BCA: Feds Denying Access to Evidence in Pretti Shooting
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the FBI is refusing to share evidence in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and has not committed to cooperating in two other federal shooting investigations.
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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.
Officers arrived to find the victim lying on the roadway near debris from a black car and a damaged mobility scooter. He was unresponsive and had a large dent in his head.
Officers located the victim in a third-floor hotel room. He told investigators he had previously helped Castro, an acquaintance he knew as “Rico,” move belongings during a snowstorm.
Robert Burns Jr. is charged with four counts of first-degree controlled substance crime, including two counts alleging the sale of methamphetamine and cocaine.
The woman is charged with malicious punishment of a child and neglect after authorities say she aided and abetted an assault carried out by her boyfriend.
Officers arrived to find a red Ford Focus that had crashed into the rear of a parked Nissan Versa. The Focus had a shattered rear window, multiple bullet holes through the windshield and a bullet hole through the driver’s seat headrest.
Crews arrived within five minutes of the call and encountered heavy smoke and flames pouring from every side of the two-story multi-family home.
The allegations came to light in July 2025, when Eagan police were called to a home after concerns were raised about possible child maltreatment involving a young child who had been dropped off earlier that day.
The Fargo Police Department and West Fargo Police Department said Friday, Feb. 13, that 25-year-old Isadora Wengel’s remains have not been located and the homicide investigation remains active.
In a statement released this morning, BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said the FBI formally notified the BCA on Feb. 13 that it will not provide access to information or evidence.
Ecstasy Audacious Algerice Whitehead, 23, of Minneapolis, Rajah Lezarious West, 21, of New Hope, and Imani Nafisah Reid, 24, of Saint Paul, are each charged with second-degree assault.
The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man who died during the Feb. 10 use-of-force incident as 30-year-old Donald Felver III, of Duluth.
The crash happened at the intersection of 8th Street South and Park Avenue in Minneapolis, where police responded to a four-vehicle collision.
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