Minnesota’s Criminal Protection System: A lesson in MN math
By Crime Watch MN, Dec. 31, 2022
Lifelong offender Theng Yang, 31, of St. Paul had 11 adult convictions including 4 felonies plus 2 juvenile violent felony convictions when he was convicted in Ramsey County in two separate cases on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Under the terms of a plea deal in the cases, several other felony charges were dismissed including two more counts of felon in possession of a firearm/ammo and a drug charge involving over 15 grams of methamphetamine.
The two 60-month sentences in the two separate cases were ordered to be served concurrently.
#MNmath: 10 years = 3.3 years under concurrent sentencing and Minnesota’s two-thirds rule that only requires offenders to serve two-thirds of their sentence incarcerated.
Upon release from prison, Yang racked up four more convictions including two more felonies in two counties which were also subsequently served concurrently.
More #MNmath: 34 months = 22 months.
Yang was again released from prison in August of this year, now with seventeen convictions including 8 adult felonies under his belt.
Yang, who is on parole, was NEWLY CHARGED on Thursday with two counts of felon in possession of a firearm following a traffic stop this week where Yang fled on foot and threw a loaded gun. The passenger also fled and was not apprehended, but he tossed a Louis Vuitton bag containing two pounds of methamphetamine.
Yang made a first court appearance on Friday and remains in custody on $100,000 bail.
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This is Minnesota’s Criminal Protection System.
Also see our growing list of gun criminals who’ve been tossed plea deals and have received reduced, stayed, or zero sentences: https://twitter.com/CrimeWatchMpls/status/1609188877679345666
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