On December 10, 2025, at approximately 2142 hours, Minneapolis Police Officers responded to a trespasser report at 214 19th Street East, Minneapolis, Hennepin County. Officers met with the reporting party who stated that there was someone in the apartment complex's laundry room that appeared not to be a resident. The reporting party opened the laundry room with a key and let Officers in. Officers located ZACHARIA DAHIR MOHAMED, Defendant herein. In speaking with the Defendant, he claimed that he had a friend in the building but could not provide a name or apartment number.
The Defendant then stated that he had come inside to warm up and charge his tablet because the door was unlocked. Officers advised that he needed to leave and he did not have permission to be in the apartment's laundry room. Officers confirmed his name and learned that he had four misdemeanor and one felony warrant. The felony warrant is in case file 27-CR-25-17954, a pending two felony count 5th degree drug possession. The Defendant was placed under arrest. In a search incident to arrest, Officers located a folded piece of paper with what later FTP for methamphetamine and weighed 0.27 grams.
At the jail, Officers located another folded piece of paper with what FTP for methamphetamine and weighed 0.69 grams. The Defendant is currently in custody.