
Week After Pursuit Crash, Rochester Man Faces Drug Charges
A 30-year-old Rochester man was caught with fentanyl and methamphetamine after detectives watched him conduct a suspected hand-to-hand drug deal and then pulled him over minutes later.
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A 30-year-old Rochester man was caught with fentanyl and methamphetamine after detectives watched him conduct a suspected hand-to-hand drug deal and then pulled him over minutes later.

Investigators have identified the man who was fatally shot by an officer during a confrontation inside a Rochester apartment last week. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.

A woman told Rochester police she was beaten, sexually assaulted and dragged by the hair outside her home during a violent overnight encounter with her former boyfriend. The attack was reported the morning of Monday, March 9 at a home in northwest Rochester .

A man died after a Rochester police officer shot him during a confrontation inside an apartment Wednesday night after authorities say he grabbed an officer’s gun. The shooting happened at about 9:30 p.

A man is dead after a Rochester police officer shot him during a struggle at an apartment Wednesday night. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is now investigating the use of deadly force.

A convicted felon is charged after a disorderly conduct call at a Rochester gun range led police to a stash of cocaine, handguns and drug materials at his apartment. The charges were filed last week in Olmsted County District Court.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant last Friday at the residence in connection with the case following repeated surveillance tied to suspected narcotics trafficking.

Prosecutors have charged Star Moonbeam Schmidt, 21, with felony domestic assault, domestic assault by strangulation, gross misdemeanor domestic assault subsequent violation and misdemeanor fleeing.

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.

Both incidents unfolded around 9:35 p.m. on Jan. 25 before the suspect was taken into custody following a violent struggle inside a nearby residence.

Officers were dispatched around 9:35 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25 to the area of Marion Road Southeast & Eastwood Road Southeast, where officers found a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound.

The Rochester Fire Department was dispatched at 10:15 p.m. to a reported structure fire at a home in the 800 block of Fox Pointe Lane Southwest.