Back in May, reader Dave provided a photo of an essay writing business which recently opened in the same complex as Galaxie Diner. Surprised as I was that a business such as this could survive with a physical presence in a building which has had such high turnover, they seemed to be doing well and gaining attention in the local media with their odd marketing antics.
According to the CityPages article linked, the group running the essay writing business were wandering around Apple Valley, shirtless, trying to drum up business with slogans painted across their bodies. For a team of people supposedly writing essays which are up to and including graduate level dissertations, this behavior seemed a bit odd to me.
Odd to me until I read this Dakota County Criminal Complaint which, in part, states:
On May 11, 2010, Dakota County Drug Task Force agents and officers of the Apple Valley Police Department executed a narcotics search warrant at a place of business in the city of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota. Agents knocked on the door of the business and announced themselves. One of the agents looked through the window and observed the defendant, Jordan Lee Kavoosi, coming towards the door and then stepping back towards an inner office door. Agents used the fire key provided to them to open the door. Once inside, they secured the defendant and searched the office.
During the search, agents found several Pringles chip cans that contained suspected marijuana in the main office, along with a black digital scale. Also found were two boxes of sandwich baggies in a desk drawer in the main office and a Minnesota Driver’s License listing to the defendant. Agents found $377 in US currency on the floor in the main office next to the Pringles cans. Suspected marijuana was found in the trunk of the defendant’s car. While counting the money seized from the defendant, $50 of Government Buy Fund money was located and seized.
The defendant admitted that the marijuana was his as well as the money. He admitted to selling marijuana out of his business and that the money found in his office was from selling marijuana.
So now I understand how they were making enough money to stay open because it certainly wasn’t from selling essays written for others. Thankfully they were located in one of the “greenest” cities in the Metro area otherwise I would have definitely written them off as crazy for choosing the location they did.
What do you think about the essay writing business and the owner selling marijuana out of it? Do you think that was the intended purpose of the business from the get go? Was the method for hiding the marijuana simply because they thought Pringles cans would be a good way to do it or simply because they had the munchies and they were on sale at CVS down the street? Would you ever use a service like this to write your essays for you? Whatever you have to say about this one go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear what you have to say.
Dakota Complaints Map
Dakota Inmate Dashboard
Loading ...
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:48 am
I saw that business a few weeks ago and was wondering the same thing! Is there really a market for essays in Apple Valley? Seems like in a college town you’d have a chance, but around here?
Now it all makes sense.
I wonder how good their essays were. Wonder if they ever delivered them on time?
August 3rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by garciasn, LazyLightning.org. LazyLightning.org said: Apple Valley Essay Business Doubles as Drug Front: http://ow.ly/2k6Lz [...]
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:30 am
Citypages had a great feature article on this dirtbag about a month ago. A total self-promoter, blames everything/everybody for his problems, and has a track record of failing to make good on his debts.
He kind of reminds me of a young Dan Gustafson.
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:32 am
Yeah, I linked to it and mentioned it in the post above. You must just read this site for the comments or something.
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
Pretty much.
August 3rd, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Maybe the young business man selected Apple Valley when he heard about all the bad mother fuckers up in here? That is just good, solid business planning.
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:37 pm
I know Jordan personally, went to school with him. Wasn’t buds with him or anything but we were acquaintances.
In high school, he seemed like a happy kid. Not the brightest, but always had a smile on his face. After high school, he tried his hand at a few things, real estate was one of them. Seemed like he was working towards something meaningful.
This comes as kind of a surprise to me. I never saw him as a person who dealt drugs but I guess a lot has changed since the last time I spoke with him (a few years ago). I hope it is a wakeup call for him and he gets his life on the right track. I think his problem is he hasn’t found a niche yet. He’s tried many things but hasn’t found his calling. I hope he finds it.
August 4th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Mrs. Marcos! Is that sarcasm I’m reading? You know dear, that’s just not productive, and you may just be the root cause of this young man’s bad behavior. ;)
August 4th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Sarcasm?! What in the world?! Heck no, that was a pure compliment to this young man’s business plan and the success he has achieved.
August 5th, 2010 at 7:41 am
I miss you guys.
August 5th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Hey dm! Perhaps a meetup is in order? Let’s celebrate the Summer of Snark? Have the Sarcasm Summit? La Fiesta de la Wittage? The Caucus of the Quick Retort?
August 5th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Whit! ::sends email::
August 6th, 2010 at 12:54 am
I’m too tired to post right now. But the guy wandering around outside in the orange jump suit and no shirt sold me a couple grams of sentiment that pretty much sums it up…
Dude……the value other dudes put on what you got in your pocket, or up your sleeve, sometimes goes up and sometimes goes down……and sometimes goes up………no matter if it’s in with the barbecue chips…….if you’re in the valley or mountains………..if it’s twenty words or twenty pages……twenty baggies…….five brownies……………where’s the remote? ……..am I done? …….5 bucks bro
February 28th, 2011 at 7:02 am
[...] Galaxie Diner but under the same ownership), many others previously located there have either been forced out due to criminal behavior or the poor economic conditions of an area which has not come close to its original [...]
March 25th, 2011 at 11:17 pm
From: http://www.ksjbam.com/artman/publish/article_3086.shtml
They go on to state that the paper was not in MLA format something the article claims is widely used in post-secondary education. While we used MLA in my undergrad, it varied by department and my current institution has us utilize APA. I wish they had noted whether or not that had been discussed as part of the submission.
March 25th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Uh, next time leave a message about wanting to buy some weed, I bet the person returns the call ASAP.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Fuck richard stanek hes a raciest cocksucker. fuck the nortwest drug task force for breaking my fucking door down for 6 pounds that they brought to me so they can fucking frame me dirtbags fuck the DEA,ATF and all the drug task force in mn and oh yea fuck the ICE get off my dick and go to hell.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:59 am
Maybe law enforcement hates you because you’re a moron.
May 17th, 2012 at 10:07 am
fuck the law enforcement as a whole,
Welcome to Lazy Lightning! It is always good to have a new articulate voice of reason join the community that so often is over run by blatant idiots who don’t have punctuation buttons on their keyboards and rarely find use for the shift key at the right moment.
You however seem like the kind of guy we need here. A staunch conservative who knows how to stand up to the man when he dare infringe on your unalienable rights as a citizen to sell drugs to children.
Speaking as a man who wears a tie to work to a man who ties one on for work, we are basically the same guy. We should totally hit the Valley Tap one day soon, I would love to buy you a $5 burger for lunch and we can devise a plan to topple the evil DEA and all the other guys who like to get on your dick.
Love,
lefty
May 17th, 2012 at 10:08 am
Holy Crap! Moron doesn’t begin to describe this guy…
May 17th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Dammit! I was forced to like a Lefty comment. I’m packing it in and calling it a day.
May 17th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
sui generis,
This is not facebook. You thumbs upped me, so thanks (even though that was one of the biggest softballs in LL history from ftleaaw)!
I am glad to know that Bill’s thumbs up counter allows for four digits.
That’s right bitches. You have collectively thumbs upped me over 1000 times. My gratitude is exceeded only by my conceit.
May 17th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
I can easily change that you know.
May 17th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
I sort of expected you to.