Jayden Deshawn Giles

On April 9, 2026, Minneapolis Police Department officers responded to the 1900 block of Elliot Avenue South in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Officers were responding to a report of an individual, later identified as JAYDEN DESHAWN GILES, [DOB REDACTED], selling what was believed to be controlled substances via hand-to-hand exchange. Officers received information from other officers observing Milestone surveillance footage describing Defendant's activity and his physical description. Upon arrival, officers placed defendant under arrest and searched his person.

On Defendant's person, officers located nine individually packaged bindles of a suspected controlled substance. Said substance was field tested, returning a positive result for the presence of cocaine, a controlled substance. Defendant is currently in custody. The State respectfully requests this complaint issue via Order of Detention.