Darrell Lamont Manley

That on June 2, 2026, at approximately 9:54 P.M., officers were dispatched to 29th Street West and Blaisdell Avenue in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, to investigate citizen reports of on-going narcotics sales. In route, officers were advised that the citizens identified the narcotics seller as DARRELL LAMONT MANLEY, hereafter defendant. Officers obtained a known photograph of defendant and also learned defendant had active arrest warrants. Officers arrived in the area and observed defendant engaging in suspected hand-to-hand narcotics transactions with multiple individuals on the street.

Officers approached defendant. Defendant began walking away. Officers directed defendant to stop. Defendant took off running. After a protracted foot chase, officers located defendant a distance away hiding in bushes. When found, defendant had jettisoned his jacket and backpack that were with him when initially seen by officers. Officers retraced defendant's path and located his discarded jacket and backpack. The backpack was searched and found to contain a 9mm handgun with a loaded magazine and a chambered round.

Defendant was searched and found to be in possession of a bindle of a suspected controlled substance (test results are pending). Officers subsequently reviewed a homeowner's video camera that captured defendant discarding his jacket and backpack. Defendant does not have a permit to carry a firearm. A check into defendant's record revealed he has multiple prior convictions for crimes of violence as defined by Minn. Stat. 624.712, subd. 5. One such conviction occurred on January 29, 2007, in Ohio, for felony Robbery.

Robbery is a crime of violence and prohibits defendant from possessing a firearm or ammunition. At present, defendant is in custody.