
Man Sentenced for Gun, Drug Charges in Crash That Killed 5
A man already serving a 58-year state prison sentence for a high-speed crash that killed five young women in Minneapolis has been sentenced on federal drug and gun charges.
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A man already serving a 58-year state prison sentence for a high-speed crash that killed five young women in Minneapolis has been sentenced on federal drug and gun charges.

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.

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.

Robert Jones is charged in Hennepin County District Court with first-degree assault causing great bodily harm. According to the criminal complaint, Jones assaulted the victim while using a dangerous weapon.

When officers arrived, they determined that a specific home had been targeted and found evidence that multiple rounds had been fired into the house.

Officers were called around 12:26 a.m. Jan. 27 to a report of an assault at the Autumn Ridge Apartments in the 6300 block of Boone Avenue North.

Twin Cities law enforcement leaders say they’ve received a surge of complaints from U.S. citizens being stopped and questioned by federal immigration agents without cause.

Both counts stem from a Jan. 13 shooting inside an apartment on the 6900 block of 76th Avenue North in Brooklyn Park.

Police were called around 2:45 a.m. on Jan. 13 to Park Haven Apartments in the 6900 block of 76th Avenue after a report of a shooting.

Prosecutors allege 31-year-old Deontae Creshaun Allen Coney committed second-degree assault involving a dangerous weapon in connection with the Nov. 14, 2025 shooting inside Benihana, 11840 Fountains Way.

Prosecutors charged a 36-year-old Brooklyn Park woman and her 35-year-old brother with second-degree murder in the killing of Michael D. Tucker.