Fugitive heroin dealer is arrested in Chicago
A suspected Minneapolis drug dealer wanted on third-degree murder charges in the death of an addict has been arrested in Chicago, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said Saturday.
Devon McFerrin, 31, had been sought since being charged in February. He is accused of supplying the dose of heroin that killed Timothy C. St. John, 31, on Feb. 20, 2012. St. John bought the drugs from McFerrin at Pennwood Market in north Minneapolis, then died of an overdose in his apartment in Hopkins, police said.
Prosecutors across the metro area have turned to the third-degree murder charge to push back against dealers. A record 120 people died of heroin or opiate overdoses in the Twin Cities in 2011, according to the most recent state records available.
Minneapolis shooting victim is Richfield man
A man shot and killed in south Minneapolis on Monday night was identified by the Hennepin County medical examiner's office Saturday.
Police found Juan Francisco Reyes Rosario, 31, of Richfield, on a sidewalk on 43rd Street between 4th and 5th Avenues S. after responding about 6:30 p.m. to shots being fired.
Witnesses reported that the shots were fired from a vehicle that fled the scene near Eddy's Barber Shop at 4301 4th Av. S. Investigators recovered multiple bullet casings.
Police Lt. Danny May, the acting 3rd Precinct commander, said the shooting doesn't appear to be random.
New Hope man died in Corvette crash
The man killed when a speeding Corvette crashed into two utility poles in Eden Prairie and rolled over is Kyle Boline, 23, of New Hope. Another man, whom police have not identified, was injured in the crash.
