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2 charged in woman’s death at her Greater East Side home
A man who did several odd-jobs for an elderly woman in St. Paul is now charged with her murder, charges say. Richard Daniel Thomas Joles, 26, was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree murder...
View ArticleMan charged in Minneapolis protest shooting says he defended himself
The man accused of shooting five men protesting the death of a black man by Minneapolis police has testified he was acting in self-defense. Twenty-four-year-old Allen Scarsella took the witness stand...
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Plymouth man who wheeled dying mother into bank admits stealing $260K from her
A Twin Cities man has pleaded guilty to financial exploitation after he wheeled his invalid mother into a bank to withdraw money hours before she died two years ago. David John Vanzo (Photo courtesy...
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He gets 35 years for killing ex-girlfriend with deer rifle outside Iron Range...
VIRGINIA, Minn. — Just six days before she was gunned down outside an Aurora bar in November 2015, Julie Ann Hildreth submitted a victim impact statement in a domestic abuse case against the man who...
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Domestic violence 2016 death toll in Minnesota: 21
At least 21 people died as a result of domestic violence in the state last year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women. The Minnesota Coalition for...
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Flight attendant expected to plead in bomb threat on Minneapolis flight
BISMARCK, N.D. — A flight attendant accused of making fake bomb threats on two Skywest flights in the U.S. in 2015 is negotiating a plea deal with prosecutors and likely won’t stand trial. Justin...
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5-month-old boy dies of head trauma in St. Paul; teenage baby sitter charged
A St. Paul teenager faces murder charges after the infant she was baby-sitting died of injuries suffered while in her care. Tyanna Jabree Graham, 19, was charged Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court...
View ArticleMan charged in savage death of a Minneapolis neighborhood mechanic
The Hennepin County attorney has charged a 24-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of Steve Parker Sr., who was found dead in Minneapolis garage Sunday afternoon. Rondell Russell Camp,...
View ArticleGirl in custody after adult male relative fatally stabbed in Minneapolis
A “juvenile female” was in custody after she fatally stabbed an adult male relative in Minneapolis on Tuesday night, police said. The girl was being evaluated at an area hospital and “will be booked...
View ArticleBlaine man gets probation for causing dog’s death
A Blaine man will spend two years on probation for intentionally treating a Chihuahua in a cruel manner, resulting in the dog’s death. David W. Anderson, 48, pleaded no contest Monday in Eau Claire...
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Minn. mom killed, her children injured in crash involving suspected...
A driver suspected of being intoxicated drove his SUV across the center line of a highway in Benton County Tuesday evening and smashed into another vehicle killing a 35-year-old wife and mother,...
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Visitation set for Eagan homicide victim, her unborn son
Visitation will be held Thursday for Senicha Marie Lessman and her unborn son, who were killed last week in Eagan. Senicha Marie Lessman The visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at O’Halloran &...
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Maplewood police chief Paul Schnell to leave his job, and law enforcement
Maplewood Police Chief Paul Schnell — who in the past year has both clashed with the state’s most powerful police union and worked hard to debate police culture in the wake of the Philando Castile...
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Bloomington man convicted of opening fire on Jamar Clark protesters
Allen Scarsella A jury on Wednesday convicted a Twin Cities man of assault for opening fire and wounding five men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers....
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Kira Steger murder case to be featured on national TV show Thursday night
Kira Steger’s mother, Marcie Steger, sister Keri Anne Steger, father Jay Steger and victim’s advocate Jen Mallenger listen to their lawyer speak to the press after the verdict was read convicting...
View ArticleMinnesota sex offenders renew legal challenge to confinement
Lawyers for over 700 people committed indefinitely to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program are asking the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a three-judge panel’s ruling that the...
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Couple allegedly drove to Duluth for sex with 14-year-old they met on Facebook
DULUTH, Minn. — A couple allegedly drove to Duluth from the St. Cloud area on Friday with the intention of having sex with a 14-year-old girl they had met online. Kayla Marie Frank, left, and Phillip...
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Ex-Marine claims self-defense in fatal shooting at Lowertown apartment
Dressed in jeans and an “Animal House” T-shirt, Scott Klund fist-bumped Charlotte Rawls as he walked past her into a downtown St. Paul convenience store after bar closing early on May 7. The former...
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Shots fired into St. Paul home; 16-year-old girl killed, 2 teens injured
The family of a 16-year-old girl killed Wednesday night when someone shot into a St. Paul home is convinced she wasn’t the target. Sadeya Hall, 16, was killed when someone shot into a home in the 500...
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Ham Lake home invaders assault man, flee with electronics
Two suspects have been arrested and two more are being sought in an early Thursday morning home invasion in Ham Lake, according to investigators. A man and a woman living in the 9000 block of Northeast...
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