James Lajuan Keten

On January 31, 2026, around 4:18am, Brooklyn Center Police located a suspected stolen car in a hotel parking lot in Brooklyn Center, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Officers saw the suspected stolen car backing up into a parking spot and multiple people were exiting the car. Officers attempted to stop three people who had exited the suspected stolen car, but they did not stop and started running in the hotel lobby. Officers eventually apprehended one of the people, James Lajuan Keten, [DOB REDACTED], “Defendant” herein, during the struggle to apprehend Defendant he dropped a zippered pouch.

Officers searched the pouch and located baggies of 17.02 grams of field test positive methamphetamine; 2.72 grams of field test positive cocaine; and 1.31 grams and 0.13 grams of suspected cocaine. Defendant is currently in custody. Defendant is currently on felony probation in Hennepin County.