Tag: Hennepin County
Former Republican legislator drops out of race for Hennepin County Board
A former Republican legislator challenging the girlfriend of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty in a high-profile special election for a Hennepin County Board seat announced this weekend that...
Over 40% of convicted gun crimes don’t get mandatory minimum sentence
According to a report from the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (MSGC), the number of felony cases in which a gun was allegedly used or...
Federal charge for felon who shot 11-year-old girl on New Year’s...
A Fridley felon who allegedly fired "celebratory" rounds from an AR-15 rifle in north Minneapolis minutes after midnight on New Year's Day that struck...
Homeless camp residents sue Mayor Frey, allege ‘violent Indigenous displacement’
Residents of a south Minneapolis homeless encampment that was the site of a shooting last month have filed a class action lawsuit against Mayor...
Ellison speaks at Chesa Boudin-linked training on prosecuting police officers
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison served as a keynote speaker at a University of California, Berkeley Law School training in November which sought to...
Stayed sentences left suspect out of prison before fatal stabbing, officer...
The suspect in a fatal domestic stabbing in Marshall, Minn., last week should have been in prison twice over at the time of the...
EXCLUSIVE: Metro counties paid organizations connected to food fraud defendants
Hennepin County gave over $140,000 to organizations connected to an alleged fraudster, according to documents obtained by Alpha News.
Ayan Abukar was the executive director...
No extra jail time for defendant in murder case under Moriarty-backed...
One of the defendants in a high-profile murder case will serve no extra time in jail under a plea deal approved Thursday, leaving the...
County attorney: ‘No evidence’ to support charges against police in Khalil...
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) announced it has found no evidence to support the claims of inappropriate behavior by law enforcement in the...
Derrick Thompson federally indicted on drugs, weapons following crash that killed...
Derrick John Thompson remains in custody on charges of killing five women in a high-speed traffic crash in Minneapolis this past summer.
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