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Ramsey County board agrees: Sheriff’s second in command should be next sheriff
The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed on Tuesday to appoint the sheriff’s second-in-command for the sheriff job. They’ll make it official next week. Sheriff Matt Bostrom is...
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Three teenagers robbed at gunpoint near Eagan High School
Three teenagers were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday morning near Eagan High School, police said. The three juvenile victims told police they were involved in an attempted drug exchange at 9:35 a.m. with...
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Jacob Wetterling’s killer being held temporarily in Oklahoma City
Danny Heinrich, the killer of Jacob Wetterling, is being held temporarily in Oklahoma. Danny Heinrich Heinrich, 53, is at the Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center, awaiting transport to the federal...
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Man charged in stabbing attack at downtown St. Paul homeless shelter
A St. Paul man repeatedly stabbed a 46-year-old woman in the head, face, side and stomach last week at a downtown St. Paul homeless shelter, according to charges filed in Ramsey County District Court....
View ArticleWisconsin officer charged with assaulting romantic rival
KENOSHA, Wis. — A Kenosha police officer has been released from jail after he was charged with attacking a man he says was seeing his wife. A criminal complaint says that while on duty, Officer Kendal...
View ArticlePlymouth parents charged after allegedly refusing to take 7-year-old, who...
In the weeks leading up to his death, 7-year-old Seth Johnson stopped sleeping, took hours to eat a meal, and would occasionally shake and throw himself down the stairs. He developed blisters and...
View ArticleSt. Paul police swamped with calls about bread in yards, a possible cause of...
A message from St. Paul police, telling people to be on the lookout for bread in their yards after dogs have been poisoned, may have worked too well. Police received 23 reports over the weekend. It was...
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New judge named to oversee Philando Castile shooting case
William H. Leary III A new judge has been named to oversee the trial of St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez over the fatal shooting of Philando Castile. Ramsey County Judge William H. Leary III...
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Dodgeball turns violent, and Wisconsin student charged with felony battery
ELLSWORTH, Wis. — A Maiden Rock, Wis., teenager was charged with a felony after a high school dodgeball game allegedly turned violent. A ball typically used in a dodgeball match (Wikimedia Commons)...
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Woman followed into her Little Canada apartment, fondled, charges say
A man followed a 67-year-old woman into her Little Canada apartment, refused to leave and fondled her, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. Nicholas Andrew Smith Ramsey County sheriff’s...
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Woman’s death at Greater East Side home investigated
A St. Paul police squad car is parked out side the scene of a suspicious death on the city’s East Side Wednesday night, January 3, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Nick Woltman) UPDATE: Home had been burglarized,...
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Wisconsin man accused of sexual assault, locking woman in wooden box
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin man locked a woman inside a wooden box that he screwed shut after using a stun gun to subdue her and sexually assaulting her, investigators allege. The arrest report indicates...
View Article79-year-old found dead in her St. Paul home had been burglarized, neighbor says
After a 79-year-old woman was found dead in the St. Paul home where she lived for decades, residents of the normally quiet East Side neighborhood near Beaver Lake are looking for answers. Instead, a...
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Wisconsin man accused of 11th drunken driving charge had valid license
APPLETON, Wis. — A Wisconsin man charged this week with his 11th drunken driving offense had a valid driver’s license at the time of his latest arrest. Jan. 2016 courtesy photo of Steven Allan Johnson....
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Hennepin County sheriff warns of defective devices to treat opioid overdoses
The Hennepin County sheriff says his office has been given defective devices to distribute a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose — a problem as the number of such overdoses has been on...
View ArticleHearse stolen from Bemidji funeral home, then set ablaze
BEMIDJI, Minn. —The owners of a Bemidji funeral home started the year with an unpleasant surprise Monday, when they arrived at work to find that one of the hearses had been stolen. Though police soon...
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Hate crime charged in Facebook Live attack on mentally disabled man
CHICAGO — Four black people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened...
View ArticleHudson drug informant found dead in burned building in northwestern Wisconsin
A death investigation is continuing in a northwestern Wisconsin county after the discovery of the remains of a Hudson man, who was a confidential drug informant, were found inside a burned building....
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Minnesota nursing home worker raped Alzheimer’s patient, charges say
PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. — A former nursing home employee faces six felony criminal sexual conduct charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 78-year-old resident with advanced Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleMankato officer who killed Twin Cities teacher had never been involved in a...
MANKATO, Minn. — The Mankato police officer who shot and killed a man on New Year’s Eve had never previously been involved in a shooting, had one use of force complaint against him that did not result...
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