Teen admits to Lakewalk beating role

Teen admits to Lakewalk beating role
Duluth News Tribune - July 02, 2010


A 16-year-old Duluth boy told a judge on Thursday that he took part in the May 20 beating that left a University of Minnesota Duluth student unconscious on the Lakewalk.

Markus Lee St. Clair admitted to a charge of first-degree assault that was brought against him in a juvenile delinquency petition. In exchange for that admission, a charge of first-degree aggravated robbery was dismissed by the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office.

St. Clair is one of four juveniles to be charged with beating Dash Johnson, and the first to admit to his role. The juveniles are accused of stealing Johnson’s wallet and cell phone. Johnson, an Arden Hills, Minn., native, had just finished his junior year at UMD, where he was majoring in communications. He had been working as a host at Little Angie’s in Canal Park and as a student intern with Visit Duluth.


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Teen girl accused in beating my cousin

Teen girl accused in beating, sexual assault appears in court
Duluth News Tribune - June 12, 2010

A 17-year-old girl accused of taking part in beating University of Minnesota student Dash Johnson unconscious on the Lakewalk last month, and using a shampoo bottle to sexually assault an 18-year-old woman two days later, appeared in St. Louis County District Court Friday to determine if there is sufficient evidence to support the charges against her.

Julie Ann Isham, who turns 18 on June 20, is charged with first-degree assault and first-degree aggravated robbery in the May 20 beating of Johnson, who suffered traumatic brain injuries. Isham is charged with first-degree criminal sexual and third-degree assault in a separate incident on the 1300 block of East Fourth Street on May 22.

Isham and a 16-year-old girl are accused of striking the victim of the sexual assault 20 times in the head and face. The young woman suffered a broken nose and broken facial bone.

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Sixteen-year-old charged with attempted murder in Lakewalk beating

A 16-year-old boy who allegedly continued to kick and stomp on the head of Dash Johnson after his three accomplices withdrew from the beating has been charged with attempted first-degree murder of the University of Minnesota Duluth student.

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Four held in Lakewalk beating

Four held in Lakewalk beating
Investigation of another crime led authorities to four teens suspected of beating Dash Johnson unconscious.
By: Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune

Four juveniles — three 17-year-olds and a 14-year-old — have been taken into custody as suspects in the May 20 beating of University of Minnesota Duluth student “Dash’’ Johnson, who was left unconscious on the Lakewalk.

Sgt. Mike Ceynowa, supervisor of the Duluth police Violent Crimes Unit, said evidence that investigators gathered at a sexual assault scene led them to the people involved in the savage beating of Johnson, a popular 21-year-old UMD communications major who just finished his junior year.

While investigating a rape case, Investigator Jared Blomdahl noticed some dried blood on a pair of shoes in the residence where two or three juvenile males and two juvenile females were allegedly involved in the sexual assault, Ceynowa said.

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Who left Dash for dead on Duluth's Lakewalk?

Dash is my uncle's wife's sister's son. Somebody stomped on his head and left him for dead on a Duluth sidewalk.

Who left Dash for dead on Duluth's Lakewalk?

Twenty-one-year-old UMD student Walfrid David Ashlie “Dash” Johnson was beaten unconscious and robbed of his wallet and cell phone while walking alone on the Lakewalk early May 20. His family is looking for help in finding his assailants.

By: Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune. May 28, 2010
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University of Minnesota Duluth student “Dash” Johnson stood out among 300 people interviewed this spring for jobs at Little Angie’s Cantina and Grill, allowing him to land a job as a host at the Canal Park restaurant.

“Of all the mass interviews we conducted, he by far had the biggest personality,” said Matt Baumgartner, Little Angie’s service and beverage manager. “He lit up the room. He’s a wonderful, wonderful guy with a lot of personality. This is extremely unfortunate.”


Twenty-one-year-old Walfrid David Ashlie “Dash” Johnson was beaten unconscious and robbed of his wallet and cell phone while walking alone on the Lakewalk between the Fitger’s complex and Leif Erikson Park about 12:47 a.m. on May 20.

Johnson’s cousin, St. Paul police officer Charlie Anderson, came to Duluth this week seeking the public’s help in trying to identify the assailants.

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