Ryan Andrew Frane, of Breezy Point, is charged with two counts of felony threats of violence, felony first-degree damage to property involving a public safety vehicle and misdemeanor domestic assault.

Deputies were called just before midnight Friday, Feb. 6, to a report of an assault that was later determined to have happened at a residence on Edgewater Circle in Garrison Township, just north of the county line.

Nathaniel Donald Brimson is charged with second-degree burglary of a dwelling, two counts of threats of violence, first-degree property damage and gross misdemeanor obstruction of legal process with force.

The case developed late Jan. 29 into early Jan. 30 after officers received information that a vehicle transporting roughly one-half pound of methamphetamine was expected to travel through the reservation.

Jerry Allen Stangel, 50, is charged with first-degree witness tampering, two counts of felony aggravated harassment and a misdemeanor trespass charge.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the crash happened around 6:50 p.m. on Highway 18, just east of County Road 144 in Oak Lawn Township.

Luke David Tungseth, 37, of Blaine, was charged last week with one count of DWI and one count of carrying a pistol while under the influence.

A Honda Fit, driven by a 91-year-old man from Nisswa, was northbound in the left turn lane for Patriot Avenue when the driver turned in front of a southbound GMC Terrain.

Authorities say the crash occurred around 12:40 p.m. near Channel Drive when a southbound Ford F150 crossed into the northbound lanes and collided with a Dodge Durango.

Both incidents involved vehicles losing control on slick roads as snow and ice created hazardous driving conditions, resulting in rollovers and a head-on collision.

The suspect, Chad Aaron Aanerud, 35, of Brainerd, is now facing a dozen felony charges in connection with the crime spree including second-degree murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, arson and assault.

Crow Wing County authorities issued an Amber Alert early Friday after a woman and her four children were abducted at gunpoint from a home northeast of Brainerd.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office says deputies have arrested the husband of a woman who was found dead along a roadway in Fort Ripley Township last month. Authorities say a passerby called police on June 25, reporting they thought there may have been a body lying just off the roadway near the intersection of Legend Lane & Killian Road in Fort Ripley Township. Authorities arrived and confirmed the woman was deceased.

On August 16 just before 3 p.m., Emily police, first responders, fire, North Memorial EMS, North Memorial Air Care and Crow Wing County sheriff’s deputies responded to the Ruth Lake Access in Emily for an unconscious 66-year-old male who was pulled from the water.