Tag: Crime
Murder charges: Teen in stolen vehicle planned to run over pedestrian
A Sauk Rapids teenager told police he was listening to a song about murder when he decided to run over a 70-year-old man on...
Twin Cities weekend crime recap
Predatory offender Christopher Donquie Williams, 32, of Richfield was charged Thursday in a new rape case authorities say occurred at an apartment in Bloomington...
Man charged with five sexual assaults in downtown Minneapolis
A Brooklyn Park man has been charged with five counts of sexual assault involving five different victims that all occurred Wednesday morning in downtown...
Senate debates bill that would reduce prison sentences for violent offenders
The DFL-controlled Minnesota Senate is expected to pass an omnibus public safety bill Friday that Republicans say would dramatically reduce prison sentences for certain...
St. Olaf student charged in alleged plot to commit ‘mass casualty...
A St. Olaf College student is facing several felony charges after authorities found weapons, accessories, and several other concerning items in his dorm room...
Twin Cities see 3 homicides, several shootings over the weekend
Both Minneapolis and St. Paul recorded shooting homicides over the weekend — two for St. Paul and one for Minneapolis.
In St. Paul, 23-year-old Jadonn Isaiah Taylor was shot and...
Twin Cities weekend crime recap
Both Minneapolis and St. Paul recorded shooting homicides over the weekend — two for St. Paul and one for Minneapolis.
In St. Paul, 23-year-old Jadonn...
Bemidji activist found guilty of murder
A Bemidji, Minn., woman has been found guilty in the shooting murder of Jesse Farris, 48, on Christmas Day 2020.
Janelle Lorraine Johnson, 38, was...
Video captures man drunkenly fleeing police, crashing in Roseville
Jack Allen Rother, 41, of Brooklyn Park was charged in Anoka County District Court on Friday after leading Coon Rapids police on an overnight...
Twin Cities weekend crime recap
The Minneapolis Police Department reported Thursday that 1,800 fentanyl pills and $4,000 in cash were recovered during a traffic stop the day prior in...