Darius Oran Crandall

On December 31, 2025, law enforcement conducting surveillance in the area of Chicago Ave and Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, observed multiple hand-to-hand transactions and described the suspect involved as a tall skinny male wearing all black. Officers observed the male in a bus shelter and observed a hand-to-hand transaction. The suspect was later identified as DARIUS ORAN CRANDALL, DEFENDANT herein. Officers conducted a pat down of the DEFENDANT and recovered a Glock 23 Gen 5 40mm with extended magazine.

Officers determined that the DEFENDANT did not have a permit to carry the firearm. In a search incident to arrest, officers recovered cash and four individually packaged bindles of a substance that field tested positive for cocaine and weighed.3 grams. The DEFENDANT is currently in custody.