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Mahtomedi man accused of trafficking his girlfriend for sex
Shortly after a Mahtomedi man was arrested on suspicion of trafficking his former girlfriend for sex, he called the woman he’s accused of victimizing and pleaded with her to defend him against the...
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St. Paul no longer in lawsuits over officer allegedly fabricating evidence in...
St. Paul has been dropped as a party in a slew of multimillion dollar lawsuits that sprang from a St. Paul police officer’s handling of an allegedly fabricated federal sex trafficking. A federal judge...
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Another sentenced for role in Minnetonka girl’s alleyway shooting death
It was Christopher Calloway’s girlfriend who set it up. The plan was for her to meet up with one of her friends and her friend’s sister last Sept. 25. They would hang out, drive around, and eventually...
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Guilty plea in nationwide sex-trafficking outfit busted in Washington County
One of four people accused of operating a multistate sex-trafficking-ring out of California that preyed on foreign-born women to work as prostitutes in Minnesota and elsewhere has admitted to her role...
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2 teens charged in brawl near St. Paul rec center, Green Line
Teenage suspects in a weekend brawl following a birthday party at a St. Paul recreation center are now facing charges. Antonio Dirrell Hugh, 17, was charged Tuesday with second-degree assault,...
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Coon Rapids cop was justified in shooting fleeing felon, attorney’s office says
A Coon Rapids police officer’s decision to shoot a felon who led officers on a high-speed chase across Anoka County last fall was justified, authorities say. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office...
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St. Paul woman rescued via Facebook after sending selfie during domestic assault
While her boyfriend held a knife to her neck for hours inside her St. Paul apartment, a woman stealthily took a selfie of the incident as a cry for help. Shortly afterward, the St. Paul police showed...
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Ex-St. Paul school official denies swindling $100,000, lawyer says
The former athletic director of Como Park Senior High made his first appearance in court Wednesday on allegations that he stole nearly $100,000 in public money during his six-year career with the St....
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He scammed public programs out of more than $300,000, MN charges say
Here’s how authorities say it worked: Elfonzo Dyrell Shelby sent phony surveys to inmates at a correctional facility in Mississippi. In exchange for filling them out, the North Dakota man promised each...
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He admits kicking unconscious man after racial slurs fly at Maplewood bar
More than a month after three African-Americans were assaulted at a bar in Maplewood in what appeared to be a racially motivated attack, a Roseville man has admitted to his involvement. Gregory Michael...
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Judge denies request to move Diamond Reynolds’ assault trial out of metro area
Despite her attorney’s claim that a judge’s letter taints her chances for a fair trial locally, Diamond Reynolds’ assault case will still be heard in Ramsey County. Stating that attorney Mike Padden...
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Two charged in St. Paul pipe bomb incident
Monttraill Lamar Claiborne, left, Frederic Pittman, III, right. (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office) Two men have been charged with federal crimes after authorities say they found a pipe...
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Woman who watched teenage sister die in St. Paul murder says she’ll ‘never...
Brittany Rock wakes up in the middle of the night from what feels like a heart attack; her heart and mind racing as intense waves of panic, guilt and grief jolt her from sleep. “I live with this...
View ArticleAfter ‘line of men’ at Cottage Grove house, another sex-trafficking guilty plea
A Blaine man accused of serving as the Minnesota manager for an international sex-trafficking ring that exploited vulnerable, foreign-born women from China admitted to his role in the criminal...
View ArticleFederal judge hears arguments over Twin Cities archdiocese bankruptcy plan
Parties involved in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis bankruptcy proceedings made final arguments in front of a federal judge Tuesday, with each side making accusations of deceptive tactics...
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Unlicensed North St. Paul day care provider admits to unintentional...
An unlicensed home day care provider in North St. Paul tearfully admitted in court Wednesday that her negligent care of an infant last summer caused the girl’s death. With the child’s parents seated...
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St. Paul man charged with punching comedian Josh Blue in bar bathroom
A St. Paul man is accused of giving a concussion to a nationally known comedian last month after punching him in the face at a bar on University Avenue, authorities say. Getty Images: Jesse...
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Peeping Tom in northern Minnesota convicted of secretly recording juvenile girls
A Hibbing man peered into the windows of people’s homes in northern Minnesota and recorded the activities of juvenile girls in private moments inside, authorities say. Kevin James Petroske (Courtesy of...
View ArticleRail company sues St. Paul for nearly half a million, saying salt damaged bridge
A Minnesota railway company is suing St. Paul for nearly $500,000 based on claims that the city failed to adequately maintain the area around a railroad bridge. The neglect, the suit claims,...
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Woman whose bathroom rant sent Delta flight back to MSP sentenced
A former Edina woman whose disruptive behavior prompted a pilot to return a Delta flight to the Twin Cities last winter was ordered to do community service and sentenced to probation for her conduct....
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