Two suspects booked into jail

Two suspects booked into jail  

Jane Lee

On July 27, 2019, an unconscious man was found at the Warehouse LRT Station in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota around 2:50 a.m., by Metro Transit and Minneapolis Police Officers, according to a police report of MTPD, James Menter.

The victim, Clifton Jermaine Harris, 28, transported to Hennepin Healthcare Emergency Department with a crisis of life due to the unstable mental condition.

After Metro Transit police dispatch reviewed surveillance video near the platform, Menter and another MTPD, Michael Olsen, caught four suspects involved in the assaults around 3:50 a.m. near the southwest corner of 5^th St. and Hennepin Avenue. After the first suspect, identified Trevian Jamonte Cobbines, 21, punched the victim in the face. The second and third suspects hit the victim in the head and rummaged through the victim's pocket. Thorpe Lee Shannon Young, 21, who is a fourth assailant approached to Harris, made him unconscious by kicking victims several times in the face, according to the police report.

A Metro Transit Investigator, Sam Scheeler, separately interviewed Cobbins and Young. Cobbins admitted to hitting Harris because he touched his 14-year-old sister before the incident, but he denied working with Young to commit robbery. Young said he has been homeless and alcoholic since he was 15 and he was blacked out at that point. Both suspects were booked into jail with the charge of robbery and assault, but the police emphasized the fact that the other two suspects were juveniles.

Juvenile delinquency has become a serious problem in Minneapolis lately. Police said the rate of robbery crime is increasing by 53.8 percent compared to 2018. The 18 suspects of the recent robbery crime that happened in downtown Minneapolis was also related to the range in a young age from 15 to 27. Police points out the consequence in the community is no accident and throws various questions about education, mental health, homelessness, racial issue and poverty in Minneapolis.