We haven't been accustomed to good news on the law enforcement front coming out of Minneapolis. The place has been a hotbed of anti-Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) nitwittery and even open rebellion, with useful idiots interfering with federal agents. That seems to be dying down now, in no small part because ICE has already rounded up the worst members of its goblins list.
Sometimes, though, even Minneapolis gets a dose of good news. On Thursday, we saw that happen, with the bust of a major Minneapolis drug-smuggling ring, called the "Family Mob." Now this family mob is having a family reunion in the hoosegow, and they are facing federal charges.
Five alleged members and associates of the "Family Mob" street gang have been charged in a major fentanyl trafficking case in Minneapolis, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Three indictments and two criminal complaints were unsealed in the District of Minnesota accusing the defendants of distributing fentanyl, crack cocaine and other controlled substances in south Minneapolis.
Authorities allege the group collectively possessed with intent to distribute more than seven kilograms of fentanyl since July 2025 and operated a de facto open-air drug market near Lake Street and Park Avenue, using force to push out other dealers.
From this report, it seems that they were not only distributing fentanyl and cocaine, but were engaged in turf wars with other dealers, and those can be nasty. This raises the question, though: What's being done about the other dealers?
The report names names, too:
Those charged include Silk Lamond Davis, 48, of Minneapolis; Alexisus Jarmon Mosby, 44, of Bloomington; Kiron Jamoll Williams, 43, of Minneapolis; Rashshon Jamahl Taggett, 44, of Minneapolis; and Lakendrick Darnell Gilliam, 38, of St. Paul.
These appear to be home-grown goblins, which isn't all that surprising in Minneapolis; the Somali community, the largest immigrant community in the area, tends to go in more for child care and other various fraud schemes, rather than drug dealing.
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Here's the fun part:
If convicted, the defendants face penalties of up to life in prison on the most serious drug trafficking charges.
"Our investigation shows that combined, those charged were responsible for the distribution of enough fentanyl for more than 3.5 million lethal doses in the last seven months," said U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen at a press briefing.
He told reporters that seven others were also taken into custody on related state charges, bringing the total number arrested to 12.
Rick Evanchec, interim special agent in charge of the FBI’s Minneapolis field office, said the coordinated operation to dismantle the "Family Mob" gang involved a sweeping, multi-agency effort across the metropolitan area.
Before dawn, eight SWAT teams and law enforcement personnel from the FBI, Minneapolis Police Department, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed 14 search warrants targeting narcotics, firearms and other evidence tied to the alleged criminal enterprise.
So, state and federal authorities can indeed work together. That's interesting. Maybe the Minneapolis Police Department and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office could take a lead from this and show a little more cooperation with Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Even so, this is good news. Well done to all involved. Minneapolis's streets are now more than a little safer, and one more head of the drug-dealing Hydra has been lopped off.
Now, about those other dealers...
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