Tag: Mary Moriarty
Partner of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announces campaign for county...
Jen Westmoreland, a well-known west metro progressive activist, and domestic partner to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, has announced she is running for the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners.
Westmoreland,...
Family outraged as Moriarty offers probation to juvenile in murder case
A Minnesota family is pleading for justice after learning that one of the men responsible for killing their relative may spend no time behind...
MPPOA responds to Moriarty’s ‘unconscionable’ comments on Ricky Cobb shooting
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is taking heat from the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association (MPPOA) for her comments on the Ricky Cobb...
Freedom Fund bails out Myon Burrell on new gun and drug...
The Minnesota Freedom Fund supplied $100,000 bail for the release of Myon Demarlo Burrell earlier this month after he was charged with illegally possessing...
DFL-allied Hennepin County commissioner steps down to lead affordable housing developer
One of the first major actions Chris LaTondresse took as a newly-elected member of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners in the spring of 2021...
Minnetonka residents pack council meeting after violent carjacking
It was standing-room only for a Minnetonka City Council meeting Monday night as residents rallied around a mother and her 13-year-old son who were...
Man whose life sentence in child’s murder was commuted by Walz,...
The man whose life sentence in the 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards was commuted in 2020 by a panel that included Gov. Tim...
Charges dismissed against suspect in police pursuit crash that killed Leneal...
Weeks after a former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to the workhouse for nine months after being prosecuted for crashing into a vehicle during...
Law professor takes position in HC Attorney’s Office, will focus on...
A new Minnesota law went into effect on Aug. 1 that allows county prosecutors to initiate sentence reductions after sentencing for offenders they've previously...
Walz, Moriarty face criticism for private meetings with Ricky Cobb family...
Gov. Tim Walz took a private meeting this week with the family of Ricky Cobb II, who was shot and killed by a state...