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Competency questions delay trial for Minneapolis woman accused of setting St....
The case against a Minneapolis woman accused of setting small fires on St. Catherine University’s campus and trying to travel to Afghanistan to join Al-Qaida remains on hold as questions regarding her...
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Thanks to suspicious bank manager, Texas man charged with trying to scam...
An unexpected knock on an 87-year-old Roseville woman’s door Monday led to a ruse that nearly cost her $2,500, authorities say. She found a stranger on her doorstep, and two more men she didn’t know...
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Drunken driver who killed deputy’s wife in 2008 charged with second DWI in 3...
Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies apprehended a motorist earlier this week for a suspected DUI — the same woman who in 2008 hit and killed a deputy’s wife while driving under the influence. Those who...
View ArticleHow often do arbitrators reinstate fired cops? Just under half the time
The fates of five St. Paul police officers recently fired will likely fall to independent arbitrators. What are the chances they get their jobs back when the dust settles? In a number of recent...
View ArticleCharges dropped against trucker accused of kidnapping Missouri woman and...
Authorities dropped charges against a truck driver accused of kidnapping a woman he met online in Missouri and taking her to the Twin Cities. The Ramsey County Attorney’s office charged Demarcus...
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State representative who shoved guard at St. Paul hotel bar avoids...
A state lawmaker charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing for drunken conduct earlier this spring will avoid convictions on his record if he successfully completes a court diversion program....
View ArticleYouth worker from Burnsville sentenced to 20 years for producing child porn
A Burnsville youth worker who used Instagram to persuade underage boys to send him nude pictures online, and then shared the images with others, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday. Marcus...
View ArticleSt. Paul man hoarded pornographic images of minors on electronic devices,...
A St. Paul man was charged with 14 felonies Thursday for allegedly possessing over 700 pornographic images of minors. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office filed the charges against Austin Christopher...
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Dispute over a woman led to fatal shooting of man in St. Paul, charges say
A long-simmering feud over a woman led to the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man in St. Paul last Friday night, authorities say. Walter Quarles was riding in a vehicle with his fiance and another...
View ArticleBurnsville man gets 27 years in kidnapping of woman in downtown Minneapolis
A Burnsville man who kidnapped a woman in downtown Minneapolis so he could force her into sex trafficking out of state will spend decades in prison. A judge sentenced Dontay Lavarice Reese to 27 years...
View ArticleSt. Paul man pleads guilty to accidentally fatally shooting cousin, tells...
Abdirahman Mohamed Adam and some of his buddies went to Harriet Island in St. Paul last December to goof around and shoot off a handgun, he told a judge Wednesday. The 22-year-old St. Paul man fired...
View ArticleRape, vehicle thefts rose across MN last year, but most other major crimes...
Rape cases and vehicle thefts increased in Minnesota in 2018, but most other major crimes went down, according to a statewide crime report issued Monday. The report by the Minnesota Department of...
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Men swiped keys from St. Paul woman’s walker at Walmart then stole her car...
Two men stole keys from a 72-year-old woman inside a St. Paul Walmart last week and took off in her vehicle, according to criminal charges. It didn’t stop there. The two drove the stolen vehicle to her...
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Trucker exposed himself and touched other customers at Vadnais Heights...
A long-distance trucker from Chicago stopped into a Target store in Vadnais Heights on Sunday and started exposing himself and touching other customers inappropriately, according to criminal charges. A...
View Article15-year-old pulled from bottom of New Brighton pool remains in critical...
A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after a police officer pulled his body from the bottom of a pool at an apartment complex in New Brighton. He was rushed to Children’s Hospital, where he...
View ArticleSt. Paul man viewed child pornography from workplace, charges say
A St. Paul man was charged with 10 felonies after federal agents say he stockpiled child pornography and looked at it while he was at work. Authorities searched William Thomas Costandine, Jr.’s home in...
View ArticleVadnais Heights daycare provider charged with neglect after toddler was badly...
A childcare provider in Vadnais Heights faces criminal charges after a two-year-old was badly burned under her care, authorities say. The toddler needed medical attention to treat a two-centimeter...
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Caretaker gets 90 days for stealing $97,000 from St. Paul woman with Alzheimer’s
A caretaker who stole nearly $100,000 from a 96-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease must serve three months in the Ramsey County workhouse and stay away from vulnerable adults. Barbara Joan...
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22-year-old on trial for causing traumatic brain injury in fight outside...
“Unrecognizable.” That’s how Randy Donnelly described what his brother looked like lying in a hospital bed at Regions Hospital late last summer. Tubes everywhere, eye blackened, face scraped, and...
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Savage man charged in second sex case after encounter with St. Thomas student
A 19-year-old Savage man serving a jail sentence for sex with an underage girl is now charged with sexually assaulting a University of St. Thomas student in what began as a consensual encounter. The...
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