Slumlord Phil Kleindl Was Packing Serious Heat...

Stock Photo By John Hoff, Former United Homes Property

A police blotter item reported on the Minneapolis Crime Blog caught the attention of some folks in Hawthorne, due to the proximity of the incident to the Eco Village project and also some concern about exactly which slumlord was going around so heavily armed. It turns out the slumlord in question is none other than...

Phil Kleindl of United Homes.

Here is the blotter summary of the incident.

31ST/4TH STREET 09-207505

SQUAD SAW PROBLEM LANDLORD DRIVING IN THE AREA. OFFICER KNEW DRIVER’S STATUS WAS SUSPENDED. DURING STOP, OFFICER SAW A .45MM LASER SIGHTED HANDGUN ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. AP WAS BOOKED. AP AGAIN VOICED HIS HATE.

I might add I've spoken to Phil many times and Phil always made it widely-known he was packing.

Furthermore, as much as I realize Phil broke the law and perhaps needs to be punished, I would say this: back when the Eco Village was a crime-ridden dystopian ground zero, waaaaaay before the recent dramatic drop in crime to nearly ZERO in that area, some of us felt a wee bit safer when Phil was around. Why?

BECAUSE WE ALL KNEW PHIL WAS PACKING HEAT AND DIDN'T SEEM AFRAID TO USE IT.

But the suspended drivers license thing kind of surprises me.