Tag: Crime
Growing list of violent offenders bailed out by Minnesota Freedom Fund
The Minnesota Freedom Fund continues to use its celebrity-infused $40 million cash windfall to bail out violent and potentially dangerous people, several of whom...
Cambridge family holds fundraiser for 17-year-old bystander fatally shot in Minneapolis
A Cambridge family continues to search for answers after a 17-year-old boy was caught in the crossfire in Minneapolis nearly a year ago.
Nicholas Enger...
The struggle to recruit and retain police officers ‘all boils down...
Law enforcement experts say leadership is to blame for why police agencies are struggling to recruit and retain officers.
A source told Alpha News that...
Ramsey County lacks critical tool for saving lives, sheriff contends
Ramsey County is lacking a critical piece of technology that could have saved the lives of recent homicide victims, according to Sheriff Bob Fletcher.
Fletcher...
Carjacking victims describe lingering feelings of paranoia, fear
Hundreds of violent carjackings and thousands of catalytic converter thefts each year continue to leave Minnesotans on edge. Liz Collin sat down with four...
St. Paul sees rolling gun battle, man with machete chase bystanders...
Over the weekend, an Uber driver captured a dramatic video as he drove through a St. Paul gunfight and a man with a machete...
‘The system isn’t working’: Crime Watch explains why they’re driven to...
The latest addition to the Alpha News team, Emmy Award-winning reporter and anchor Liz Collin, spoke with the person behind Crime Watch Minneapolis on...
Minneapolis repeat felon required ‘significant’ police response during Edina arrest
In an incident that elicited a "significant" police response in Edina last Thursday, a Minneapolis man with a lengthy arrest and conviction history was...
Teen with criminal record arrested in connection to random killing of...
A 15-year-old with a criminal record was arrested Tuesday in connection to the murder of 34-year-old Julia (Yuliya) Li, a businesswoman who moved to...
Liz Collin Reports: Go undercover with carjacking unit for firsthand look...
“I was carjacked at gunpoint,” Becky, who didn’t want us to use her last name, told Alpha News.
“Crime is just out of control,” she...