Off-duty security instructor pepper-sprayed autistic man for eating free...
He was the training director of one of St. Paul’s largest security companies — a man certified on when and how to use Mace. Which left police mystified as to why Timothy Knutsen would pepper spray an...
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Minneapolis mayor blocks chief’s command choice, Harteau responds
The mayor of Minneapolis has blocked the police chief’s choice for leading a precinct that includes some of the city’s most violent neighborhoods. The Fourth Precinct was also the stage for a...
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Supporters turn out for man convicted of defrauding Hmong elders
Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and Courthouse in St. Paul Thursday to voice opposition to the prosecution of a man authorities say defrauded people out...
View ArticleEx-finance official allegedly embezzled more than $100,000 from Hamline U
A supervisor in the accounts payable department at Hamline University stole more than $150,000 from the school by creating fake vendor accounts and cashing checks issued by the university into her...
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Detroit doctor fired, pleads not guilty in Minnesota girls’ genital mutilations
A not-guilty plea has been entered for a Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on two Minnesota girls in a first-of-its-kind case in the United States. Dr. Jumana Nagarwala...
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Yanez request for outstate trial in Philand Castile shooting denied again
The latest attempt by defense attorneys to get the upcoming trial of the St. Anthony police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile moved outstate has been thwarted. Officer Jeronimo...
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Forest Lake council may decide police department’s survival or demise on Monday
The Forest Lake City Council could vote next week on a controversial proposal to disband the city’s police department and contract with the Washington County sheriff’s office for police services. The...
View ArticleMinneapolis woman gets probation in terrorism case — at prosecution’s urging
A Minneapolis woman who sent money to the militant group al-Shabab in Somalia was sentenced to five years’ probation on Wednesday after she cooperated with prosecutors, who said the light sentence...
View Article19-year-old man fatally shot at Bloomington apartment complex
Bloomington police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in an apartment building late Thursday night. Shortly before 11 p.m., police were sent to the Hampshire Hill apartment...
View ArticleBond reduced for man charged in UW-Stout death
MENOMONIE, Wis. — A judge in Wisconsin has reduced bond for a Minnesota man charged in the death of a university student from Saudi Arabia. Dunn County Circuit Court Judge Rod Smeltzer granted a...
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Defending himself in St. Paul murder, he says state failed to prove case
Benjamin Lee Harris said Friday that he feels “empathy” for the man he is accused of killing during an early morning robbery in St. Paul in September. Sitting in orange prison garb inside a Ramsey...
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She called in a bomb threat — and bank got her caller ID, police say
A woman called a Wells Fargo branch in downtown St. Paul on Thursday and threatened to blow up the bank if its employees didn’t follow her instructions, charges say. Ann Marie Simpkins, 59, told the...
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Former St. Jude’s executive who swindled company of more than $100,000 avoids...
A former executive at St. Jude Medical Inc. avoided prison time after admitting to swindling the company out of more than $100,000, according to court records. Bryan Charles Szweda was sentenced in...
View ArticleWoman raped in St. Paul parking garage suffered brain bleed and stroke
A woman who was raped and beaten in a downtown St. Paul parking ramp sustained a brain bleed and had a stroke, according to new information made public Friday in a search warrant. The 46-year-old...
View ArticleTeen girls wanted after man’s stabbing in Hinckley
Authorities are seeking the public’s help in locating two 17-year-old girls who allegedly were involved in stabbing a man on Wednesday in Hinckley. The Pine County sheriff’s office and the Minnesota...
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Minnesota lawmakers may penalize parents who allow female circumcision
Lawmakers in Minnesota and Texas are pushing to crack down on parents involved with genital cutting after an indictment against a Detroit-area doctor accused of performing the procedure on two young...
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Minneapolis man pleads not guilty in death of UW-Stout student
MENOMONIE, Wis. — A Dunn County judge reduced bond Thursday for a 27-year-old Minneapolis man charged in the death of a University of Wisconsin-Stout international student in October. Cullen M. Osburn...
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Teenage girls suspected in Hinckley stabbing turned themselves in on Sunday...
Two teenage girls police believe tried to stab a man to death in Hinckley last week turned themselves in Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The Pine County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in...
View ArticleMinneapolis police seek two drivers who ran red light, causing fatal car pile-up
A man was killed in a multi-vehicle crash Sunday morning on Blaisdell Avenue South when two drivers ran a red light, causing a four-vehicle pile up. Police say about 9:36 a.m. the drivers of two...
View ArticleSix in custody in connection with Bloomington homicide
Police arrested a two more people Sunday in connection with a shooting death last week at a Bloomington apartment. Related Articles ‘Hope she understands’: Driver hits kids in crosswalk as St. Paul...
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