North St. Paul day care provider charged in infant’s car seat strangulation
An unlicensed day care provider in North St. Paul faces manslaughter charges after an infant died while in her care. Amy Jo Englebretson, 43, was charged with one count of second-degree manslaughter...
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Driver pleads guilty to hitting St. Paul squad car while drunk
A St. Paul man accused of crashing his truck into a police squad car and injuring two officers after drinking and driving this past fall has pleaded guilty to the crime. Daniel Sanchez Mendes, 25,...
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For exposing himself to St. Thomas students, he gets probation
A St. Paul man was sentenced this week for exposing himself to University of St. Thomas students last winter. Patrick Oliver Laine Patrick Oliver Laine, 30, received a stayed 90 day sentence Wednesday...
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Defendant convicted of gunning down man in St. Paul parking lot last June
Renaldo Terez McDaniel was looking under the hood of his car outside a St. Paul auto-parts store on a summer evening last June when three shots were fired. One hit the 31-year-old McDaniel in the...
View ArticleSt. Paul’s Town & Country Club reports possible embezzlement
St. Paul police are investigating a case of possible embezzlement at the storied Town & Country Club. Police were notified of the matter Monday and an investigator met with representatives of the...
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Months after St. Paul stranger sexual assault, a suspect charged
A young woman was walking back to her boyfriend’s place after a bachelorette party this summer when she was reportedly knocked to the ground and sexually assaulted just outside downtown St. Paul....
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Trial opens for 3rd man in St. Paul double murder over drug buy
Shortly after two men were gunned down at a St. Paul motel this past spring, Ronald Lee Conway had words for the man who pulled the trigger, prosecutors said in Ramsey County District Court on Monday....
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For swindling dementia patient out of car, drugs, a stayed sentence
A 72-year-old man was sentenced this week for scheming a fellow resident at his St. Paul assisted-living facility out of thousands of dollars and access to pain medication. Peter Robert Arnoldi. (Photo...
View Article2 stopped to help man stuck in snow, then robbed him, St. Paul charges say
They seemed like Good Samaritans who arrived at just the right time to help a man in need. The man had been driving in St. Paul shortly before midnight Sunday when he lost control of his vehicle and...
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Officer’s lawyers say Castile was high on marijuana, charges should be dismissed
Attorneys for the St. Anthony police officer charged in the July shooting death of Philando Castile filed a motion Wednesday for charges against their client to be dropped, claiming Castile was...
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He was shot in a drive-by. Now his killers will spend decades in prison.
Two St. Paul men were sentenced Thursday to decades in prison for their involvement in a drive-by shooting on the East Side that left a young man dead in the fall of 2015. Dearies Calvin Collins...
View ArticleHennepin, Ramsey facility for troubled youth is no more after public outcry
Hennepin and Ramsey counties are abandoning plans to build a joint center for delinquent youth following public outcry that the proposal was not in the best interest of teens and ignored the will of...
View ArticleUMN police officer charged with assaulting woman in St. Paul traffic incident
A University of Minnesota police officer was charged with assault Thursday after allegedly putting his hands on a woman during an altercation during a traffic incident last summer in St. Paul. Related...
View ArticleMendota Heights declares snow emergency
Mendota Heights declared a snow emergency Friday afternoon as a winter snowstorm settles in across the Twin Cities. The snow emergency began at noon and will remain in effect until all city streets are...
View ArticleVikings move pre-Colts game party inside during Sunday’s deep freeze
Forecasts for frigid temperatures compelled the Vikings to cancel all outdoor pregame activities planned at the Downtown Commons and Vikings Village Sunday. Most of the festivities before the...
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University report details woman’s sexual assault allegation, football...
The woman told investigators she didn’t know how many men had sex with her that night. It could have been 10, she told them. Or it could have been as many as 20. It started with a handful of vodka...
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Judge assigned in Philando Castile shooting; no plea from officer Jeronimo Yanez
Wearing a black suit and blue tie, St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez made his second appearance in Ramsey County District Court Monday for his alleged role in the death of motorist Philando...
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St. Paul man found guilty for role in Midway motel fatal shootings
He may not have pulled the trigger, but a jury determined a St. Paul man was guilty in the fatal shootings of two men at a Midway-area motel this past spring. Ronald Lee Conway (Photo courtesy Ramsey...
View ArticleFirst he’d ask for change, then he’d grab the cash, charges say
Travis Taylor had a system. He’d walk up to a cashier at a fast-food restaurant and ask for change for a dollar. Sometimes he’d pretend to make a small order. When the store employee opened the...
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Suspect in St. Paul girl’s abduction committed as ‘sexually dangerous’
A St. Paul man who blamed God when he was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood will be indefinitely committed to the...
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