Bobby Earl JohnsonRepeat

On or about May 19, 2026 at approximately 10:08 A.M., Minneapolis police officers were dispatched to a convenience store at [ADDRESS REDACTED] Northeast, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, on a report of a robbery. An employee of the store (an adult male fully identified in reports, hereinafter “Victim”) gave a statement to police. Victim [NAME REDACTED] told by another employee that an individual, later identified as Bobby Earl Johnson, [DOB REDACTED], hereinafter Defendant, inside of the store had stolen lighters from the store.

Victim confronted Defendant outside of the store and tried to grab the stolen items. Defendant punched Victim [NAME REDACTED]. The lighters fell to the ground during the process and Defendant fled the scene. Officers arrested Defendant a short distance away. Victim [NAME REDACTED] was the one who stole the lighters from the store and assaulted him during a show-up identification. Defendant is currently in custody.