Tag: Crime
MPD forensic scientist shot off duty, in stable condition
Nicki Lenway, a forensic scientist with the Minneapolis Police Department, was shot multiple times outside a daycare near the University of Minnesota earlier this...
GOP criticizes Democrat ‘lip service’ on public safety
Republican leaders in the Minnesota House are growing increasingly frustrated with their Democratic colleagues over their apparent stonewalling of public safety bills.
Last week House...
Minneapolis man shot in head on Easter Sunday dies
A Minneapolis man who was shot in the head in the early morning hours on Easter Sunday has died, according to police.
The victim was...
Property crimes way up in Minnetonka from pre-pandemic levels
The Minnetonka Police Department has released its annual crime report for 2021.
Although there was no significant change in Minnetonka's violent crime rate, property crimes...
Twin Cities weekend crime incident recap
On Friday, Tara Olivia Plum, 37, of Coon Rapids made an appearance in Anoka County court after being charged with obstruction and two misdemeanor...
Attempted execution captured on security camera in Minneapolis
A home security camera captured a 45-year-old man as he was shot in the head and collapsed to the ground just after midnight Sunday...
Minneapolis man sentenced to federal prison for Market Bar-B-Que armed robbery
A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for the 2020 robbery of a Minneapolis restaurant during which an employee...
Twin Cities weekend crime incident recap
St. Paul police on Friday announced that an arrest had been made in Illinois related to the 2016 rape of a five-year-old who had...
Minneapolis man found with over 30,000 child porn images will serve...
A Minneapolis man found in possession of over 30,000 electronic images depicting child porn will spend only four years in prison.
Christopher Todd Smith, 53,...
Felon out on bond for violent crimes now charged in St....
A St. Paul man on parole for a violent crime who was also out on bond on charges in other violent crimes has now...