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Man whose erratic behavior led to flight landing in MSP pleads guilty to cocaine charge
Mark A. Scerbo, of Mechanicville, N.Y., scared other passengers by calling them racial slurs, professing his love and claiming to be a prophet.
She bought 47 guns last month. Police are already finding them in shooting investigations.
ATF says more people legally purchase weapons, then sell on black market.
Ex-college basketball player, TikTok influencer sentenced for burning Third Precinct
Bryce Michael Williams is the last of four men to be sentenced for burning down the police station during riots after the murder of George Floyd last summer.
Lawsuit seeks release of hundreds of Mpls. police misconduct files
The lawsuit says Minneapolis uses a linguistic loophole to hold back records that should be public under state data law.
Richfield man sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to burn down Target HQ during downtown riot
A judge sentenced a Richfield man to two years and nine months in prison Wednesday for conspiring to set fire to Target's corporate headquarters in…
Derek Chauvin appears before federal judge on civil rights charges
It was Chauvin's first court date since he was convicted of murder and manslaughter.
Twin Cities man gets 5 years for stealing 19 handguns from gun shops
A federal judge in St. Paul sentenced a 31-year-old man to more than five years in prison Friday for taking part in the thefts of…
Los Angeles Times reporters assaulted by Minnesota State Patrol during unrest, suit says
Carolyn Cole and Molly Hennessy-Fiske say they identified themselves as media, but the troopers didn't stop.
HCMC staff demand hospital reduce use of 'medical force'
The hospital system too often resorts to sedating, secluding and physically restraining patients — especially patients of color — who are deemed uncooperative, a group of doctors and nurses says in a petition.
George Floyd's killing gave new momentum to the drive to change policing. Will it last?
The killing of George Floyd inspired a reckoning in major cities across the nation. But in a moment of intense political division, the future is far from clear.
Child shot in the head in north Minneapolis
Police say the shooter fired at a home out of a car and struck the young girl, who was playing in a yard.
Brooklyn Center passes sweeping police reform package
The proposals will remake the city's police force with more independent oversight, prohibit arrests for low-level offenses and use unarmed civilians to handle minor traffic violations. The reforms also will make a new city department to oversee public safety.
Botched Minneapolis drug case raises troubling question: Was the confidential informant real?
Minneapolis police arrested Andre Moore with two pounds of meth. But when two public defenders started asking whether the informant really existed, the case fell apart.
Date set, then retracted for federal civil rights trial for three former Minneapolis officers
The federal trial will not precede the state's trial.
4 ex-Minneapolis cops indicted on civil rights charges in George Floyd death
The new charges allege Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao used their positions as police to deprive George Floyd of his constitutional rights.
For helping torch Third Precinct, he gets prison, $12M restitution
Branden Michael Wolfe, 23, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in federal court this week.
Minnesota's federal courts moving back to in-person operation
The first in-person trial is scheduled to begin May 13.
Feds plan to indict Chauvin, 3 other officers on civil rights charges
Justice Department officials discussed arresting Chauvin in the courthouse in the civil rights case if he were found not guilty, according to sources.
U.S. launches broad civil rights investigation of Mpls. police
The U.S. Department of Justice will undertake a sweeping investigation into whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a "pattern and practice" of illegal conduct, including whether officers routinely used excessive force during protests.
Minneapolis streets erupt in elation over guilty verdicts for Derek Chauvin
Hundreds gathered outside the courthouse to hear the jury's decision.
Man charged after drive-by shooting at National Guard soldiers in Minneapolis
Andrew Thomas, 28, is charged with illegal possession of a firearm.
After Daunte Wright's killing, criticism of 'pretextual' traffic stops grows
They net minor violations, target nonwhites, don't cut crime, research shows.
Protesters, police clash for third night after Daunte Wright's death
An estimated 800 to 1,000 protesters were outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department. Dozens of officers in riot gear, along with National Guard, stood on the other side of a metal fence. As the crowd shouted and shook the fence, police began deploying flash-bang grenades.
More unrest as chief says officer meant to use Taser on Wright
After post-curfew clashes outside the Brooklyn Center police station Monday night, officials said 40 people were arrested. In Minneapolis, more than a dozen were arrested for looting and curfew violations.
FBI arrests 2nd Minnesotan this week in storming of U.S. Capitol
Jonah Westbury, 26, of Lindstrom, was arrested Friday morning. The charges will likely be unsealed later in the day.
Minnesota woman charged in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
Rochester woman will make her first appearance in federal court Thursday.
Charges: St. Cloud 'Boogaloo Bois' member planned attack on St. Paul Capitol
Michael Paul Dahlager, 27, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of possessing an illegal machine gun.
Illinois man who livestreamed riot trip to Minneapolis pleads guilty to arson
Matthew Rupert was the first to be charged federally in the riots. He faces a minimum of five years in prison.
'Miracle' star Mark Pavelich died by suicide, medical examiner concludes
The hockey legend was found dead in a residential treatment facility last month.
Judge allows lawsuit over Minnesota's care of prisoners during pandemic to proceed
A Ramsey County Judge ruled the suit can be certified as a class action and add Gov. Tim Walz and Health Commissioner Janet Malcolm as plaintiffs.
Blaine man already accused of rioting arrested on federal gun charge
Thomas Wilder Moseley, 29, is charged with carrying a gun "while being an unlawful user of, and addicted to, controlled substances."
Lawsuit: Hennepin County, social workers failed to stop murder of infant in foster care
Foster father convicted of killing 18-month-old girl.
Former Minnesota jail worker sues, says a corrections officer choked her in 'training exercise'
Lawsuit: St. Louis County officer has a history of choking new employees.
Maplewood man pleads guilty to conspiracy to light St. Paul school on fire during riots
Mohamed Hussein Abdi lit a fire in the school cafeteria and threw rocks at police officers, he said.
Court: Rape victims not 'mentally incapacitated' unless forcibly intoxicated
The far-reaching decision also gives a man convicted of third-degree sexual assault a new trial.
Lawsuit: Minneapolis police shot driver with projectile, knocked her out at wheel
Autumn Larson says police violated her constitutional rights while she attempted to drive away from protests and riots taking place after the killing of George Floyd.
Three finalists emerge in search for Minnesota's top federal prosecutor
Search narrows to replace Trump appointee Erica MacDonald.
Minnesota casino employee pleads guilty to pocketing $315k from tribal organization
Jennifer Boutto worked for Fortune Bay Resort Casino.
To stop domestic terror threat, Walz looks to little-known team
The governor wants to turn the Fusion Center into a round-the-clock operation. Watchdogs worry about privacy violations of more surveillance.
Lyon County man pleads guilty to shooting diesel pipeline, spilling 3,900 gallons of fuel
A Lyon County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal misdemeanor for shooting an oil pipe in Cottonwood, Minn., resulting in a $1.1 million cleanup…
Veteran federal prosecutor, Minnesota native named state's interim U.S. attorney
Anders Folk, a graduate from Hopkins High School and University of Minnesota, will be sworn in Monday.
Lawsuit alleges police permanently injured protester's eye during riots
Samantha Wright 'was protesting near Lake and Nicollet.
Feds convene grand jury for civil rights investigation into Derek Chauvin
After months of quiet, the Justice Department has convened a grand jury and called police witnesses in the federal investigation, sources say.
Rochester couple suspected of torching St. Paul school, stores during civil unrest are caught in Mexico
St. Paul school was set on fire after Floyd's death.
Settlement: Security firm can't deploy armed agents near Minnesota polls
Advocacy groups sued Tennessee security firm over voter intimidation tactics.
Alleged boss in sophisticated sex trafficking ring extradited from Belgium to Minnesota
Sumalee Intarathong, 59, made her first court appearance this week.
Charges: Buffalo man opened fire, ignited 3 bombs at clinic
Gregory Ulrich, 67, faces seven charges, including murder and attempted murder, for the terror that left four injured, one dead. The investigation also revealed that despite a restraining order and an arrest for violating it, Ulrich used a permit from the Buffalo Police Department to purchase the handgun, according to a law enforcement source involved in the case.
Many red flags went ignored for Buffalo clinic shooting suspect
Gregory Ulrich threatened to shoot up the hospital and violated restraining orders in the years before this week's tragic shooting.
Buffalo shooting suspect had threatened 'mass shooting' of Minnesota hospital in 2018
Gregory Ulrich violated a restraining order at the clinic in November 2018, court records show.
Minnesota's top federal prosecutor to heed Biden's call for resignation
Erica MacDonald will resign her post as U.S. Attorney in Minnesota this month.
Former St. Thomas student sentenced to a year in federal prison for calling in bomb threats to postpone final exams
Raymond Persaud, 22, apologized to the court Tuesday for inciting panic at the St. Paul college.
Drug dealer pleads guilty in 3-pound meth bust
Senif Joel Garza, 24, faces a mandatory-minimum of 10 years in federal prison.
Before Floyd, 3 officers on video roughly detained wrong man
The video from May 3, 2020, bears striking similarities to footage showing three of the same officers — Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng — aggressively detaining Floyd.
Jury awards $30,000 over Anoka County jail policy for foreign-born immigrants
Woman is awarded $30K after 2017 arrest, 5 hours in jail and ICE detention.
Suit tests Anoka jail's 'unwritten policy' of reporting immigrants
Woman says county detained her to contact immigration officials.
Lawsuit: Goodhue Police Chief sent sexual advances, images of genitals to female officer
The city then claimed to hire an investigator to look into the incident but failed to do so, according to the allegations.
St. Paul man charged with threatening member of Congress five days after attack on Capitol
Jason Robert Karimi, 32, told the FBI agent he only meant "political pain."
Owatonna man who threatened to kill cop at Capitol rally remains jailed on gun charge
Dayton Sauke remains jailed after cop-killing threats and gun charge.
Border patrol seizes 40,000 illegal pills destined for Brooklyn Park
Border patrol agents intercepted more than 40,000 illegal pills, worth a total of $12,000, destined for an address in Brooklyn Park.Officers in Minneapolis stopped the…
Charges: Owatonna man threatened to kill police at last weekend's pro-Trump rally
Undercover ATF agents arrested Dayton Sauke after he sold them a gun on Friday, just before the rallies.
Police watchdog group says Minneapolis uses legal loophole to hide police misconduct
The Minneapolis Police Conduct Oversight Commissions says it will renew the push to unlock 'coaching' cases, citing examples that some cases are more serious than city has let on.
Pro-Trump Capitol rally in St. Paul yields low turnout amid heavy security
About a dozen supporters of President Donald Trump who gathered for a "Freedom Fest" rally at the Minnesota State Capitol Saturday were vastly outnumbered by law enforcement.
Federal charges: Canadians with violent criminal histories busted transporting 67 guns in Minnesota
Both men had outstanding warrants for violent crimes in their home country.
Rural Minnesota man who made illegal explosives for Hollywood and NFL sentenced to federal prison
A man who ran a business manufacturing and selling homemade explosives out of a shed in southeastern Minnesota was sentenced to one year and…
Postal sting nets 13.5 pounds of meth bound for Minneapolis address, charges say
Postal inspectors and law enforcement busted Victor Damien Armenta by creating a decoy package and waiting to see who picked it up.
Minneapolis man charged in brazen East Lake jewelry store robbery
Corey Roscell Chester, 29, is set to appear in court Tuesday on federal charges related to the 2019 robbery.
What we know about the Minneapolis police killing of a man during a traffic stop
Police say they approached the man in a "felony stop," a loose term officers have yet to define, and the suspect shot at them first.
Man charged with holding up same Minnesota bank he just got out of prison for robbing
James Richard Ardito was convicted in 2009 for robbing the same bank.
After mosque bomber conviction, Twin Cities faith leaders want new laws combating domestic terrorists
Legal experts say the government must prioritize homegrown attackers, but some worry new laws could be abused to target protesters.
Courts, FBI contradict Trump claims of 'antifa led' riots in Mpls.
Dozens of state and federal charges show disorganized crowds with no single goal or affiliation that vastly outnumbered police and took advantage of a lawless scene following the death of George Floyd.
Boogaloo Bois member pleads guilty to trying to sell weapons to Hamas
22-year-old could face up to 20 years in prison.
Brainerd man pleads guilty to helping light Third Precinct fire
Another man pleaded guilty last month to the same charge.
Illinois man found guilty of bombing mosque in Bloomington
In the end, it took jurors only half a day to convict Michael Hari: Guilty on all five charges.
Fate of alleged Minnesota mosque bombing mastermind goes to jury
Attorneys gave closing arguments Tuesday in the case against Michael Hari, 49, who is accused of masterminding the bombing of Dar Al-Farooq mosque in 2017.
Defense experts question evidence linking Illinois man to Bloomington mosque bombing
The defense called its first witnesses in the trial Thursday morning.
