Posted on 03/27/2015 5:47:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A St. Paul man ran a marijuana trafficking business out of an old pizza and ice cream parlor with the help of his girlfriend, mother and grandmother, according to charges filed Friday in Ramsey County District Court.
In the course of their investigation, authorities discovered marijuana, cocaine, three handguns and hollow point bullets in the suspects' St. Paul homes. Although authorities locally and out of state had intercepted more than 144 pounds of marijuana associated with the suspects between 2006 to 2013, exposing the fraudulent pizza parlor took a call last year from a concerned citizen.
"On August 19, 2014, a concerned citizen made a report with the St. Paul Police Department that Papa Dimitri's Classic Pizza and Ice Cream located at 466 Hamline Avenue South ... is rarely open and does not seem to do much actual business," said the criminal complaint. "The concerned citizen reported that employees have complained about the heat not working, which the concerned citizen thought odd since the pizza ovens should have provided plenty of heat.
"The concerned citizen said that the employees ate at another nearby restaurant, the Nook, which was also odd because they work in a restaurant ... and it appeared that there were more children being babysat at the restaurant than actual customers."
That call led to police surveillance of the pizza parlor in November 2014, and criminal charges against owner Ryan D. Brooks, Sr. and his family. The pizza parlor, which was transferred to Brooks in 2010, received $189,891.82 in cash deposits in its bank account between Jan. 1, 2013 and Oct. 31, 2014, according to the charges.
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three handguns and hollow point bullets
Why, are hollow point bullets bad?
I was taught that FMJ was for paper targets and hollow points are what you carry.
That’s nothing. google up “pizza connection Oregon IL”.
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Interesting case. Thanks.
OMG hollow point bullets!
I know that neighborhood.
It’s next to an expensive Catholic high school (Joe Mauer, Paul Molitor, and other pro athletes are alums). That’s not really in the hood at all.
That sure is a lot of observing.
As long as the state is getting a piece of the action here in Colorado everything is ‘cool’. The taxes are for schools and by extension the ‘children’. Same with lotto & gambling. Always for the ‘children’.
The grandmothers today are the ditzy hippie chicks and radicals of the 60s. Just sayin’.
“That sure is a lot of observing.”
I had that thought too. It’s hard to think of any legitimate reason for such. Allow VIP’s or their relatives to make purchase so as to obtain dirt on them for future leverage?
The pizza shop is still there. I pass by it on occasion.
Lol
Does the pizza still taste the same? :)
Lessee.....pizza, marijuana and ice cream....
Sounds like a perfect match....maybe not in that order :)
Papa John’s new pizza... Cheese and Marijuana...Its a new high.
The agents probably cursed the citizen who made the call. He ruined their nice little 7 year pizza and marijuana party.
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