
Man Gets Max Sentence in Gruesome Saint Paul Double-Murder
As part of the plea agreement, felony charges for arson, threats of violence and disarming a police officer stemming from Jorgenson’s arrest in June 2023 were dismissed.
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As part of the plea agreement, felony charges for arson, threats of violence and disarming a police officer stemming from Jorgenson’s arrest in June 2023 were dismissed.

Officers responded just after 8:30 a.m. after getting a report of a person slumped over in the driver’s seat of a car. When police arrived, they found the man unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound.

Authorities responded to a residence on the 400 block Central Avenue West around 3:10 p.m. after a man called 911 and reported that his wife had been killed.

According to the complaint, officers responded to a report of gunfire on the 2200 block of 5th Avenue North at approximately 4:43 a.m. and found a male victim lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.

Two men were killed and a woman was injured in separate shootings in Minneapolis late Thursday to early Friday morning, police confirm.

A 17-year-old male was killed, and a 19-year-old male was critically injured in a shooting early Sunday morning in Saint Cloud.

According to court records, officers found the 52-year-old victim dead in her apartment on Park Meadows Drive in Waite Park after being called for a welfare check.

Deonna Marie Presbury, 35, faces two counts of second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree arson for her alleged role in the Aug. 13 blaze on the 1500 block of 11th Ave. S.

The incidents both happened on the south side and while investigators have not confirmed a connection between the shootings, MPD Chief Brian O’Hara said the possibility is being examined.

According to the criminal complaint, officers responded to a suspected homicide at an apartment on the 1100 block of James Avenue North. They found the victim with a gunshot wound to the neck and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A dramatic police pursuit late Monday night in Saint Paul ended in the arrest of a man now facing multiple felony charges, including attempted murder.

The victim, Kristi Joy Gardner, was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds and law enforcement quickly identified her former partner as a person of interest in the case.