Minneapolis, MN
Officials discuss next steps to curtailing crime at dangerous Minneapolis intersection
North Minneapolis crime assembly held Tuesday
Within the wake of an Legal professional Basic investigation introduced into crime surrounding the intersection, a neighborhood assembly was held Tuesday to debate options to the issues that plague Lyndale North and West Broadway areas of North Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Metropolis and state officers are detailing the following steps in an effort to crack down on crime at one of the harmful intersections in Minneapolis.
The nook of West Broadway and Lyndale avenues has had greater than its fair proportion of violence lately. After years and years of rising crime within the space, the town is now discussing the way forward for two companies on the nook that appears to be the sparking factors for a lot of the violence.
The Minnesota Legal professional Basic’s Workplace and Minneapolis Police Division are speaking with the group about how they will assist cease the crime that is been happening right here for years. Final week, after a violent stretch close to that intersection, Merwin Liquors teamed up with We Push for Peace to get issues transferring and a few days in it appears to be working.
Final week once we had been at Merwins, FOX 9 crews noticed loads of individuals loitering outdoors the storefront, with vehicles going out and in. This week although, Merwin’s has had a unique look.
“We allow them to know that there’s no congregating happening in entrance of this retailer, to no magnitude.”
The group We Push for Peace is now partnered with Merwin’s to “push’ for a optimistic change. However there’s nonetheless work to be executed. Tuesday, there have been nonetheless a couple of individuals circling the lot or hanging out however a marked enchancment.
“On the finish of the day, we’re not the legislation,” mentioned Pollard. “We will’t make them do nothing however due to these relationships they usually know we respect them they know we really care, they’ve revered us sufficient to simply transfer.”
Pollard famous consistency is the important thing right here to conserving issues calm. However he says with the work to maintain the nook calm, his group additionally presents a path to a greater life.
He says over the previous few days, three of the lads hanging out have taken him up on his provide for assist making life adjustments.
“We might go over there and do one thing impactful however then we wouldn’t go over there for 3 weeks and there was nothing constant going throughout the board so now we there each single day.”
But it surely’s not simply Merwin’s with a notable change. Throughout the road, Winner Gasoline seems to have employed safety, additionally limiting the quantity of loitering there. However Pollard notes that each one 4 corners of Broadway and Lyndale actually should be concerned within the change, as it seems that a few of those who had been hanging at Merwin’s had been now simply hanging out throughout the road on the strip mall.
There’s this lingering query as to why a 2019 security and safety settlement between Merwin’s and the town wasn’t enforced. Town informed FOX 9 they’ve had conversations with Merwin’s however we weren’t in a position to get an actual reply as to if MPD reported any violations to the licensing workplace and what was or wasn’t executed about it.
Minneapolis, MN
Court filings from Minneapolis man accused of shooting neighbor show pattern of harassment
MINNEAPOLIS — Newly uncovered court documents accuse John Sawchak of a long history of violence.
The documents accuse Sawchak of striking a neighbor with a wooden stick, slashing the tires of a police car and threatening to kill other neighbors.
Last week, Davis Moturi said he was doing yard work outside his south Minneapolis home when Sawchak shot him.
Sawchak is charged with attempted murder for the shooting Moturi. His bail is set at $1 million.
Court documents show Sawchak’s issues with neighbors spans nearly a decade.
A request for a restraining order in 2015 is from a mother of three, who lived in the same home where Moturi lives now.
According to one of the documents, the mother wrote “Kids are afraid of sleeping in their rooms or using the restroom by themselves” and “I’m really afraid that something terrible might happen before something is done.”
In the same restraining order, she said, “police told us to keep calling” but “whenever they do come, John is already in his house and they can’t get him.”
In 2016, Carole Megarry filed for a restraining order after she said Sawchak would yell at her and record her.
The now-77-year-old writing at the time, “she was thinking [of] leaving the neighborhood and moving someplace where I do not have to worry about this man.”
“It was definitely intimidating, certainly state of vigilance always looking and listening,” Megarry said.
Instead of leaving, she adapted.
In 2022, things took a violent turn when she let her dog out.
“He came after me with a piece of lumbar about 4 inches long. He was yelling at me and chasing,” Megarry recalled. “I was afraid I could have been killed.”
Since that time, Megarry said she’s avoided Sawchak, going as far as not even walking in the alley of her home.
Neighbors said they are upset with how police handled the situation and how they let this situation with Sawchak go unnoticed.
Megarry said many neighbors knew not to engage with him and just ignore him.
While Sawchak’s home remains boarded up, neighbors like Megarry say they feel safer knowing he’s in custody, but at the same time, uneasy.
On Friday, the Minneapolis NAACP said dereliction of duty led to the shooting and wants a sincere apology from Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara and Mayor Jacob Frey. Minneapolis public information officers say O’Hara already did that during a press conference this week.
MINNEAPOLIS — A project to improve the Nicollet Avenue Bridge is getting $34.2 million in federal funding.
The funding is part of a $635 million grant for 22 small and medium-sized bridge projects around the U.S., according to the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.
The bridge, which stands over Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis’ Tangletown neighborhood, was built in 1923 and underwent repairs in 1973, according to the city.
Federal officials say over 10,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day.
The city is planning to replace the bridge’s sidewalks, drainage and lighting systems and create protected bike lanes.
The money for the grant is part of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which was signed into law in 2021.
During construction, the bridge will be closed to all cars, bikes and pedestrians. Timing on construction is undecided, according to the city.
Dinkytown shooting injures 3 people
Authorities are investigating a Dinkytown shooting that left three people injured. FOX 9 reporter Se Kwon has the latest details.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Authorities are investigating a Dinkytown shooting that left three people injured early Friday morning.
What we know
A SAFE-U Emergency Alert states that three people were shot at the intersection of 4th Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast around 2:15 a.m.
This area is in the heart of Dinkytown, just over half a mile west of Mariucci Arena and Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The shooting happened off of the University of Minnesota campus.
What we don’t know
Police have not released information on whether any U of M students were involved.
No suspect information is currently available.
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