Mugging victim shot during struggle over gun, St. Paul police say
A street robbery in St. Paul ended with a 42-year-old man being shot last week. The man was waiting for a ride from his niece in the Summit-University neighborhood when a stranger approached. The...
View ArticleGun battle outside St. Paul bar leaves more than 40 casings behind, no injuries
After a gunfight erupted near a St. Paul bar, police found 45 casings from at least three guns. No one was injured, but vehicles were struck by the gunfire on the West Side early Saturday. A resident...
View ArticlePolice: A Mankato hit-and-run with six injuries began with a fight over drugs
MANKATO, Minn. — A fight over drugs ended with a man deliberately driving into a group of people in the southern Minnesota city of Mankato, injuring six, police said Monday. Cmdr. Dan Schisel said...
View ArticleSt. Paul prayer gathering on Sunday a response to violence in the metro,...
A monthly gathering will bring Twin Cities residents together to pray Sunday at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in St. Paul in response to violence across the metro area and elsewhere. Related Articles...
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Not-guilty plea in alleged Mendota Heights crime-spree shooting death
Lucifer Nguyen, the man accused of fatally shooting a Maplewood woman July 29 while fleeing police in Mendota Heights, pleaded not guilty to all charges during a court hearing Monday. Prosecutors have...
View Article2 arrested after shots fired at northern Minnesota cop’s squad car, home
Two men were arrested Sunday night after allegedly firing multiple gunshots at the squad car and home of a Grand Rapids police officer. No one was injured in the incident in the northern Minnesota...
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Newborn is slain Fargo woman’s baby, DNA confirms
Ashton Matheny, the boyfriend of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, provided Forum News Service with photos of newborn daughter, Haisley Jo. FARGO, N.D. — Ashton Matheny, boyfriend of the slain pregnant...
View ArticleJustine Damond death investigation in county attorney’s hands
The case of a Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman in July has been handed over to prosecutors for possible charges, investigators and prosecutors announced Tuesday. It’s...
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Know these shoplifters mugging for a Minnesota store camera?
Police in northwest Minnesota want the public’s help in identifying two people who posed for security cameras while they shoplifted. Detroit Lakes police posted on its Facebook page Monday six security...
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St. Paul woman’s 2013 killing featured on national TV documentary
Marquita Clardy wears a necklace with her daughter Brittany’s photo at Brittany’s Place in St. Paul Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri) The brutal 2013 murder of an 18-year-old St....
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Minneapolis officer accused of sexually abusing teen son’s girlfriend
A Minneapolis police officer has been charged with sexually abusing the 16-year-old girlfriend of his teenage son. According to the Hennepin County attorney’s office, David Edward Campbell, 58, of...
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Driver who plowed into group, injuring 6, claims self-defense, charges say
A criminal complaint says a man who drove into a group of people in Mankato told police he was assaulted by several men and hit them so he wouldn’t get beat up. This Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, photo...
View ArticleSecurity officer wounded in shooting on St. Kate’s campus; police searching...
A security officer at St. Catherine University in St. Paul was wounded in a shooting on campus Tuesday night, police said. The suspect had not been found as of Wednesday morning, and the university...
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Police seek help identifying suspect from Brooklyn Center robbery
Brooklyn Center police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect in an armed robbery of the Family Dollar Store in Brooklyn Center on Labor Day. (Courtesy of Brooklyn Center police)...
View Article7-year-old injured by hit-and-run driver on St. Paul street
Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck and injured a 7-year-old girl crossing a St. Paul street on Wednesday morning. The child was taken to Regions Hospital with a broken leg and other...
View ArticleSt. Catherine University resumes classes after campus shooting
St. Catherine University is holding classes as usual Wednesday after the nighttime shooting of a campus security officer. The university said in a public statement Wednesday morning that counselors are...
View ArticleLaw against disturbing public meetings is unconstitutional, MN Supreme Court...
Minnesota’s longstanding law against disturbing public meetings violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. That law, first passed in 1963, said...
View Article91-year-old left with concussion after Grand Avenue hit-and-run
A 91-year-old man left a St. Paul restaurant on Tuesday night and was hit by a vehicle, leaving him with a concussion, police said. The driver was not found after the crash outside The Lexington and...
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Woman whose bathroom rant sent Delta flight back to MSP sentenced
A former Edina woman whose disruptive behavior prompted a pilot to return a Delta flight to the Twin Cities last winter was ordered to do community service and sentenced to probation for her conduct....
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St. Paul babysitter admits killing 5-month-old boy
Tyanna Jabree Graham stood in a Ramsey County courtroom this week and admitted to unintentionally killing a 5-month-old boy she was babysitting last winter. The 19-year-old St. Paul woman pleaded...
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