David Chanen
Reporter | Minneapolis Police
Phone: 612-673-4465
E-mail: dchanen@startribune.com
David Chanen covers the Minneapolis Police and public safety issues in the city.
Recent content from David Chanen
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New twist and maybe new trial in sibling homicide case
Elizabeth Hawes seeks new trial, after brother says he will testify for her.
Feb 5, 2010 -
'I loved my brother. I did not kill' him
Elizabeth Hawes maintained her innocence as she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Jan 29, 2010 -
Elizabeth Hawes convicted in brother's death
Elizabeth Hawes was the first of three people charged in the 2008 brutal slaying of her brother Edwin to go on trial in Anoka County.
Jan 22, 2010 -
Mother stands by accused daughter, calls her a 'healer'
In her emotional testimony, Dee Hawes describes events leading to her son's brutal death, allegedly at his siblings' hands.
Jan 15, 2010 -
Family's dysfunction is key issue in Hawes' trial
Attorneys use the discord to build cases as siblings accuse each other of killing their brother.
Jan 11, 2010 -
Teenager arrested in triple slaying in Minneapolis
Investigators wouldn't release the suspect's identity or the circumstances of his arrest because of his age, but said they remain on the hunt for others considered potential suspects.
Jan 10, 2010 -
Mpls. cop admits to bank robberies as colleagues ask why
Minneapolis police officer Timothy Carson, accused of robbing an Apple Valley bank and possibly connected to a dozen other armed robberies, served as a Marine in Iraq from 2004 to 2005.
Jan 8, 2010 -
Police seek killers of three in south Minneapolis
Two victims, cousins from Somalia, owned the store. The third, from Ethiopia, was a customer. Police say they have "a suspected motive.''
Jan 8, 2010 -
Mpls. cop charged with bank robbery
Police sources familiar with the investigation say Timothy Edward Carson could be connected to at least a dozen robberies in the metro area over the past two weeks.
Jan 7, 2010 -
On the snow patrol
There's a sidewalk under there somewhere, and it's your job to find it. If you don't, your city might remind you.
Jan 1, 2010