Woman arrested after a child accidentally shot a 4-year-old in the leg...
The woman arrested after a 4-year-old girl was accidentally shot by a 7-year-old in St. Paul earlier this week was released from jail Thursday afternoon without charges, authorities say. The case...
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Protesters call for riot charges to be dropped against Philando Castile cousin
Wielding musical instruments and signs, a small crowd of protesters gathered in front of Ramsey County Attorney John Choi’s office in downtown St. Paul on Friday morning with a unified rallying cry....
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Brother of man acquitted in Corrine Erstad disappearance sentenced for sex abuse
A recent attempt by authorities to glean new information about the unsolved kidnapping and murder of a 5-year-old girl from Inver Grove Heights more than 25 years ago ended in disappointment this week....
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Former youth pastor in Cottage Grove sentenced on child pornography charges
A former youth pastor in Cottage Grove is heading to prison for sending sexually explicit images of children to others on social media sites, authorities say. William Leonard Helker, 47, of Pine City...
View ArticleAttempted murder charges dropped against St. Paul man after he dies
Charges have been dropped against a man accused of trying to kill a person at a St. Paul bar after authorities learned that the suspect had died. Makail Nazeer Saalik, 62, was charged with attempted...
View ArticleMan sliced open another man’s face at St. Paul light rail stop, charges say
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Minneapolis man accused of slicing open another man’s face during an altercation at a light rail stop in St. Paul last winter. Robert Alonzo Richardson, 33, was...
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Acting instructor set 'sex goals' with preteens, charges say
A St. Paul acting instructor accused of lewd conduct with two young girls had a piece of paper in his wallet that outlined his goal to someday start a cult, authorities say. Nicholas Charles Barghini...
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Felony riot charges dropped against cousin of Philando Castile
Charges have been dismissed against a cousin of Philando Castile who was accused of throwing objects at police in a protest that broke out on Interstate 94 shortly after Castile was fatally shot by a...
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Sex charges pile up for brother of man acquitted in Corrine Erstad disappearance
Allegations of sexual misconduct continue to pile up against the brother of the man acquitted of kidnapping and killing a young girl in Inver Grove Heights more than two decades ago. The Ramsey County...
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He’ll spend 38 years in prison for 4 stranger rapes in St. Paul
A serial rapist who targeted women on St. Paul’s East Side will spend the next few decades in prison. Larry Griffin, 39, was sentenced in Ramsey County District Court Thursday to just shy of 38 years...
View ArticleCharges dropped against man accused of raping St. Paul friend
Charges have been dropped against a man accused of raping a woman who let him stay at her St. Paul home, court records say. The Ramsey County attorney’s office dismissed the charges facing Luke Michael...
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St. Paul man accused of attempting to kill the father of his girlfriend’s child
A St. Paul man is accused of attempting to kill the father of his girlfriend’s child. Brion Quantrial Overton, 22, was charged Thursday with one count of second-degree attempted murder and a second...
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Diamond Reynolds seeks change-of-venue in hammer-assault case
Diamond Reynolds wants her trial moved, citing a letter a Ramsey County judge wrote offering support to jurors who acquitted the police officer in the shooting death of Reynold’s boyfriend, Philando...
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Hopeful signs from teen gravely hurt when car slammed through city bus
Markus Anthony Dashawn Jackson was left in a medically induced coma after being injured when a car smashed into the Metro Transit bus he was riding last month in St. Paul. Jackson, 19, sustained a...
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After St. Paul Cathedral bomb scare and evacuation, alleged arsonist charged
A man sitting in a pew at the Cathedral of St. Paul on Saturday started igniting paper and then shoved the lit pages down the church’s air vents, authorities said. Dominic Segura’s behavior caught the...
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Ex-boyfriend pleads guilty under Minnesota’s new ‘revenge porn’ law
An Anoka man admitted in court Monday to angrily posting nude pictures of his ex on a fake Facebook account after their relationship ended and she began seeing someone else. Michael Weigel Michael...
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St. Paul man gets nearly 30 years for sniper-style attempt to kill in-laws
Lying in the grass in front of his estranged wife’s St. Paul home last winter, Timothy Ka Vang fired several shots at his in-laws after they opened the front door. Now he’ll spend his foreseeable...
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Accused of threatening rape at Green Line stop, he’s incompetent for trial
A man accused of following a young woman off the light rail in St. Paul in spring and threatening to rape her has been found incompetent to stand trial. That means the state’s criminal case against...
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16-year-old charged in St. Paul store clerk’s robbery shooting
A 16-year-old is accused of shooting a gas station clerk during a robbery in St. Paul over the weekend, charges say. Jason Lee Sam III was charged Tuesday with several criminal counts in connection...
View ArticleVolunteering for Minnesota Super Bowl? Signup opens this weekend
The volunteer headquarters that will help orchestrate the Super Bowl when it comes to town next winter opens its doors this weekend. Crew 52 Volunteer Headquarters will officially open at 8:45 a.m....
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