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St. Paul felon who sprayed bullets at men pleads guilty to assault
A man admitted in court Monday to spraying bullets toward two men in St. Paul last September. Tevin Marcel Bellaphant Tevin Marcel Bellaphant, 24, pleading guilty to one count of second-degree assault...
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Former Cottage Grove pastor pleads guilty in federal child porn case
The former pastor of a Cottage Grove church pleaded guilty in federal court this past week to distribution of child pornography, a deal that will result in a harsher sentence than he might have faced...
View ArticleNo charges against Ramsey County corrections worker in data privacy inquiry
No criminal charges will be filed against a Ramsey County correctional sergeant who had been under investigation for violation of the Minnesota Data Practices Act. The Minneapolis city attorney’s...
View ArticleNorthern Minnesota woman sentenced for heroin stash in bra
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A northern Minnesota woman will spend more than three years behind bars after Grand Forks police found in her bra heroin she intended to sell. Cynthia Esquivel, 45, of Crookston was...
View ArticleCottage Grove domestic abuse suspect arrested after standoff
A Cottage Grove man was arrested Sunday, following a standoff with police in his apartment. Matthew Joseph Franssen, 26, was taken to the Washington County Jail. Charges related to a domestic abuse...
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Chisago County commissioner was driver in fatal wrong-way crash
The motorist who caused a fatal wrong-way driving crash on Interstate 35 last weekend north of the Twin Cities has been identified as a Chisago County commissioner. Lora Walker According to the...
View ArticleImpounded? No problem. Minnesota man takes back his truck with spare keys
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Dilworth police are searching for a man who is accused of taking his own truck out of an impound lot after telling authorities he only wanted personal items from the vehicle. Dilworth...
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Small-town Minnesota mayor allegedly swindled lover’s husband
CROSBY, Minn. — The mayor of Crosby, population 2,400, is now wrapped up in a tale involving money, guns and romance. Criminal charges filed Monday in Crow Wing County District Court against James...
View ArticleWolf snared, tipping MN DNR to 600 illegal traps, charges say
In one of Minnesota’s most extensive trapping cases, two men are accused of running traplines that included more than 600 illegally set snares for wildlife across four Northeastern Minnesota counties....
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Fearing for safety, attorney begs off St. Paul serial rape suspect’s case
Allegations of bullying, badgering and threats flew in a Ramsey County courtroom Tuesday between a man heading toward trial for allegedly raping four women in St. Paul and the attorney assigned to...
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Jeronimo Yanez’s defense seeks evidence of bias in Philando Castile shooting
Attorneys for the St. Anthony police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile are seeking access to any state evidence that might help or hurt their case. In a motion filed Friday,...
View ArticleHomeowner charged with arson after Minnesota house totaled
A homeowner has been charged after fire totaled a house in Ottertail on Saturday. The homeowner, 35-year-old Cody James Dahl, has been charged with first-degree arson after the Minnesota State Fire...
View ArticleVia car licenses, burglar knew who was at theaters and hit their homes
A judge has sentenced a Twin Cities man who prosecutors say burglarized the homes of people who were attending the theater. David Pollard, 47, of Prior Lake was sentenced last week to 11 years in...
View ArticleUW-Madison committee expels Edina student accused of serial sex assaults
MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Madison disciplinary committee has expelled a Twin Cities student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women. UW-Madison spokeswoman...
View ArticleBlaine man charged after fatal collision while fleeing police near Mall of...
A Blaine man was charged with criminal vehicular homicide Tuesday after a weekend police chase and collision near the Mall of America that claimed the life of his passenger. The crash happened Saturday...
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Man dies in St. Paul officer-involved shooting in Dayton’s Bluff
Before police officers fatally shot a 29-year-old in St. Paul, a man in the area heard a woman crying, “Help me, help me!” and “He’s trying to kill me!” De’Andre Gatewood, who lives in the Dayton’s...
View ArticleChange of venue request for officer in Philando Castile manslaughter case
Stating that his case has become an “omnipresent spectacle,” Jeronimo Yanez’s defense attorneys are asking for his trial against manslaughter charges in Philando Castile’s death to be moved out of the...
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Drug deal went down in front of 3 officers in western Wisconsin, charges say
ELLSWORTH, Wis. — A gas station just paces away from Pierce County’s law enforcement center might not be the most inconspicuous place for a drug deal, but prosecutors allege that’s just what a trio of...
View ArticleThreats to Minnesota Jewish centers investigated as hate crimes, feds say
Federal authorities said Wednesday that recent threats to two Jewish community centers in Minnesota are being investigated as hate crimes as part of a broader probe into similar threats made...
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Man sentenced in spring shooting outside St. Paul American Legion
A St. Paul man is heading to prison after shooting a 16-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man outside an American Legion last spring. Courtesy of Ramsey County sheriff's officeJaquel Laray Crutchfield...
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