No arrests in Lake Street shooting

No arrests in Lake Street shooting Family and friends gathered briefly Thursday afternoon at the E. Lake Street spot where James E. King Jr., 20, was fatally shot off his bicycle the night before.

They left red balloons and bouquets of flowers taped to a light pole at Clinton Avenue S. but had no explanation for what happened. Police said no suspects were in custody as of Thursday afternoon.

Police believe the shooting followed an altercation between the victim and at least one person. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 612-692-8477.

MATT MCKINNEY

New trial granted in cabbie's killing An Omaha man convicted of the 2007 killing of a cabdriver in Brooklyn Center will get a new trial, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court said Brandon D. Cox's right to confront a witness was violated during his 2008 trial in the shooting death of James Moody.

A witness who testified against Cox before a grand jury was not required to testify at his Hennepin County District Court trial after she expressed reluctance to do so. Cox argued to the Supreme Court that the reading of the witness' grand jury testimony at trial violated his constitutional right to confront his accusers. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Paul Anderson, the court agreed.

ROCHELLE OLSON

Adler, 35, of St. Paul, was found guilty by a jury in January of two felony counts of deprivation of parental rights. Van De North ordered her to serve 90 days in jail and pay restitution of $7,500 to the children's father. He stayed imposition of a prison sentence and put her on probation for four years. If she complies with certain conditions and remains law-abiding, the felony conviction could be converted to a lesser offense.

Adler was ordered to have no contact with her children. The judge also ordered that she undergo another psychological evaluation.

PAT PHEIFER

N.D. sex offender turns himself in After seeing news stories describing him as a wanted man, a high-level sex offender surrendered Thursday, three days after cutting off his GPS monitoring device, Fargo police said.

Thomas Jose Eppler, 24, of Fargo, who cut off his monitoring unit about 2 p.m. Monday, contacted police Thursday "after seeing and hearing his name through the media" and arranged to turn himself in, police said in a statement.

PAUL WALSH

Toddler dies after three-vehicle crash A 1-year-old was killed Thursday morning in Columbia Heights in a three-vehicle crash that may have been caused by inattentive driving.

The toddler, whose name and gender were not released, died after the 11 a.m. crash at 50th and Central avenues NE.

Cpl. Dale Sorensen of the Columbia Heights Police Department said the vehicles were southbound on Central when one apparently rear-ended another, causing a chain reaction that included the third vehicle.

Emergency workers transported the toddler and a woman to hospitals.

ABBY SIMONS

Man charged with molesting girl A Shakopee man is charged with impersonating a police officer and molesting a 13-year-old girl in a secluded area near a Target store in eastern Wisconsin after he confronted her about shoplifting mascara.

Jamie Lee Sames, 35, was charged Wednesday in Outagamie County, Wis., with sexual assault of a minor under 16 years old and child enticement. Sames is in the Scott County jail in Shakopee, awaiting extradition to Wisconsin.

Sames was tracked down in Minnesota after friends and former neighbors, now living in Green Bay, told police that they recognized him in store surveillance video that was televised shortly after the attack on March 10.

PAUL WALSH

The two were hunting for deer antlers when they came across the skeletal remains Wednesday night in north Rochester.

Police Capt. Brian Winters says the remains are apparently male and there are no signs of violent injury.