The sentence was handed down Thursday in federal court in Minneapolis for arsons committed in April 2023 at places of worship in Minneapolis and Bloomington.

The incident unfolded Feb. 18 in the area of Lowry Avenue North and Girard Avenue North after a ShotSpotter system detected three separate gunshot activations within about 15 minutes.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant last Friday at the residence in connection with the case following repeated surveillance tied to suspected narcotics trafficking.

The collision happened around 12:56 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, near 33rd Avenue North and 5th Street North, where police found two heavily damaged vehicles buried in a snowbank following a head-on crash.

Investigators say the boy tested positive for the drug after staying with his mother at a hotel in Coon Rapids in the days leading up to the hospital visit.

The shooting happened around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 at the New York Gyro restaurant on the 4600 block of Central Avenue Northeast.

Officials say the pursuit suspect was linked to a homicide investigation in Wisconsin, where charges have now been filed.

The man’s death was discovered shortly after 1:09 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2025, when St. Cloud police were called to an apartment building after a reported overdose.

Earl Bennett, 42, of Minneapolis, was sentenced Feb. 18 to more than 86 years in prison after being convicted of three counts of second-degree murder and one count of illegal firearm possession.

The incident happened just before 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, near the intersection of Rice Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, where officers located a woman lying in the roadway with severe injuries consistent with being struck by a driver.

From midnight through 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 18, the Minnesota State Patrol reported 468 property-damage crashes and 34 injury crashes statewide.

Authorities said a male resident flagged down a passing motorist on State Highway 34, reported the home was on fire and that a woman was possibly still inside.

Prosecutors have charged Star Moonbeam Schmidt, 21, with felony domestic assault, domestic assault by strangulation, gross misdemeanor domestic assault subsequent violation and misdemeanor fleeing.

Court records show Marcel Christian Stephane Zeh Dekoum, of Minneapolis, is charged with three counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of threats of violence.

Documents say a Columbia Heights police officer on patrol saw Wallace Obey, 41, get into a vehicle and drive away despite knowing from prior encounters that his driving privileges were cancelled.

Kylen Allen, 20, is charged with second-degree manslaughter, accused of causing the child’s death while committing or attempting to commit child neglect or endangerment.

Brooklyn Park officers were dispatched to reports of a shooting inside the business and arrived to find an adult male employee suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

It happened just before 9 p.m. on Feb. 17, at Highway 210 and West Sylvan Drive Southwest in Sylvan Township, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.