A pound of pot

More details on the Duluth St. homocide were released today, reported by the local television stations (but strangly not the Pioneer Press). This house did not look like it was the center of some (apparently) large drug operation. A lesson to keep our eyes even wider.

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http://wcco.com/crime/st.paul.homicide.2.914214.html

Charges: St. Paul Homicide Was Over Drug Deal

ST. PAUL (WCCO) ―

A man arrested in connection with St. Paul's first homicide in 2009 was charged with one felony count of second-degree murder.

According to the charges, Jabaris Curt Boldman, 24, allegedly shot and killed 43-year-old Vernon Cafle in the back at his house in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood on Sunday evening.

According to the charges, Boldman and Cafle had agreed over the phone to meet that evening so that Boldman could purchase a pound of marijuana from Cafle.

A witness told police that he drove Boldman to the house and saw Boldman shoot Cafle. 

The Ramsey County Medical Examiner confirmed Cafle died of exsanguination due to a gunshot wound to Cafle's back. The charges also stated Cafle sustained a bullet wound to the back of his head. 

A second person taken into custody by police on Tuesday was released.