3 years in prison — plus repayment — for $1.2M embezzled over 20 years
A St. Paul man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for stealing $1.2 million from the insurance company he worked at over a period of several decades. John William Rowan, 41, received 41...
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St. Paul: Accused serial rapist convicted in first of four cases
The St. Paul man accused of being a serial rapist who terrorized the city’s East Side last year was convicted of assaulting the first of his four accusers. Larry Griffin, 39, was found guilty of two...
View ArticleMedina executive pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets from former employer
A Medina executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing trade secrets from his former employer. Federal prosecutors announced that Christopher Barry, 46, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St....
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1,300 Forest Lake students walk out to protest city’s move to disband police...
Here’s how Forest Lake Area High School student Clara Olson and friends organized a walkout to support their city’s police department on Tuesday: Come up with the idea at 9 a.m., start spreading the...
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Burnsville man accused of repeatedly stabbing girlfriend with scissors
A Burnsville man has been charged with attempted murder after police said he repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend in the neck with a pair of scissors last weekend. Terrell James Pleasant Terrell James...
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Islamic State conspirator allowed to stay in halfway house after watching CNN...
A Twin Cities man serving 20 years of supervised release for conspiring to join the Islamic State group was allowed to return to a halfway house Tuesday, more than a week after he was arrested for...
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Apparent shooting death investigated in St. Paul’s North End
A man died early Wednesday after a shooting in St. Paul’s North End on Tuesday night, police said. Officers were called to the 300 block of Burgess Street about 10:30 p.m. on a report of shots fired....
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His girlfriend fell off his motorcycle on I-35 — and then he left, charges say
A St. Paul man has been charged with two felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide after his girlfriend fell from his motorcycle last fall on Interstate 35 in Forest Lake. Myles W. Eckman, 24, was...
View ArticleCharges dropped against St. Paul man accused of stealing Cadillac over drug debt
Charges were dropped against a St. Paul man accused of stealing a Cadillac to pay off a drug debt. The Ramsey County attorney’s office dismissed the case against Frankie Edward Adams last week,...
View ArticleBrawls near busy St. Paul rec centers have neighbors frightened
A large fight between young people, including some wielding baseball bats, broke out near a busy recreation center in St. Paul’s Summit Hill neighborhood Tuesday night. Three teens needed medical...
View ArticleMom allegedly stole $8,700 from Apple Valley graduation party account
A Rosemount mother is accused of stealing more than $8,700 from a parent group organizing the upcoming senior party for Eastview High School. Jill Lynn Fiedler, 38, has been charged in Dakota County...
View ArticleThreatening note to St. Olaf student was hoax, college president says
A threatening note reportedly left on a black student’s car at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., was apparently a hoax intended “to draw attention to concerns about the campus climate,” according...
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Defense aims to air Philando Castile’s record at Officer Yanez manslaughter...
The arrest and driving record of the man fatally shot by a St. Anthony police officer during a traffic stop last summer could be raised at the officer’s trial. Philando Castile’s record was listed as...
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He admits to hiding in friend’s grandfather’s basement for 2 days, then...
A Le Sueur, Minn., man who pleaded guilty to killing his friend’s grandfather in Eden Prairie last summer says he hid in the victim’s basement for two days before he stabbed him. Nathan Alan Foth...
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St. Thomas Academy teacher fired for ‘inappropriate, concerning’ texts to 3
A St. Thomas Academy teacher has been fired after she allegedly sent “inappropriate and concerning” text messages to at least three students, according to the all-male Catholic prep school in Mendota...
View ArticleOther charges dropped after acquittal in Highland Park shooting death
Charges were dropped against a woman accused of helping her boyfriend evade police in a fatal shooting case after the man was acquitted at trial. The Ramsey County Attorney’s office Monday dismissed...
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ACLU sues Dakota County sheriff over collecting DNA before convictions
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has filed suit against Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie to prevent DNA sample collections from a Hastings man facing assault charges. The suit was filed...
View ArticleHead of ring that dealt heroin on Indian reservations gets 25 years
The leader of a drug trafficking ring that brought heroin to Minnesota and North Dakota Indian reservations was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison. Omar Sharif Beasley, 39, was among 41 people...
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Minnesota man charged in Iowa crash that killed his cousin
CEDAR FALLS — A Minnesota man is charged with homicide by vehicle in connection with a Nov. 5 fatal crash. Police filed the homicide charge against Charles Anthony Brooks, 43, of Champlin, Minn., on...
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Yanez defense wants jury to know about Philando Castile’s past marijuana use
Defense attorneys for the St. Anthony police officer charged in the shooting death of Philando Castile during a traffic stop last summer want Castile’s marijuana use to be admissible as evidence during...
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