According to court documents, on March 1 around 7:30 p.m., the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an unresponsive five‐month‐old child. Initial reports indicated that Aaron Michael Orlando Rathke and the child’s mother had driven their son to the Fridley Police Department after he had stopped breathing at their home earlier that evening.
Read MoreAccording to a criminal complaint, officers were called to Unity Hospital for a man suffering from a gunshot wound just before 3:00 p.m. on May 22 and talked with the victim about the shooting. The victim told officers the shooting occurred on the 600 block of Osborne Road in Fridley at an apartment building and a man named “Johnny” was the one who shot him.
Read MoreAn Oak Grove man is facing felony charges for allegedly fleeing from an attempted traffic stop in Ramsey and flipping his vehicle during the pursuit. On May 8, 2023, a Ramsey police officer on routine patrol witnessed a known person with a revoked driver's license leaving a gas station in a Toyota Camry.
Read MoreJohnson K. Sirleaf, 32, from Plymouth, and Blanyon T. Davies, 29, of Brooklyn Park, were both arrested following the fatal shooting of Devon Adams outside the Cub Foods on 57th Ave. NE. Sirleaf has been charged with second-degree murder with intent (not premeditated), while Davies has been charged with aiding an offender.
Read MoreA 31-year-old Isanti man has been charged after he was allegedly found with around 40 stolen guns and is suspected of stealing them from a Fridley based shipping company over several months.
Read MorePolice have arrested a man in connection to a violent attack with a hammer in Fridley, Feb. 3, leaving the victim with unspecified injuries. The 911 call came in just before 5 a.m. from a juvenile who said they were hiding in the bathroom with a sibling, and that their father was fighting with someone and yelling “you can’t hit me with a hammer!”
Read MoreIsaiah Harold-Stephaun Holmes, now 18, has been sentenced to a total of 240 months following the murder of 15-year-old Anthony Joseph Rouse, of Blaine, in July of 2021. Holmes was 17 at the time of the shooting and was initially charged with five felonies including 2nd-degree murder, 1st-degree assault and 1st-degree attempted aggravated robbery.
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