St. Paul encounter started consensual, ended in rape, charges say
A St. Paul man is accused of raping a woman he met while out at an Uptown Minneapolis bar this past fall. Sam John Prpich, 25, was charged Monday with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct...
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Ex-Marine guilty of murder, attempted murder in Lowertown ‘ambush’
A former Marine who fired more than 20 rounds with a military-style assault rifle at two homeless people he let into his downtown St. Paul apartment last spring is guilty of murder. After several hours...
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Plan to attend the Philando Castile cop shooting trial? What you need to know
Members of the public who plan to attend court hearings in the case pending against the St. Anthony police officer accused of recklessly shooting and killing Philando Castile will need to follow strict...
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Woman pleads guilty for her role after young St. Paul mom was slain
A Minneapolis woman pleaded guilty Tuesday for her role in the death of a young mother who was shot while interrupting a burglary at her St. Paul home. Michelle Lee Koester Michelle Lee Koester, 43,...
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After pizza shop fight, St. Paul man shot estranged wife's mother and...
A St. Paul man is accused of attempted murder after firing several bullets into the home of his estranged wife’s family and wounding her brother and mother. Timothy Ka Vang (Photo courtesy of Ramsey...
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Case against officer in Philando Castile’s death going to trial
The case against a St. Anthony police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop this past summer is heading to trial. In an order issued Wednesday afternoon, Ramsey County...
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Man accused of killing St. Paul father now charged with attempted murder in...
A St. Paul man already accused of fatally shooting a young father in a St. Paul park in the fall of 2016 now faces charges in a separate case in which authorities say he shot at a man he had robbed....
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Former St. Paul pizza worker gets jail for late-night bank deposit robberies
A St. Paul man who robbed Domino’s Pizza employees as they attempted to make deposits will spend months in jail for the crimes. Demonte Cortez Johnson Demonte Cortez Johnson, 20, was sentenced in...
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St. Paul felon sentenced for pointing gun at cop during struggle
A St. Paul man will spend years in prison for pointing a gun at a police officer who told him to put his hands behind his back after spotting the man illegally selling cigarettes in downtown St. Paul....
View ArticleForest Lake nurse avoids jail time for stealing patient’s medication
A Forest Lake nurse who pretended to check on a patient so he could steal the man’s medication evaded jail time for the offense. Gregory Thomas Welcher, 30, was sentenced in Ramsey County District...
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Brother of suspect in Corrine Erstad’s 1992 disappearance arrested in...
The brother of a man formerly accused of kidnapping and murdering a 5-year-old girl from Inver Grove Heights more than 25 years ago faces criminal charges for sexually assaulting a minor. Jerry Guevara...
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20 years in prison for killing Maplewood dad in botched robbery
A St. Paul man was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison for killing a Maplewood father during a robbery gone wrong in the fall of 2015. Justin Wright (Courtesy of Facebook) Brandon Lamar Cooper,...
View ArticleGirl raped by man she met on St. Paul light rail, 2 others, police say
A Minneapolis man is accused of raping a girl he met while traveling on the light rail from St. Paul to Minneapolis last spring. Tyresse Mario Dionte McKay, 27, was charged via warrant with one count...
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Man sentenced for crawling into Kmart dressing room of 8-year-old girl
A St. Paul man who crawled into a Kmart dressing room where an 8-year-old girl was changing and reached for her leg was sentenced to a year in prison. Ramsey County SheriffBee Vang, 27 Bee Vang, 27,...
View ArticleKim Bingham touched thousands of lives during long career at Ramsey County...
The young woman’s sandy-blond hair shines against her black graduation robe. Her family and friends stand around her, beaming, tears on their cheeks. A little girl with pigtails tugs at the woman’s...
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He killed 2, but will leave prison sooner than St. Paul shooting ringleader
Standing with his head down in an orange prison jumpsuit, Cass Cordel O’Neal told the judge he was “wrong” when he shot and killed two young men during a revenge-fueled dispute over drugs outside a St....
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‘You were supposed to be her mother,’ judge tells woman sentenced in...
The little girl wasn’t breathing when first responders found her lying on the floor of a messy basement bedroom in Maplewood in the winter of 2015. Her 17-month-old body was covered in dark bruises and...
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St. Paul woman accused of sex-trafficking released after jury deadlocks
A St. Paul woman accused of aiding her former boyfriend in an elaborate sex-trafficking operation involving a minor was released from jail this week after a jury failed to reach a verdict in her case....
View ArticleSt. Anthony officer pleads not guilty in Castile shooting
The St. Anthony police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a July traffic stop entered a not guilty plea Monday morning. Ramsey County District Judge William Leary III asked Jeronimo Yanez...
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Teen who shot young St. Paul dad, permanently disabling him, pleads guilty
D’Onjay Jackson, 20, of St. Paul, was critically injured in a shooting in St. Paul’s Dayton’s Bluff area on Feb. 6, 2016. (Courtesy photo) Just over a year ago, D’Onjay Jackson was shot in the head in...
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