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David Chanen

Reporter | Suburban courts, general assignment

Phone: 612-673-4465

Email: dchanen@startribune.com

Fast track for domestic violence cases is paying off in Anoka County

Anoka County's approach helps victims and works with offenders.

Updated: March 28, 2012, - 09:18 PM

Armed robbers targeting Twin Cities neighborhood drugstores

Mask-wearing robbers are targeting small drugstores throughout the Twin Cities, often threatening employees and forcing customers to the floor at gunpoint to feed their OxyContin habits or sell the narcotic to a demanding market.

Updated: March 25, 2012, - 11:32 PM

Drug death at Blaine party draws 10 years

Timothy LaMere pleaded guilty in a case that prompted unusual scrutiny from the feds and led to tougher state laws.

Updated: March 23, 2012, - 12:41 PM

No charges, but probe continues in Crystal infant death

The Crystal couple were, however, charged with domestic assault unrelated to the baby case.

Updated: March 03, 2012, - 11:26 AM

Crystal couple held over baby death years ago

Crystal home searched; yard to be thawed to allow digging.

Updated: March 01, 2012, - 12:51 AM

Hearing concludes for man who drowned son

District judge to decide if man, found not guilty of murder by reason of mental illness, should be committed.

Updated: February 27, 2012, - 06:36 PM

Twin Cities prosecutors taking steps to improve courthouse security

Prosecutors act to improve security since December's courthouse shooting.

Updated: February 19, 2012, - 08:00 PM

Court records often wrong in Minnesota system

Thousands of Minnesota offenders show up in a database with charges that weren't reduced or dropped.

Updated: February 17, 2012, - 05:37 AM

Suspense - then a murder conviction in 2007 slaying

The victim's family waited more than four years for justice in the death of a woman whose remains were found in a park in Brooklyn Park. On Friday, they had to wait a minute more.

Updated: February 10, 2012, - 11:00 PM