
Minneapolis Man Charged in Woman’s Fatal Beating
Scott W. Carlson, 67, is charged with second-degree murder without intent in connection with the death of woman. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
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Scott W. Carlson, 67, is charged with second-degree murder without intent in connection with the death of woman. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.

Investigators say they recovered two handguns and ammunition from his home—including a “ghost gun”—while the suspect was prohibited from possessing any firearms.

Giovanni Lisandro Suarez, 26, is charged with felony theft of a motor vehicle and felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle in connection with the incident, which unfolded on Jan. 12.

Prosecutors have charged 25-year-old Trashaun Nij Morris with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm or ammunition and with recklessly discharging a firearm within a municipality.

When officers arrived, they found 18-month-old De’Ali Delgado unresponsive on the living room floor. Officers attempted life-saving measures before the child was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Court records show Vinneo Dearies Cotten has been charged with second-degree riot while armed with a dangerous weapon stemming from the incident near the intersection of Dowling Avenue North and Fremont Avenue North in Minneapolis.

Prosecutors say he led deputies on an 11-mile pursuit through multiple cities before crashing and running from his vehicle near the Hugo City Hall, in Washington County, before being taken into custody.

Smoleroff is charged with first-degree damage to property and obstructing legal process after an incident on Jan. 11 in the parking lot of a Lunds and Byerly’s in Eden Prairie.

Prosecutors say Jonathon Michael Kaupa attacked people inside and outside an apartment shortly before 5 a.m., killing a 44-year-old man who worked as the building’s maintenance employee and repeatedly stabbing the man’s 15-year-old son.

According to criminal complaints filed last week, the robbery happened on June 18, 2025, while an ATM technician was working on a machine at a Wells Fargo location in Columbia Heights.

Prosecutors have charged Torrence Lomanthro Gray, 50, and his brother, Dominic Lamont Gray, 43, in connection with a narcotics and firearms investigation.

Norbit Demetrius Jenkins, 61, is charged with kidnapping and five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct along with felony motor vehicle theft following the allegations.