State Supreme Court rules against forced body cavity search
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled this week that a body cavity search that involved strapping down and sedating a Minneapolis man believed to be in possession of illegal drugs violated his Fourth...
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New Ramsey County program would give more offenders a second chance
In an effort to grant second chances to more offenders, the Ramsey County attorney and chief public defender are teaming up to expand the number of cases eligible to be remedied outside the traditional...
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Man who met woman on light rail raped her at knifepoint by railroad tracks in...
A 22-year-old Minneapolis man raped a woman he met on the light rail last month after inviting her to get off the Green Line train to smoke marijuana, authorities say. It was the anniversary of her...
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Apple Valley man pleads guilty in death of 4-year-old left in vehicle while...
A father admitted to unintentionally causing his 4-year-old’s death this spring when he left the boy unattended in a car while he worked a five-hour shift in St. Paul’s Lowertown area. Kristopher...
View ArticleMost charges dropped against St. Paul woman accused of harassing her neighbor
Authorities dropped the most serious charges facing a St. Paul woman who was accused of relentlessly harassing her neighbor. After reaching a plea deal with the St. Paul City Attorney’s Office, Roberta...
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Man accused of murder in Minneapolis assaulted Metro Transit worker in St....
Days before he stabbed a man to death in downtown Minneapolis, Abdirahman Osman Yusuf charged at a Metro Transit worker with a cane as she was waiting at a light-rail platform in St. Paul, authorities...
View ArticleWoman charged with child endangerment after DWI crash with unrestrained baby...
A 40-year-old Richfield woman caused serious injuries to her child after driving drunk while the infant was unrestrained in a vehicle as it hit a tree, charges say. Phethile Kunene, 40, was heading...
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Tou Cha pleads guilty to lesser charge in St. Paul assault case that resulted...
The man at the center of an assault case that resulted in the firing of five St. Paul police officers has pleaded guilty. Tou Cha pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault after his attorney...
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19-year-old sentenced to 30 years for killing girlfriend’s cousin who...
A 19-year-old St. Paul man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting his girlfriend’s cousin after he intervened in a domestic assault. A Ramsey County district judge sentenced Theotis...
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Felony charge for St. Paul college student who made Facebook threat on first...
A St. Paul community college student was charged with a felony Wednesday after threatening to “grab his shotgun” and shoot two women “in the face” when he became frustrated that he couldn’t find the...
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Man with lengthy criminal history charged with holding up Little Canada bank...
A man with a lengthy criminal record including manslaughter is accused of robbing a bank in Little Canada at gunpoint last week. Albert Leroy Burley Jr. was arrested after investigators with the Ramsey...
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Man fired from trunk of hatchback at St. Paul good Samaritan, murder charges say
Javier Sanmiguel Yanez and his wife were getting ready for bed Monday night when they heard a car crash outside their St. Paul home. Sanmiguel Yanez went to investigate, while his wife called 911....
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Eagan man accused of causing brain injury to four-year-old caught in gunfire...
A man authorities say caused serious injuries to a four-year-old girl when he shot at the child’s father during a dispute in St. Paul last week has been charged with assault. Isaac Alonzo Cryer and the...
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St. Paul man sentenced to 15 years for stabbing woman and leaving her in pool...
A St. Paul man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing a woman and leaving her in a pool of blood in his bathroom earlier last fall. A Ramsey County District judge sentenced George Dudley...
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Attorney: Man charged in St. Paul good Samaritan’s shooting told police he...
The man accused of fatally shooting a St. Paul man who rushed to help neighbors involved in a multi-vehicle crash told police he was acting “out of fear for his own safety” when he pulled the trigger,...
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St. Paul man sentenced to 180 days in jail for accidentally shooting cousin
A St. Paul man will spend 180 days in jail for accidentally killing his cousin with a gun on Harriet Island last December. A Ramsey County District judge sentenced Abdirahman Mohamed Adam during a...
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15-year-old charged in fatal shooting of 18-year-old on St. Paul’s Rice Street
A 15-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Raumez Ross, 18, on Rice Street in St. Paul on Monday. The teen’s first court appearance was expected to be Thursday at the...
View ArticleSt. Paul man charged with attempted murder after shooting acquaintance in...
A St. Paul man is charged with attempted murder after shooting an acquaintance in the back of the head during a drunken dispute last month, leaving the victim unable to speak or breathe on his own,...
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Charges filed in fatal shooting of off-duty St. Paul firefighter
Two brothers have been charged in the fatal shooting of a St. Paul firefighter earlier this month. Dontay Lee Caraway, 39, and his brother Blake Deshaun Caraway, 36, showed up at Thomas Harrigan’s...
View ArticleSt. Thomas student charged with federal crime for making bomb threats to...
A University of St. Thomas student has been charged with a federal crime for making what authorities called “hoax bomb threats” to the St. Paul school. Ray Ghansham Persaud, 20, was arrested Tuesday...
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