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Brooklyn Center Woman Charged After Cart Dispute Ends in Shooting
Officers were sent Saturday, Dec. 6 to 1300 Shingle Creek Crossing and learned while they were on the way that the suspect was still on scene.
Minneapolis Man Wanted After Downtown Machete Attack
Officers were told that one person had been struck in the head and hands with a machete and that a second person had been threatened during the same incident. The first victim told officers he had been hit five times.
‘Serial Rapist’ Faces Fed Charges for String of Kidnappings, Assaults
Abdimahat Bille Mohamed, 28, is accused of targeting a 15-year-old girl and multiple women in a pattern of abductions and rapes that federal officials say continued even after earlier arrests and releases in state court.
Man Charged After Threatening Parents With Knife, Stealing Car
Officers were called to a high-rise building on the 100 block of Ruth St. N. around 10:47 p.m. on Nov. 30 after a woman reported that her adult son had threatened to kill her if her husband didn’t hand over car keys.
Assault in Minnesota: From ‘Fear’ to ‘Great Bodily Harm’
While the intent to harm might be similar in two different altercations, Minnesota statutes rigidly categorize assault based on the physical outcome—specifically, whether a bone was broken, a weapon was displayed, or a permanent injury was inflicted.
Co-Worker Charged After Woman Beaten to Death With Sledgehammer
According to the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 6 a.m. Tuesday to Advanced Process Technologies in Cokato after a woman was found at her workstation and with severe head trauma.
Burnsville Man Charged in Sexual Assaults of 2 Teen Girls
According to Dakota County court filings, prosecutors charged Teodros Raymond Pluntz in two separate cases that investigators say began on social media and continued in person.
Lakeville Dance Instructor Sentenced for Sexual Relationship With Teen Student
Thirty-six-year-old Timothy Mark Olson Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for having sexual intercourse with a student while in a position of authority.
Man Charged in Violent Vadnais Heights Sexual Assault
Prosecutors say 21-year-old Tristen Alan Leritz forced a 51-year-old woman off the sidewalk on Centerville Road around 7:56 p.m. Tuesday while she was out for an evening walk.
Deputies Arrest Suspect in Vadnais Heights Sexual Assault
Leritz is accused of sneaking up behind a woman who was walking near Centerville Road and Pond View Drive on Tuesday night, dragging her off the sidewalk into a secluded area and sexually assaulting her.
Deputies Search for Suspect After Sexual Assault in Vadnais Heights
After the attack, the woman ran to a nearby home for help and was taken to a hospital for evaluation and treatment. The suspect fled north from the scene.
Man Charged After Violent Assault on Metro Transit Bus Driver
Prosecutors charged 43-year-old Lloyd Alton Booyer with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon causing substantial bodily harm and obstructing the operation of a transit vehicle through force or violence.
Man Who Injured Officer in Moorhead Squad Ramming Gets Jail Time
Officers were called to a 9th Street South apartment around noon for a domestic dispute. After separating the parties, one man became upset when told he couldn’t take his child with him and left in his vehicle.
Woman Severely Beaten with Table Leg at Saint Paul Train Platform
Police arrived to find the victim lying in a pool of blood and with serious injuries to her head and face. Her clothing was soaked in blood and her glasses were shattered nearby.
Royalton Man Gets 11 Years After Shooting 2 During Farm Dispute
According to court records, 24-year-old Ismael Vasquez Santos was convicted of two counts of first-degree assault for shooting two men at properties along 95th Avenue Northeast in Gilmanton Township.
Man Pleads Guilty After Punch Left Minneapolis Victim Fatally Injured
According to court filings, Coby Levan Richardson pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from the Feb. 15 assault that left one man dead and another injured.
Man Arrested at Hugo Pool Pleads Guilty to Sexual Conduct Charge
Jeremy Miller was originally charged with two counts after Washington County deputies responded to reports on July 28 that he was inappropriately touching children at the Farnham Avenue North pool.
Becker County Man Charged After Baseball Bat Assault Leaves Victim Critically Hurt
According to a criminal complaint, Calvin Dean Basswood has been charged with first-degree assault after deputies found a man badly injured at a rural property west of Detroit Lakes on the morning of Oct. 4.
Security Guard Charged in Fatal Assault Outside Saint Paul Bar
Police said they were flagged down around 2:20 a.m. Oct. 5 near the Blues Saloon bar at 1638 Rice Street, where they found a 33-year-old man unconscious inside a red Ram truck with Wisconsin plates.
North Branch Man Sentenced After DNA Match Solves Cold-Case Rape
Investigators solved the case when they linked his DNA to the attack through a discarded cigarette butt nearly 14 years later.