Bland remains in custody. His next hearing — an omnibus hearing, where the court typically addresses pretrial motions and evidence issues — is set for October 22, 2026.

⚖️ All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Details are sourced from the Hennepin County Jail Roster and Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO), including the filed criminal complaint.

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A rabid bat found in downtown Minneapolis last week has tested positive, and MDH is now trying to track down everyone wh...
09/22/2026

A rabid bat found in downtown Minneapolis last week has tested positive, and MDH is now trying to track down everyone who may have crossed paths with it.

The bat was found alive on Hennepin Avenue between N Washington Ave and N 3rd St around noon on Sept. 15, but died before it could be tested. Results came back positive for rabies on Friday.

Health officials say they saw a woman crouch down next to the bat and place it in a bag. She's described as a white woman, 25-30 years old, about 5'5", with curly brown hair, and she had a curly-haired golden-retriever-like dog with her.

MDH is asking anyone who had contact with the bat — including that woman — to reach out to a healthcare provider right away.

A few things worth knowing: bat bites can be tiny, painless, and leave no visible mark, so "I would've noticed" isn't a safe assumption if you were near it. On the flip side, if you didn't touch the bat, you're not at risk and don't need rabies shots.

If this was you or someone you know, don't wait — contact a healthcare provider.

CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT AFTER INDECENT EXPOSURE INCIDENT INVOLVING A MINORAccording to the criminal complai...
09/22/2026

CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT AFTER INDECENT EXPOSURE INCIDENT INVOLVING A MINOR

According to the criminal complaint, Hopkins police were called to a residential building just after midnight on September 17, 2026, after building management reported a man refusing to leave. Officers identified him as 29-year-old Brandon Charles Hegg-McLaughlin.

The caller told police Hegg-McLaughlin had asked for food and for someone to call "detox" for him before he refused to leave the vestibule. While she went to call 911, she reported seeing him touching his ge***al area in a manner consistent with ma********on.

When officers arrived, Hegg-McLaughlin said he wanted to go to detox and told them the incident had happened "by accident," according to the complaint.

Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators showed him exposing himself in the vestibule for several minutes. During that window, two juveniles — including a 13-year-old — entered the building through a nearby entrance with a direct line of sight to where the conduct occurred, according to the complaint.

Hegg-McLaughlin was initially booked on Indecent Exposure — Lewdness in the Presence of a Minor Under 16 (Minn. Stat. § 617.23.2(1)), a gross misdemeanor. On September 21, Hennepin County prosecutors filed an amended complaint adding Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Fifth Degree — Masturbation/Lewd Exhibition With a Minor Under 16 Present (Minn. Stat. § 609.3451.1a(2)), also a gross misdemeanor. The original indecent exposure count remains on the complaint as well.

The complaint also states that during his arrest, Hegg-McLaughlin made comments to officers about shooting one of them and, after being handcuffed, may have attempted to reach for an officer's fi***rm.

Court records show Hegg-McLaughlin has an open felony burglary case in Hennepin County and was released from the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center on September 8 — nine days before this arrest. A bail evaluation in that case cited two prior felony convictions and multiple other pending cases.

At his first appearance on September 21, a judge set bail at $6,000 with no conditions, or $4,000 with conditions that include no contact with the victims, compliance with geographic restrictions, a fi***rms prohibition, and random alcohol/drug testing. The court also ordered a Rule 20.01 evaluation — a court-ordered assessment of whether a defendant is mentally competent to stand trial — and appointed a forensic navigator to assist him through the case.

Hegg-McLaughlin remains in custody. His next hearing is scheduled for October 27, 2026.

⚖️ All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Details are sourced from the Hennepin County Jail Roster and Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO), including the filed criminal complaint.

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