Charges: First a date on social media, then armed robbery
The M.O. was the same both times: Find a stranger on social media, make a date and have a friend show up a bit later with a gun. An aggravated robbery complaint against Arrion D. Price, 21, of New Hope...
View ArticleAccidental shooting reported Friday night at St. Thomas dormitory
One person was injured after a gun was accidentally discharged at a University of St. Thomas dormitory Friday night, St. Paul police said. About 7 p.m., a round fired from a firearm at Flynn Hall...
View ArticleMaple Grove man pleads guilty to fatal Dinkytown stabbing
A Maple Grove man has pleaded guilty in Hennepin County District Court to fatally stabbing another man while they argued in a car in Minneapolis’ Dinkytown neighborhood in August. Brandon Kenneth...
View ArticleStillwater attorney pocketed late client’s cash meant for St. John’s Abbey,...
A former Stillwater attorney has been charged with swindling a late client and St. John’s Abbey out of more than $325,000. According to a complaint filed last month in Washington County District Court,...
View Article93 mph at 7:30 a.m.: St. Paul man accused of driving on drugs with teen in car
A St. Paul man has been arrested on suspicion of speeding down a Wisconsin freeway under the influence of drugs with a teen in the car. According to a news release from the Wisconsin State Patrol,...
View ArticlePayne-Phalen shooting victims’ family establishes relief fund
A GoFundMe page has been established for the survivors of the Friday morning Payne-Phalen shooting that left four people dead. Louis Hernandez, a relative of the victims, established the McIntosh...
View ArticlePolice hunt anti-government suspect in Wisconsin gun store burglary
MILWAUKEE — Authorities are following up on numerous tips as they search for a man suspected of stealing firearms from a Wisconsin gun store after threatening to carry out an unspecified attack....
View ArticleSadness, confusion in wake of St. Paul family’s shootings
Sadness and confusion were all that emerged Saturday as friends, family members and authorities sought to understand what led to the shooting deaths of Wade McIntosh, 47, and his daughters Maria, 19,...
View ArticleFederal judge dismisses lawsuit filed by AK-47-toting man in St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man who was cited in St. Cloud for carrying a loaded AK-47 rifle as he walked city streets. Officers cited Tyler Gottwalt in...
View ArticleMinneapolis man dies after being struck by motorist downtown
Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian vs. vehicle crash early Saturday morning in downtown Minneapolis. They did not release information Sunday about the driver of the vehicle. According to the...
View ArticlePassenger without seat belt dies when ejected from crashing car in Plymouth
A 29-year-old Corcoran man died in a car crash on U.S. 169 and Medicine Lake Road in Plymouth early Saturday morning. According to the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office, Christopher Steven La...
View ArticleBody recovered from Mississippi River near Grey Cloud Island Saturday
The Washington County sheriff’s office recovered a body Saturday night from the Mississippi River near Grey Cloud Island. Related Articles Dismissed Lake Elmo administrator’s suit against the city...
View ArticleIntense custody dispute may be motive for triple slaying in St. Paul,...
Family members of three people fatally shot in a St. Paul apartment on Friday say they believe an intense custody dispute over an 18-month-old girl “definitely” played a part in the slayings. “There...
View ArticleShakopee man dies after crash sends SUV into Prior Lake pond
A Shakopee man was killed in a two-vehiclle collision in Prior Lake on Sunday afternoon. Related Articles Maple Grove man pleads guilty to fatal Dinkytown stabbing Officials name Eden Prairie man who...
View ArticleExplosive phone call preceded shootings that devastated family, friend says
Less than an hour before Maria McIntosh and her family were shot, she and the father of her daughter were in a highly emotional phone call — both were screaming and crying over custody of their...
View ArticleReport: Opiate-related overdose deaths rise dramatically in Ramsey, Hennepin...
Opiate-related overdose deaths rose dramatically in Ramsey and Hennepin counties from 2015 to 2016, a report on metro-area drug-abuse trends has disclosed. In Ramsey County, 62 accidental...
View ArticleCiting changing stories, beheading suspect wants charges dismissed
When David Alexander Haiman was found dead last June in rural Itasca County, Kayleene Danielle Greniger told investigators that her boyfriend killed the 20-year-old man in retaliation for a sexual...
View ArticleWisconsin intensifies manhunt for firearms thief who mailed manifesto to Trump
In this April 4, 2017 frame grab from a surveillance video released by the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, Joseph Jakubowski makes a purchase at a gas station in Janesville, Wis. (Rock County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleCourt affirms another discharge from Minnesota Sex Offender Program
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a decision to grant a man’s provisional discharge from the state’s treatment program for sex offenders, saying the program leader can’t unilaterally...
View ArticleMoorhead suspect snorted meth, then shot tenant dead, charges in say
MOORHEAD, Minn. — An acquaintance of a man fatally shot in Moorhead is now charged with second-degree murder. Neil Johnson, 25, made his first appearance in Clay County District Court on Monday. Bail...
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