
Burnsville Hotel Bust Leads to 1st-Degree Drug Charges
Robert Burns Jr. is charged with four counts of first-degree controlled substance crime, including two counts alleging the sale of methamphetamine and cocaine.
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Robert Burns Jr. is charged with four counts of first-degree controlled substance crime, including two counts alleging the sale of methamphetamine and cocaine.

Officers and paramedics arrived and found the boy in the building’s lobby, suffering from gunshot wounds. Life-saving measures were performed before he was transported to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

Officers were called around 10:40 p.m. Jan. 25 to a report of a shooting in a parking lot near the Andrews Pointe Townhomes along East 117th Street.

According to the criminal complaints, a Minnesota State Patrol trooper was briefed on Jan. 8 by officers conducting surveillance on a man who investigators say had just engaged in a suspected drug transaction involving a Toyota Camry.

Just before 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 9, the collision occurred on the ramp from southbound I-35W to Cliff Road. State Patrol said a semi driver heading southbound took the ramp and struck a pedestrian and a vehicle that were in the roadway.

Dashawn Jawaun Newton, 23, is charged in Dakota County with felony false imprisonment, felony threats of violence and misdemeanor fifth-degree assault stemming from the New Year’s Day incident near Crystal Lake.

A Burnsville Police Department spokesperson says officers were called to the area near 11 Crystal Lake West after a woman reported she had been assaulted while walking on a trail.

Driven by the tragic 2024 Burnsville shooting—where three first responders were killed with guns obtained through straw purchases, equipped with high-rate-of-fire devices—these laws have now been in effect for nearly one full year.

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.

Prosecutors announced this week that 48-year-old Jason Philip Filas was indicted on one count of first-degree premeditated murder, one count of first-degree murder while committing domestic abuse with a past pattern of domestic abuse.

According to initial information, the driver of a 2016 Freightliner construction truck equipped with a boom was reversing when he struck the victim, Pierre Raymon Mack, 29.

Court records show 58-year-old Troy Michael Mitteness was indicted by a grand jury in December 2024 on charges of first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder.