Teen accused of making racist comments to Vadnais Heights school worker
A teen is accused of repeatedly harassing an employee at a Vadnais Heights school and calling her racial slurs, charges say. Uriah James Meidlinger, 19, of Lake Elmo was charged Monday with one count...
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Charges in slaying of St. Paul cop’s son allege he was targeted for drugs, cash
William Andrew Grahek, who grew up in Centerville, Minn., was fatally shot in Duluth on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. He was a junior at the University of Minnesota Duluth. (Courtesy photo) DULUTH, Minn. —...
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Traffic stop leads to arrest of 3 St. Paul men, discovery of $1.75M worth of pot
What started as a traffic stop on Interstate 94 in west-central Minnesota last week resulted in the arrest of three St. Paul men for having nearly 600 pounds of high-grade marijuana in a truck. Michael...
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Moorhead man charged with killing cats has massive social media following
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A 23-year-old Moorhead man charged with killing at least three cats is an aspiring artist who has modeled for local businesses and has more than 155,000 Twitter followers, a number...
View ArticleCo-defendant of St. Paul lawyer pleads guilty to pornography extortion
A former Chicago lawyer who was accused along with a St. Paul lawyer of threatening to sue thousands of people who downloaded pornographic videos has pleaded guilty to fraud charges. The U.S. Justice...
View ArticleThis time, thieves take Stillwater nonprofit’s table for 6
Next time, Valley Outreach staff will be more careful. After word spread that a bright orange table and four blue chairs had been stolen from outside the Stillwater food shelf over the weekend, a donor...
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Little Canada woman sex-trafficked vulnerable group-home resident, charges say
A Little Canada woman is accused of forcing a vulnerable adult who was temporarily living with her to work as a prostitute to earn her stay. Ramsey County Sheriff's OfficeAnne Marie Lindgren Anne Marie...
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Former St. Jude VP admits swindling more than $100,000, taking company info
A former executive at St. Jude Medical Inc. admitted in court to swindling the company out of more than $100,000 and taking a copy of its strategic plan with him after he was fired. Bryan Charles...
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Know these 2? Would-be St. Paul robbers shot at victims' car, police say
St. Paul police want the public’s help to identify two armed robbers who shot at four men in a car near a Frogtown bank last month. The robbery attempt took place about 8:20 p.m. Feb. 10, just after...
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Alleged St. Paul cigarette thief who punched store clerks charged
Kendall Bernard Russell had a system, investigators say. He walked into a gas station and asked the clerk for three cartons of Newport 100 cigarettes. If the employee handed them over, he grabbed the...
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Man shot his sister’s boyfriend while changing tire, charges say
Marcus Hallmark hung out with his sister’s boyfriend Friday, and that night the two men went to Minnetonka to change a flat tire. They were working on the tire when Hallmark, 25, shot his sister’s...
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3rd man sentenced in killings over meth and money outside St. Paul motel
The last of three men involved in a double homicide outside a St. Paul motel last spring was sentenced Tuesday. Courtesy of Ramsey County Sheriff's OfficeFrom left, Cass Cordel ONeal, 33, Eric John...
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3 cops, pepper spray used in arrest of Sen. Tim Kaine’s son near Trump rally...
Linwood Woody Kaine, son of U.S. Sen. and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office.Isabell Kimball. Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County...
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Ex-Wisconsin deputy who killed wife, Lake Elmo sister-in-law dies
MADISON, Wis. — A former Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy who killed his wife and sister-in-law but was found not legally responsible because of his ailing health died Tuesday, his defense attorney said....
View ArticleNo charges against St. Paul officer who fatally shot man in May, Ramsey...
A St. Paul police officer will not be charged in the fatal shooting of a man who fired a shotgun at him last May, the Ramsey County attorney’s office said Wednesday. Eugene F. Smith, 29, died in a home...
View ArticleTrump protest witness: ‘Both sides are to blame’ for violence that featured...
Both pro- and anti-Trump groups were aggressors at various times during rowdy confrontations that broke out Saturday at the Minnesota state Capitol and featured the arrest of the son of former...
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Teen sentenced for critically injuring 19-year-old in St. Paul shooting
A teen was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for shooting and critically injuring a 19-year-old during an attempted robbery in St. Paul last October. Samuel Cal Flowers, 18, received an 11-year...
View ArticleMinneapolis man gets year in prison for threat to blow up mosque
A federal judge sentenced a Minneapolis man Wednesday to a year in prison for threatening to blow up a local Islamic center. Daniel George Fisher, 57, admitted to writing and sending an anonymous...
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MN Commerce deputy commissioner arrested in St. Paul prostitution sting
A deputy commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Commerce was among several men arrested in an undercover prostitution sting in St. Paul. Michael Shane Deal (Courtesy Ramsey County sheriff’s...
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Veterinarian sentenced for sex trafficking Asian women in Woodbury
In Minnesota’s first-ever labor trafficking conviction, a Baldwin, Wis., veterinarian was sentenced to more than four years Wednesday for trafficking women from East Asia to Minnesota. Brian Lee...
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