No charges against Ramsey County corrections worker in data privacy inquiry
No criminal charges will be filed against a Ramsey County correctional sergeant who had been under investigation for violation of the Minnesota Data Practices Act. The Minneapolis city attorney’s...
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Fearing for safety, attorney begs off St. Paul serial rape suspect’s case
Allegations of bullying, badgering and threats flew in a Ramsey County courtroom Tuesday between a man heading toward trial for allegedly raping four women in St. Paul and the attorney assigned to...
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Jeronimo Yanez’s defense seeks evidence of bias in Philando Castile shooting
Attorneys for the St. Anthony police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile are seeking access to any state evidence that might help or hurt their case. In a motion filed Friday,...
View ArticleChange of venue request for officer in Philando Castile manslaughter case
Stating that his case has become an “omnipresent spectacle,” Jeronimo Yanez’s defense attorneys are asking for his trial against manslaughter charges in Philando Castile’s death to be moved out of the...
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Gang member sentenced in shootings outside St. Paul American Legion
A St. Paul man is heading to prison after shooting a 16-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man outside an American Legion last spring. Courtesy of Ramsey County sheriff's officeJaquel Laray Crutchfield...
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St. Paul sex-trafficker sentenced to 28 years
A St. Paul man may likely spend decades in prison for prostituting women out of his St. Paul home, including a 17-year-old who was forced to have sex with more than 10 men a day. Ramsey County...
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Jury convicts man of raping woman he followed onto St. Paul bridge
The young woman was walking alone across the Wabasha Street Bridge in a nearly deserted downtown St. Paul last summer when she heard the flick of a cigarette lighter behind her. Startled, she turned...
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South St. Paul man follows woman off light rail, threatens rape, charges say
A man followed a young woman off the light rail in St. Paul and threatened to rape her, according to criminal charges. Andrew Wardell King, 55, was charged Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court with...
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St. Paul women accused of assaulting rider at Green Line station
Two young St. Paul women are accused of beating up a woman they attempted to rob at the Snelling Avenue light-rail station in St. Paul this weekend. Trayonna Ronita Johnson, 18, and Antonia Brittany...
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Man gets jail time for following woman into Little Canada apartment, fondling...
A man who followed a 67-year-old woman into her Little Canada apartment and fondled her has received a stayed prison sentence for the crime. Ramsey County District Judge Sara Grewing sentenced Nicholas...
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St. Paul men charged with murder after assault on Green Line platform
Two men have been charged with murder after a September assault at a St. Paul light-rail station caused a 68-year-old man to die of a blood clot, charges say. Shawn Delaine Bellazan Jr., 19, and Cavis...
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St. Paul woman who killed baby, staged crash, gets prison for manslaughter
Michael Kyaw Htoo was 22 inches long and weighed 10 pounds and 3 ounces on the day he died. He was just 5 weeks old. At that age, experts say babies are first beginning to smile, Assistant Ramsey...
View ArticleMan charged with indecent exposure for incident outside St. Paul school
A man exposed himself to a woman outside a school in St. Paul’s North End on Thursday, charges say. Darius Boyaa Manney, 22, faces one count of indecent exposure for the alleged crime, which took place...
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Former Department of Commerce deputy commissioner charged in prostitution case
A deputy commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Commerce arranged to pay a woman for sex after finishing up work meetings earlier this month, according to criminal charges. Michael Shane Deal,...
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Robber failed with Subway cashier, held up customers instead, charges say
When a St. Paul Subway employee refused to empty the cash register for a man with a handgun, the robber allegedly turned the gun on customers. Leslee Marquis Sheppard Leslee Marquis Sheppard aimed the...
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Investigators’ opinion irrelevant in Philando Castile case, prosecutors argue
Any opinions about a St. Anthony police officer’s decision to fatally shoot Philando Castile held by special agents who investigated the case are irrelevant and should not be allowed in the officer’s...
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Prosecutors want police expert to testify in Yanez’s manslaughter trial
Prosecutors want a national expert on police conduct to testify at the trial of officer Jeronimo Yanez, who is accused of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of motorist Philando Castile during a July 6...
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Line of men at Cottage Grove house cued cops to sex-trafficking: charges
Authorities filed charges in a sex-trafficking operation Wednesday in Washington County which they say stretched across the U.S. to ensnare foreign-born women to work as prostitutes for clients who...
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Philando Castille case: Yanez trial should stay in Ramsey County, prosecutors...
The upcoming trial for a St. Anthony police officer accused of recklessly shooting and killing Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights last summer should take place in Ramsey County,...
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Yanez attorneys list possible witnesses for Philando Castile shooting trial
A retired police officer convicted of drinking and driving may be called to testify as an expert on police use-of-force by defense attorneys for St. Anthony officer Jeronimo Yanez. Joseph R. Dutton was...
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