84 articles tagged “Anoka County”
A 43-year-old Centerville man was found face-down on his dining room floor by his wife last September after a fentanyl overdose killed him, and investigators traced the drugs back to a dealer they say sold them through an Uber package delivery the day before.
A man has been charged after he allegedly chased his girlfriend’s teenage son with a steak knife during a fight at their Lino Lakes home, telling the boy “you’re dead” as the teen locked himself in a bedroom and called 911.
A 22-year-old Spring Lake Park man allegedly strangled his ex-girlfriend, threw her to the floor and threatened to pistol-whip her with a handgun that had been reported stolen from a South Carolina police station.
A 29-year-old man was arrested after agreeing to pay $200 to have sex with someone he believed was a 17-year-old girl during an undercover sting operation in Blaine.
A 48-year-old man is facing felony charges after he allegedly jumped a fence, grabbed a shovel from a backyard and used it to break into an attached garage before striking a woman in the head in Spring Lake Park.
An Andover man is charged with firing a handgun at a woman's vehicle as she fled a domestic disturbance — with her child inside the car. Sayveon Amantay Collins, 22, of Andover, is charged in Anoka C...
A woman and her 5-year-old son were killed in a shooting at an Anoka County home and the suspect has now been identified. The woman's estranged partner is in custody at the Anoka County Jail.
The investigation began Feb. 13 after police were contacted by a Best Buy supervisor who reported an employee discovered illegal material while remotely assisting a customer with a device issue.
The incident happened Feb. 19 at the courthouse in Anoka, where deputies moved to take the man into custody after a jury had just convicted him in a separate felony case.
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.
Prosecutors charged Khalid Hassan Mowlid, 18, of Maple Grove, with one count each of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and intentional discharge of a firearm.
Columbia Heights police responded with assistance from Coon Rapids police, Fridley police and Allina EMS after reports that shots were fired inside the New York Gyro restaurant.
