Duluth man allegedly tossed Molotov cocktails from roof of Shanty Bottle Shop

Categories: Crime, Duluth
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Even the pre-teens who threw Molotov cocktails on the Greenway had more tact than Hollis.
Frighteningly, 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the Molotov cocktail. First it was the Midtown Greenway, then it was an alleged domestic juggalo terrorist in Montevideo, and now, the Soviet-style incendiary devices are making headlines in Duluth.

SEE ALSO: Duluth muffin macer sprays man following epic SuperAmerica argument [VIDEO]

Casey Hollis, 21, has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails from the roof of Duluth's Shanty Bottle Shop around 11 p.m. on Tuesday night.

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Last Place owner Jim Carlson arrested again, one day after posting bail

Categories: Crime, Drugs, Duluth
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Carlson has been arrested twice in the past week -- first for alleged drug sales, then for a gun violation.
If it wasn't already clear, it's now more apparent than ever that Duluth officials are bound and determined to shut down the Last Place on Earth once and for all.

THE BACKSTORY: Jim Carlson's son allegedly sold bath salt used in recent overdose to an undercover agent

Just one day after posting $480,000 bail in connection with felony drug sales charges, store owner Jim Carlson is back behind bars.

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Mark Starkovich pleads guilty to starting apartment fire while lighting marijuana pipe

Categories: Crime, Drugs, Duluth
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Starkovich's preferred smoking spot was the basement of a condemned and abandoned building. Doesn't sound like a very fun place to light up to us.
Who says that smoking marijuana doesn't lead to crime?

SEE ALSO: Royce White says his problems began when he smoked pot in Forest Lake

Duluth resident Mark Starkovich, 56, pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor in connection with an April 7 fire that caused $2,500 in damage to a previously fire-damaged and abandoned apartment building in downtown Duluth. Starkovich somehow started the fire while trying to light his marijuana pipe. Take it from me -- it's not that hard, dude.

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Man with chest wound enters Duluth detox center, says ex-roomie "hit me with a goddamn sword!"

Categories: Crime, Duluth
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Kyle McClain allegedly stabbed his ex-roomie in the chest with a sword.
On Monday night, a man police are identifying as R.W.S. staggered into the Duluth Detoxification Center was a stab wound in his chest.

SWORD-WIELDING MADNESS:
-- Chris Meusburger of St. Paul allegedly wanted to sword-fight his 62-year-old female neighbor
-- Man allegedly threatened to behead girlfriend with sword for deleting meth dealers' numbers


When police arrived, R.W.S. told them, "He hit me with a goddamn sword!" Asked who "he" is, R.W.S., 43, told them his name is "Kyle."

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Duluth's "Operation Crackdown": 30 arrested in connection with cocaine-for-EBT card scheme

Categories: Crime, Drugs, Duluth
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Image by Tatiana Craine -- Flickr photos from chefranden, stevendepolo, and marc falardeau
EBT cards were apparently the currency of choice for a Twin Ports crack cocaine ring.
Looking to score a rock in the Twin Ports? Until the cops got involved, it sounds like getting your hands on an EBT card would've helped the cause.

SEE ALSO: Jeff Dubay says he started using crack after his brother slept with his wife

Duluth police announced today they've arrested 30 people and are hunting for several more in connection with a crack cocaine ring. Those involved with the drug ring were in the habit of exchanging crack for EBT cards, law enforcement officials say.

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Sam Rosenwinkel, star of Duluth muffin mace video, speaks about his newfound celebrity [INTERVIEW]

Categories: Duluth
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For Rosenwinkel, a crazy night (right) snowballed into an even crazier month.
The last month has been a crazy time for Sam Rosenwinkel, the 24-year-old star of the Duluth muffin mace video that has become a huge YouTube hit.

THE BACKSTORY: Duluth muffin macer sprays man following epic SuperAmerica argument [VIDEO]

For instance, he was out for lunch with his girlfriend yesterday when two women vacationing in Duluth from Colorado approached him. They had seen the video before leaving for Minnesota and asked Rosenwinkel to pose for photos with them.

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Duluth muffin macer sprays man following epic SuperAmerica argument [VIDEO]

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"There's only like 15 more muffins there -- I can wait," he said, prompting her to come back with this: "There's only like 15 ass whoopins if you don't get the fuck out of my face!"
:::: UPDATE :::: Sam Rosenwinkel, star of Duluth muffin mace video, speaks about his newfound celebrity [INTERVIEW]

We've all been there. You're waiting in line at the gas station, possibly in a hurry to get out of there, and the person checking out in front of you is annoyingly taking their sweet ass time.

Most of us probably bite our lips and suffer through the wait in silence. But for better or worse, that wasn't the approach a customer at a Duluth SuperAmerica took earlier this month when faced with that situation.

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Last Place on Earth owner Jim Carlson indicted by feds, facing 20 years in prison

Categories: Drugs, Duluth
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Carlson with a huge bag of "incense," or, as it's known to the feds, "illegal synthetic marijuana."
For Jim Carlson, owner of Duluth's Last Place on Earth head shop, the high times might be coming to an end.

SEE ALSO: Adam Budge, 18, charged with murder following friend's synthetic drug overdose

In a federal indictment unsealed today, Carlson and three colleagues are charged with 54 violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Controlled Substances Act, and the Controlled Substances Analogue Enforcement Act. Carlson could spend up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

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Duluth roiled by two recent blackface incidents [VIDEO]

Categories: Duluth, Racism
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YouTube screengrab (left); Facebook image via Duluth News Tribune (right)
At left, two blackfaced Duluth women during their racist YouTube rant; at right, Pizza Luce employee Adam Stoningpot wears blackface at an employee party.
In recent weeks, video of two young Duluth women wearing blackface and uttering absurdly offensive racial slurs went viral (the footage can be seen below the jump).

Just a week later, a photo of a Pizza Luce employee wearing blackfare at a Halloween party has surfaced.

SEE ALSO: 11 white supremacists turn out in Duluth, get pelted with snowballs

It's been a surprisingly racially charged year in Duluth, as news of the two most recent incidents come on the heels of an Obama doll being hung from a billboard on election day and controversy about the city's "It's hard to see racism when you're white" billboard campaign.

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Obama effigy hangs from Duluth billboard [PHOTO]

Categories: Duluth, Obama
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Duluth voters caught an eyeful of this on their way to the polls today.
First Wisconsin, then Rochester, and now Duluth? Sadly, it appears that's the case.

SEE ALSO: Laura Mulholland, Rochester anti-Obama racist, has a public Facebook profile

For the third time in recent weeks, an Obama hater has chosen an especially hateful way to express their opposition to the president, as a Barack effigy was found hanging from a Duluth billboard earlier today.

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