Patty Wetterling to speak after documentary about sex offenders, victims
Patty Wetterling and Mitchell Hamline professor Eric Janus will speak after two showings of the documentary “Untouchable” at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival. Both Wetterling and Janus,...
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Farmington police get new K-9, Caesar, with Bosco easing into retirement
Farmington soon will have a new police dog on the streets. Last month, Farmington Police Detective Chris Lutz and K-9 Caesar began a 12-week basic handler certification course through St. Paul police....
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Brother of suspect in triple slaying was in car, heard gunshots, he says
The man police took into custody after a St. Paul shooting rampage that left four dead — including the suspected gunman — last week told officers he was in a car waiting when he heard gunfire erupt,...
View ArticleSouthern Minnesota teacher admits having sex with student, charges say
GAYLORD, Minn. — A Gibbon teacher allegedly admitted to having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy. Related Articles Reports of child abuse spike dramatically in Minnesota Former Minnesota...
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Community members air concerns about St. Paul police in wake of fatal shooting
The mother of a man fatally shot by St. Paul police officers last month addressed the city’s police chief directly at a community meeting Thursday night, asking where is “accountability for these...
View ArticleConvenience store clerks accused of trading teen cigarettes for sex acts
Two Minnetonka convenience store clerks are accused of trading a 14-year-old girl cigarettes for sexual favors. Deandre Jerome Boyd, 21, of St. Louis Park and Jammie DeWayne Lee, 44, of Minnetonka face...
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Manifesto-writing Wisconsin fugitive arrested without incident
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin fugitive accused of stealing an arsenal of firearms and sending an anti-government manifesto to the White House was arrested Friday after a retired school counselor found him...
View ArticleTalking to children about safety is topic of next Stillwater ‘Conversation’
Jane Straub, victim assistance specialist for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, will be the featured speaker at the next Conversations of the Valley, a public-affairs luncheon series sponsored by...
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Retired St. Paul cop, boxer guilty of assaulting boy in group home
Clemmie Howard Tucker Sr. A former St. Paul police officer was found guilty Friday on malicious punishment of a child and fifth-degree assault charges for shoving and striking a teen last year at a...
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Church youth add allegations in Burnsville teacher’s child-sex case
The Burnsville High School music teacher charged this week with having sex with a male student and sending nude photos to another is now under investigation for sending “inappropriate messages” to...
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Hennepin, Anoka counties seek custody of 2 girls in genital mutilation case
Authorities in the Twin Cities have filed child protection petitions for two 7-year-old girls who prosecutors say were brought to Michigan by their mothers for a genital mutilation procedure. The...
View ArticleMinnesota highlights availability of lifesaving opioid OD antidote
A potentially life-saving antidote for opioid overdoses is now available without a prescription across much of Minnesota, health officials said Friday. The Minnesota Department of Health hosted a...
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Man killed in St. Paul blocks from Capitol
A man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in St. Paul’s Summit-University neighborhood, blocks from the state Capitol. His death marks the city’s eighth homicide of 2017. At a news conference on...
View ArticleA year on, few answers from probe into Prince’s death from accidental drug...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It’s been nearly a year since Prince died from an accidental drug overdose in his suburban Minneapolis studio and estate, yet investigators still haven’t interviewed a key associate...
View ArticleAlleged New Brighton assault victim dies after heart attack, Minneapolis man...
A Minneapolis man was arrested Friday night after an alleged assault in New Brighton caused a man to suffer a fatal heart attack. Officers responding to a 911 call from an apartment building in the...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with St. Paul homicide
St. Paul police have arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with a homicide on Saturday in an alley two blocks west of the state Capitol. Quentin Joseph Washington was arrested about 9:30 p.m....
View ArticleTwo injured in downtown St. Paul crash involving police officer
A St. Paul police officer responding to an emergency call Sunday afternoon collided with a car in downtown St. Paul. Related Articles Aunt sentenced in gun-discharge incident at St. Paul elementary...
View ArticleAunt sentenced in gun-discharge incident at St. Paul elementary school
A woman whose gun was fired last fall inside a St. Paul elementary school classroom has been sentenced to a stayed jail term and 40 hours of community service. Breanna Jolene Jones, 35, of St. Paul...
View ArticleVadnais Heights: One dead after shooting involving Ramsey County officers
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting death of a man Sunday night in Vadnais Heights during a confrontation with Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies. The shooting...
View ArticleDoctor prescribed meds for Prince in another name, affidavit says
Court documents unsealed Monday in the investigation into Prince’s death suggest a doctor and a close friend helped him improperly obtain prescription opioid painkillers, but they shed no new light on...
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