Drug dealer on trial for New Brighton woman’s heroin death, but defense...
“One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. … Keep going, Alex. … Keep going until someone tells you to stop.” The counting repeated inside a Ramsey County courtroom Tuesday as a state prosecutor...
View ArticleAndrew Henderson, whose camera was seized as he recorded deputies, sues...
It’s been more than five years since Andrew Henderson had his camera seized by a Ramsey County deputy after Henderson refused to identify himself or stop recording law enforcement’s conduct outside his...
View ArticleLeader of international sex-trafficking ring that targeted Minnesota...
The last of four suspects involved in an international sex trafficking ring that preyed on foreign-born women in Minnesota has been sentenced for her role in the operation. Sophia Wang Navas, 50, was...
View ArticleDrug dealer responsible for Little Canada dental hygienist’s fatal heroin...
A Woodbury man who routinely dealt drugs to a Little Canada woman has been found responsible for her fatal heroin overdose. After a brief trial in Ramsey County District Court this week, a jury found...
View ArticleSt. Paul hit-and-run driver violates parole, asks judge for another chance
When a Ramsey County Judge ruled against sending Danielle Sivels to jail after she fled the scene of an accident that left a young mother unconscious, she did so with conditions. Sivels was to get a...
View Article21-year-old Chicago man gets life in prison for St. Paul gang retaliation...
A 21-year-old will spend the rest of his life in prison after gunning down a 25-year-old man in St. Paul last spring in what prosecutors described as a “revenge” gang slaying. A Ramsey County District...
View ArticleWoman describes alleged rape by Hamline student during opening day of his trial
It’s been two and a half years since a Hamline University student said her sister’s roommate offered to walk her home from a house party and then raped her in her dorm. Since then, she had to tell what...
View ArticleMembers of biker gang attacked St. Paul bouncer, threatened gunfire over gang...
Angry that a St. Paul bar refused to serve them while wearing their gang colors, a group of Hells Outcasts members took their ire out on the bouncer, authorities say. While some members stood watch to...
View ArticleHamline graduate accused of rape tells his side of the story at trial
A Hamline graduate on trial for raping an underclassman after walking her home from a house party said the woman was a “full participant” in the sexual activity that took place between the two of them...
View ArticleNational Guard member faces child porn charges upon return from deployment
A National Guard member returned to St. Paul after deployment last winter to learn investigators suspected him of stockpiling hundreds of images of child pornography on his computer and phone,...
View ArticleFormer Hamline football player convicted of raping fellow student after...
Under the pretense that her older sister wanted him to escort her home safely from a party, a Hamline University student persuaded an underclassman to let him up to her dorm room during the early...
View ArticleJudge finds former driver for Twin Cities busing company not guilty of...
A former driver accused of sexually assaulting a child with special needs has been found not guilty by a judge. Charles Edward Glover, 55, was acquitted of the second-degree criminal sexual conduct...
View ArticleApparent gas explosion levels East Side house, critically injures owner, 80
Firefighters work at the scene of a house explosion in the 600 block of Payne Avenue in St. Paul on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. (Michael Achterling / Pioneer Press)Debris can be seen in a tree high above...
View ArticleMounds View teens died in a tragic car accident, but they’re remembered for...
Catherine Carlson uses her hands to describe the shifting states of her grief. “Sometimes it’s kind of out there, like a cloud or a bubble,” she says, fluttering her hands above her head as she sits...
View ArticleCharges: Driver who smashed into Governor’s Residence’s front gate said he...
Repairmen put a temporary fix to a wrought iron gate at the Governor’s Residence in St. Paul Monday morning, Nov. 26, 2018, after a 59-year-old man allegedly rammed a vehicle into the gate Sunday...
View ArticleMN mother gave baby laxative in apparent attempt to ‘inflict starvation,’...
“How to make a baby really sick.” “MiraLax overdose.” “Child salt death.” Those were some of the phrases a Lewiston, Minn., mother typed into the web browser on her phone in the months before the...
View ArticleCharges: Shoreview man took video of his Tinder date while she slept naked in...
Jeffrey Mark Eldred reportedly met the woman on Tinder, an online dating website. He invited her over to his Shoreview home earlier this month, and the two drank together before making out. Too drunk...
View ArticleDriver takes plea after killing a Mounds View father while fleeing St. Paul...
A St. Paul man is expected to serve 15 years in prison after crashing into another vehicle while drunkenly fleeing police last spring, killing the other driver. Shawn Michael Konder, 27, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleMan who accidentally shot, killed his friend in St. Paul is sentenced to...
Justin Finklea’s mother cried as she described to the judge taking her two young grandsons to visit their father’s grave recently. They went to decorate the marker for Christmas, her son’s favorite...
View ArticleSt. Paul attorney who fatally struck jogger asks court to order police to...
The St. Paul attorney who accidentally struck and killed a pedestrian in St. Paul last year is seeking a court order to force the city’s police department to give back his BMW and other belongings...
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