John William Paul

On May 23, 2026, asset protection reported a theft from the Lunds & Byerly’s located at [ADDRESS REDACTED] SE, Hennepin County. The report was submitted online and explains that a suspect later identified as John William Paul [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein, entered the store and over the course of 11 minutes selected various items from around the store. Defendant placed the items in the basket of an electric riding shopping cart and drove the cart out of the store. Surveillance video shows Defendant riding the cart down the sidewalk away from the store.

The cart was located three days later using a tracking device on it. The cost of recovering the cart was $125. The cart itself is valued at $1,598.88. The food/merchandise that Defendant took was worth several hundred dollars and was not recovered. Minneapolis police made an internal attempt to identify Defendant using photos from the Lunds and Byerly’s incident. Shortly thereafter, an officer with personal knowledge of Defendant who knew him from multiple prior incidents and contacts in the community made a positive identification using the photos from Lunds and Byerly’s. Defendant has an open pending case (••-CR-26-•••••) with an Omnibus hearing scheduled for 7/24/2026 at 2:00 PM.