Newport nurse sentenced for stealing painkillers from patient in Columbia...
A registered nurse was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for stealing painkillers from an elderly woman he was providing home health care to in Columbia Heights, causing the woman’s health to...
View ArticleMan charged with pepper-spraying employee at St. Paul violin shop, stealing...
A New Hope man has been charged with assault and robbery after authorities say he pepper-sprayed an employee at a violin store in St. Paul earlier this fall and made off with four of the shop’s...
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Award-winning St. Paul theater director and playwright Marion McClinton dies...
An award-winning theater director and playwright known for his interpretations of playwright August Wilson’s work died in his hometown of St. Paul early Thursday. Marion McClinton’s passing followed a...
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St. Paul man accused of burglarizing more than 80 restaurants, coffee shops...
A St. Paul man is accused of burglarizing more than 80 restaurants and coffee shops across the Twin Cities in a crime spree that targeted a laundry list of establishments in the east metro. Deondre...
View ArticleSt. Anthony man flashed gun at driver who had pregnant wife, child in vehicle...
A St. Anthony man flashed a gun at another driver who had his pregnant wife and daughter in the vehicle in an apparent road-rage incident over the weekend, authorities say. The man driving with his...
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Former Bethel University football player accused of sexually assaulting three...
A former Bethel University football player is accused of sexually assaulting three students enrolled at the Christian college in 2018. The women reported the incidents to police in recent months,...
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Minnesota women among plaintiffs suing Lyft after allegedly being raped by...
Two Minnesota women are among a group of plaintiffs suing the ride-sharing company Lyft, alleging drivers sexually assaulted them. The 20 plaintiffs say they represent only a fraction of individuals...
View ArticleCharges dismissed against Minneapolis man accused of threatening former...
Charges filed against a Minneapolis water department employee who was fired from his job and accused of subsequently making plans to shoot workers at his former workplace have been dismissed. A judge...
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Conflicting accounts of fatal Washington County police shooting given
The police chief of Prior Lake testified Monday that the actions of a Washington County deputy who fatally shot a Lake Elmo man last year were justified. Deputy Brian Krook shot and killed Benjamin W....
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Man charged in 1992 stabbing of St. Paul woman whose body was found near St....
Twenty-seven years ago, a passerby came across a woman’s body in a park across the street from the Cathedral of St. Paul. A police officer was flagged down, and he came upon the body near a retaining...
View ArticlePhone-tracking app, footprints in snow lead police to suspects in Cathedral...
A phone-tracking app, police K-9 and footprints in fresh snow helped St. Paul police track two thieves accused of robbing a man on Selby Avenue at knifepoint earlier this month, according to criminal...
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Probation for St. Paul couple charged after man stopped with 350 pounds of...
A St. Paul couple facing with drug charges after a driver associated with them was caught carrying some 350 pounds of marijuana to their Twin Cities home avoided prison time when they were sentenced...
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Man charged with killing girlfriend in St. Paul found incompetent to stand...
A man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend while her young children were present in her St. Paul home this past summer has been found incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness. A doctor...
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Sex offender accused of sneaking onto St. Paul school bus carrying...
A sex offender who authorities say sneaked onto a St. Paul school bus carrying children home from a field trip last spring was sentenced Monday to more than a year in prison. Michael Charles Friedrichs...
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Muslim woman who sued Ramsey County after jail staff forced her to remove her...
A Muslim woman who sued Ramsey County when she was forced to remove her hijab for a booking photo reached a $120,000 settlement that includes policy changes to keep it from happening to other Muslim...
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Psychologist: St. Catherine University arson suspect is now competent to...
A young woman accused of setting small fires on the St. Catherine University campus and also trying to travel to Afghanistan to join al-Qaida appears to be competent to stand trial, a court-appointed...
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Bill Cento, ‘consummate’ St. Paul newspaper editor, dies at 86
Longtime newspaperman Bill Cento, who climbed from a cub reporter to managing editor of the St. Paul Dispatch, died this week. Cento gave more than six decades to journalism, dating back to his days as...
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St. Paul man who caused life-threatening injuries to his infant son from...
A St. Paul man was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for causing life-threatening injuries to his infant son through his ongoing abuse. Ramsey County District Judge Paul Yang sentenced...
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St. Paul man accused of shoving his girlfriend out of a moving vehicle enters...
A St. Paul man pleaded guilty to first-degree assault this week for pushing his girlfriend out of a moving vehicle last March. Wilson Townsel, 58, entered an Alford plea in the case, meaning he admits...
View ArticleSt. Paul man’s arrest after threatening violence against city staff helped...
A St. Paul man pleaded guilty to threatening staff last summer in the mayor’s office — and the incident ultimately may have saved his life. Jeffrey Karl Weissbach was upset over the city’s handling of...
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