Roseville police to hire full-time detective to tackle to sexual assaults
Roseville will add a full-time sexual assault investigator to its police department next year to better position itself to handle the time-intensive cases, authorities say. The Ramsey County Board on...
View Article22-year-old charged following Anoka County bust, seizure of 77K illicit...
An Anoka County judge set bail at $3 million for a Champlin man arrested this week after authorities seized more than 70,000 illicit vaping cartridges from his property. The amount was $1 million less...
View ArticleMinneapolis man charged in latest St. Paul shooting death. It started over...
A Minneapolis man fatally shot another man in St. Paul this week following an argument over drugs, charges say. Contreal Teejuan Bush, 38, was arrested after the girlfriend of Terry Edwards, the man...
View ArticleMonth out of prison, convicted rapist accused of sexually assaulting woman in...
Twelve years ago, George Allen Walker knocked on the door of a St. Paul home and forced his way inside when a 17-year-old girl opened it. Then he choked her, pushed her into a bedroom and raped her. On...
View ArticleRamsey County improperly kept info about fired St. Paul cops from defense...
A judge recently called out the Ramsey County attorney’s office for problems with the way it treats evidence that prosecutors are required by federal law to turn over to the defense. In the order...
View ArticleMan charged in bias-motivated assault of Metro State University employee...
A man accused of assaulting a Metropolitan State University employee last June in an incident authorities said was motivated by bias pleaded guilty to the charges. Steven Craig Parker, 59, entered the...
View ArticleNew program helps people convicted of low-level crimes clear their records
Sitting next to Ramsey County Attorney John Choi recently, Pete Orput admitted to a time in his career when he was too fixated on winning cases and locking up the bad guys. But in recent years, as...
View Article22-year-old who caused traumatic brain injuries to man outside State Fair...
A 22-year-old St. Paul man convicted by a jury of first-degree assault will spend a year in jail for causing a traumatic brain injury to a Little Canada man he punched outside the Minnesota State Fair...
View ArticleVadnais Heights woman gets probation for careless storage of firearms. Case...
A mother charged with careless storage of firearms after law enforcement found improperly secured guns in her family’s Vadnais Heights home will avoid a conviction if she follows the terms of her...
View ArticleSt. Paul man gets 30 days for motorcycle gang attack on bouncer
One of the men involved in the assault of a bouncer at the St. Paul Saloon last fall was sentenced to 30 days in jail and placed on probation for five years for his role in the incident. Ramsey County...
View ArticleUnder protest, St. Paul lawyer returns 50,000 pages of court documents on...
Attorney Jeff Anderson on Monday returned approximately 50,000 pages of Boy Scouts of America files that document alleged child abuse by more than 1,500 offenders. Standing in front of his downtown St....
View ArticleMinneapolis man threatened to shoot up theater in Mounds View after arcade...
A Minneapolis man is accused of threatening to shoot up a Mounds View movie theater after an arcade game ate his money, authorities say. The incident took place last Friday evening after Michael...
View ArticleSuspected shoplifter charged with stabbing officer at downtown St. Paul...
A St. Paul woman was charged with assault Tuesday after authorities say she attacked a police officer with a screwdriver and kitchen knife. Officer Joe Ryan stopped Articia Latroyce Moore, 23, as she...
View Article16-year-old brought loaded gun to St. Paul high school, took photo with it,...
A 16-year-old admitted to bringing a loaded gun to his high school in St. Paul this week, authorities say. St. Paul police officers responded to Jennings Community School, formerly Jennings...
View ArticlePolice say man hid cameras inside Mall of America dressing rooms, recorded...
Police are investigating an Elk River man they say installed hidden cameras inside two department store dressing rooms at the Mall of America so he could record people undressing. A search warrant...
View ArticleMore federal charges for University of St. Thomas student accused of bomb...
Additional federal charges have been filed against a University of St. Thomas student for making what authorities called “hoax bomb threats” to the St. Paul school. The U.S. Attorney’s office Thursday...
View ArticleDad sentenced in death of boy left in car while he worked at CHS Field. ‘No...
The young father wept as he described to a judge what it feels like to live with the death of his four-year-old son, knowing he caused it. “No one can hate me more than I hate myself … I think about it...
View ArticleMinneapolis man forced 14-year-old runaway into sex trafficking out of St....
A Minneapolis man forced a 14-year-old girl who had runaway from home into sex trafficking, threatening to kill her if she didn’t comply, charges say. St. Paul police officers made contact with the...
View ArticleAccused dine-and-dashers in viral video at St. Paul Chipotle file...
Five young black men who posted a video of a manager at a Chipotle on Grand Avenue last year that they claimed showed her discriminating against them are now suing the national restaurant chain. In...
View ArticleMan shoved 9-months pregnant girlfriend out of moving vehicle in Roseville,...
An Anoka man shoved his 9-months pregnant girlfriend out the door of a moving vehicle while the two drove home from a baby shower this past Sunday, causing injuries to the woman and potential injuries...
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