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Man accused of fatally shooting 29-year-old woman in St. Paul recently found...
The man accused of fatally shooting a St. Paul woman last week had recently found out she was pregnant and was upset with her for telling his girlfriend, according to criminal charges. Police found...
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Two charged after firing in direction of police SUVs, crowd gathered in front...
Two males — a 24-year-old and a 17-year-old — are accused of shooting in the direction of three St. Paul police squad cars and a crowd of people gathered outside Sam’s Dairy on Maryland Avenue East...
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‘I am a black woman before I am anything else.’ Ramsey Co. sheriff’s...
When Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Commander Suwana Kirkland showed up for a doctors’ appointment last week, the black law enforcement officer and mother of five sat down next to a black family in the...
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Up to $70,000 in reward for tips in Minneapolis and St. Paul arson incidents
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering up to $70,000 for rewards that lead to the arrest and conviction of 14 individuals suspected of starting fires throughout the...
View ArticleWoman fatally shot in St. Paul’s North End recently launched cosmetology...
A woman who was fatally shot on St. Paul’s North End last weekend was a 23-year-old cosmetologist from Coon Rapids. Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies discovered Nia Black suffering from a gunshot wound...
View ArticleRochester man charged with arson after pouring liquid in Minneapolis pawn...
A Rochester, Minn., man was seen on video pouring liquid from a metal container throughout a Minneapolis pawn shop targeted during recent riots and then standing in front as it burned, federal...
View ArticleChief justice dismisses effort to recall MN Gov. Tim Walz
A petition seeking to recall Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been dismissed. In an order issued by the Minnesota Supreme Court Tuesday, Chief Justice Lorie Gildea...
View ArticleBloody trail leads officers to 3 dogs shot in St. Paul Tuesday. One dog died...
Three dogs were shot — with one dying from its injuries and two others later euthanized — near a home in St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood Tuesday night. St. Paul police responded to the intersection of...
View ArticleAnother arbitrator upholds firing of St. Paul officer who failed to intervene...
Another arbitrator upheld the St. Paul police chief’s decision to fire an officer who failed to intervene in an assault outside Checkerboard Pizza back in 2018. In explaining his decision, which was...
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Man shot at St. Paul girlfriend’s neighbors, including children, charges say
A St. Paul man was charged with attempted murder Friday after authorities say he shot at his fiancee’s neighbors, including children. Nobody was injured during the Wednesday shooting on the East Side,...
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Ramsey County attorney’s office stops charging 5th-degree drug possession...
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi sometimes describes the criminal justice system as an assembly line. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi (Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press file) Cases are investigated by police...
View ArticleCiting pandemic, Animal Humane Society shutters St. Paul shelter, Now...
The coronavirus has caused another closure in St. Paul: the Animal Humane Society. Chief executive officer Janelle Dixon, announced the closure of the organization’s St. Paul location on Monday, citing...
View ArticleTwo juveniles and a 21-year-old charged in violent robbery of...
A 21-year-old man and two juveniles have been charged in the violent robbery of a Macalester-Groveland liquor store last Tuesday that authorities suspect is tied to a rash of armed robberies and...
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It’s been 4 years since Philando Castile died. His mother thinks about him...
It’s been nearly four years since a St. Anthony police officer fatally shot Philando Castile as he sat seatbelted next to his girlfriend inside his Oldsmobile, 74 seconds after the officer pulled him...
View Article‘Hands are what kill.’ New traffic stop instructions follow Philando...
Four years after a police officer shot and killed Philando Castile, Minnesota public safety officials on Monday announced new guidelines for keeping everyone safe during traffic stops. An updated...
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Ramsey County Attorney’s Office named pilot site for national program aimed...
Turning to incarceration as a last resort, declining to prosecute low level and non-violent crimes, ignoring a person’s past criminal history when making present-day charging decisions. Those are just...
View ArticleMaplewood father charged with first-degree assault of 2-month-old son
A Maplewood father was charged with assaulting his two-month-old son after doctors at Children’s Hospital diagnosed the child with broken feet and legs as well as bleeding inside his skull. The boy was...
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St. Paul man sentenced to 30 years for fatally shooting young father and...
A St. Paul man has been sentenced to 30-years in prison for fatally shooting a young father and injuring his four-year-old son last fall. Jeremy Carpenter initially fought the second-degree murder and...
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St. Anthony City Council rejects teen’s Philando Castile mural, but she vows...
Semhar Solomon, 16, hopes to paint a mural honoring Philando Castile on this wall of the St. Anthony City Hall. (Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press) Saying it would set a problematic precedent, the St....
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Chief Axtell ‘disappointed’ as Mayor Carter seeks $9M cut from St. Paul...
Mayor Melvin Carter has asked Police Chief Todd Axtell to prepare to cut $9.2 million in spending from St. Paul’s police department as the city looks to offset the “significant” damage the coronavirus...
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