Ex-Shakopee schools chief bilked district of $73,600, charges say
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — The former superintendent for Shakopee Public Schools has been charged on suspicion of using a district credit card to pay for trips, home electronics, Grand Ole Opry tickets, sports...
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Sex offender who allegedly bragged about woman’s 1993 disappearance gets...
A convicted sex offender who St. Paul police have identified as a person of interest in a nearly 25-year-old missing person-case will spend four years in prison on felony kidnapping charges in a...
View ArticleYou can help mob St. Paul police — with gratitude — on Thanksgiving
On Nov. 23, about 50 St. Paul residents plan to mob the St. Paul Police Department — with thankfulness and casseroles. For the third annual #GraciousMob event, people can “mob” with gratitude police...
View ArticleFather of St. Cloud toddler who shot himself is arrested
ST. CLOUD, Minn.— Police in Minnesota say the father of a toddler who accidentally shot himself with his dad’s loaded handgun has been arrested in Montana. The 3-year-old survived the gunshot wound...
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He gets 10 years in prison for New Brighton strangling death
A New Brighton man who choked his girlfriend’s brother to death was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Wednesday. Ramsey County sheriff's officeSteven Maurice Abrams Steven Maurice Abrams, 55,...
View ArticleCivil rights group faults St. Paul, Minneapolis police body-camera policy
A national civil rights organization is leveling criticism at St. Paul and Minneapolis police body camera policies, along with those of several other law enforcement agencies round the nation. The...
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Botched drug deal led to teen’s fatal hit-and-run in Andover, murder charges say
A botched drug deal led to the hit-and-run death of a 17-year-old boy in Andover last Friday night, charges say. Three teenagers who had arranged to buy marijuana from Tristan Robinson are accused of...
View ArticleTwo more women accuse U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of pursuing them...
Gena Richardson says she was a high school senior working in the men’s department of Sears at the Gadsden Mall when a man approached her and introduced himself as Roy Moore. “He said, ‘You can just...
View ArticleCarver County man suspected of killing girlfriend with car
Authorities have arrested a 42-year-old west metro man after his girlfriend was fatally struck by a car. Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson says deputies were dispatched Tuesday night on a report of an...
View ArticleWorthington police, others sued in 2016 beating of motorist
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has filed an excessive force lawsuit in the 2016 beating of a Worthington motorist that was caught on video. Twenty-three-year-old Anthony Promvongsa was...
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State Fair groper pleads guilty to assaulting woman and exposing himself to...
An Isanti, Minn., man admitted in court this week to groping a woman and masturbating in front of children at the Minnesota State Fair this past summer, court records say. Jeffrey Thomas Pendzimas, 62,...
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Tour Stillwater Police Department’s new digs Monday
A $2 million remodel of the Stillwater Police Department is complete, and a new entrance is ready for use. Now, the public gets a chance to see it. An open house at the expanded Stillwater Police...
View ArticleRotary grant aims to help women escape sex trafficking
A group of local Rotarians is throwing financial support behind efforts to thwart sex trafficking. The Rotary Club of Minneapolis announced a joint effort with The Family Partnership on Tuesday to...
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Minnesota ex-con, wife charged in random slaying of Utah college student
SALT LAKE CITY — An ex-convict from Minnesota accused of gunning down a University of Utah student with a weapon stolen from a slain Colorado man was charged with aggravated murder, robbery and a dozen...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in arson fire at St. Cloud adult bookstore
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — St. Cloud police have arrested a suspect in an arson fire at an adult bookstore. Authorities say the 32-year-old man walked into the Pure Pleasure store with a gas can, poured fuel...
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Melissa Etheridge pleads guilty to pot possession after border crossing in N.D.
BOWBELLS, N.D. — Melissa Etheridge, a Grammy Award-winning musician, pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana when crossing the U.S.-Canada border at Portal, N.D. Melissa Etheridge and Todd Rundgren...
View Article3 Florida men convicted of credit card skimming in Minnesota
Three Florida men have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a gas pump credit card skimming operation. Roilan Garriga, 20, Wilbur Perez-Soca, 24, and Asleys Acosta, 28, each pleaded guilty to five...
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Videos and a ‘sex goals’ list discovered as St. Paul acting teacher faces new...
A St. Paul acting instructor took video of himself making sexual contact with a preteen during an acting class, and it wasn’t his first time being accused of lewd behavior with preteens, according to a...
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Firefighters rescue two teenagers stuck in St. Paul cave
It took the St. Paul Fire Department two and a half hours to extricate two teen boys from a deep cave on the city’s West Side early Saturday. The teens had climbed down a shaft to reach the cave about...
View ArticleThree men and one teen wounded in Minneapolis shooting
Police say an argument preceded a shooting that injured three men and a teen boy shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday in Minneapolis. Officers responded to 911 callers who reported hearing gunshots in the...
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