She also told investigators her husband "has a business partner from Worthington" who lives in the state of Washington. She allegedly said the two were "partners … in Red Lion, a security company and fishing outfit in Congo, Africa," the affidavit states
Recently unsealed court documents shed more light on the mindset and actions of the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.
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Ah yes, the security company with zero employees and zero contracts.
He was also an appointee to the Governor's Workforce Development Board in Minnesota. The governor's website listed Boelter as a "business and industry representative," and his appointment was from 2019-23, according to
USA TODAY.
I wanted to clear up that the position Vance held had zero to do with politics. He was appointed by the former gov on his way out, not Walz.
Also the same article:
Under his profile on the company website it says "Vance has been involved with security situations in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East, including the West Bank, Southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. He brings a great security aspect forged by both many on the ground experiences combined with training by both private security firms and by people in the U.S. Military. He has worked for the largest U.S. oil refining company, the world's largest food company based in Switzerland and the world's largest convenience retailer based in Japan."
This all seems to be largely false, with some tiny truth nuggets dropped in. Vance seems to either THINK he is the best or desperately WANTS to be the best at every single thing. The world's largest, blah blah. Yet he managed a 711 store and this security company had no customers whatsoever.
Not a huge NY Post fan, but:
“He came back and he was struggling a little bit. I thought it was normal struggles.”
nypost.com
Boelter calls himself the CEO of Red Lion Group on his LinkedIn page, where he lists the company’s home base as the Democratic Republic of Congo. But besides the passing reference, virtually no information is available about the company.
“His dream was to have a security company,” Carlson said, hinting that his dream was more rooted in delusion than reality.
“He never was or never had a security company. He wasn’t doing security for anybody — it wasn’t his job.”
Carlson noted that Boelter even had two official cars for the alleged company despite having “no clients [and] no employees.”
His bio on Red Lion Group’s since-deleted website said he worked with Minnesota Africans United, a statewide organization helping African immigrants in the state. However, the organization told The Post it never hired, paid, or contracted with Boelter, and that he never served in any official or unofficial capacity in the organization.
In a now-deleted post from last month, Boelter wrote on LinkedIn that he had just returned after a three-year stint in the Democratic Republic of Congo and was looking for work in the food service industry.
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