
Driver Charged After Stolen Vehicle Crash Spree In Sherburne County
The incidents happened around 4:10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, near eastbound Highway 10 and County Road 50 in Big Lake Township, followed by a second crash roughly 40 minutes later.
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The incidents happened around 4:10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, near eastbound Highway 10 and County Road 50 in Big Lake Township, followed by a second crash roughly 40 minutes later.

St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office deputies say a snowmobile crashed while negotiating a sharp corner, leaving the passenger seriously injured. Authorities said the driver didn’t require medical care.

The crash happened just before 12:55 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, on the 3rd Avenue/Central Avenue bridge spanning the Mississippi River between downtown Minneapolis and northeast Minneapolis.

Prosecutors charged 33-year-old Joshua Ryan Pendegayosh, of Minneapolis, with felony criminal vehicular operation causing great bodily harm. Authorities say he was driving in a grossly negligent manner when he struck the victim.

The Minnesota State Patrol says Anthony Gary Simones, 22, of Northfield, was driving a 2012 Ford F-150 northbound on Highway 3 when the driver of a 2016 Cascadia tractor-trailer semi entered the intersection.

The incident happened Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, around 10:05 a.m. on the 4100 block of Lakeview Avenue North, just southeast of Robbinsdale City Hall.

The Minnesota State Patrol says a 2015 Freightliner Cascadia semi and a 2024 Chevy Express van were both traveling northbound on Highway 63 when the vehicles made contact near 80th Street Southeast.

According to a criminal complaint, officers arriving at the crash found the suspect seated in the driver’s seat as the lone occupant of one of the vehicles involved.

The crash happened around 12:10 p.m. Jan. 27 at the intersection of Highway 34 and County Road 11 in Henrietta Township, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says federal agents were pursuing a vehicle just before 7 p.m. on Jan. 14 when the driver crashed into a snowbank on the 600 block of 24th Avenue North.

Deputies with the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office were called around 3:23 p.m. on Jan. 19 to an injury crash at the intersection of 320th Street and Foliage Avenue.

Investigators say the driver had outstanding warrants, was driving a stolen truck and was found with multiple baggies of methamphetamine.