CRIME & SAFETY
Driver experiences medical emergency, swerves into crash scene on Highway 36
ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Authorities say a Minnesota state trooper was responding to a minor crash in Roseville Wednesday evening when another car swerved over the median and into the original crash.A trooper was at the scene of a crash on eastbound Highway 36 at Snelling Avenue around 6 p.m. when they noticed a vehicle driving erratically coming up behind them, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.MORE NEWS: Hennepin County expands intervention program to address youth violenceThe vehicle, a Ford Escape driven by a 35-year-old woman, then struck both vehicles involved in the original crash.No one involved in the crash reported any injuries, the state patrol says, though the driver of the SUV was transported to a hospital due to a "suspected medical issue."
Teen's assault charge upgraded to manslaughter after man dies from injuries
ST PAUL, Minn. — Two months after the death of a St. Paul man, police announced a 17-year-old has now been charged with his killing. According to the St. Paul Police Department, the Ramsey County Medical Examiner ruled 76-year-old Thomas Dunne's February death a homicide, prompting county prosecutors to charge the teen with first-degree manslaughter.
Alex Becker murder: St. Paul man sentenced to over 30 years
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - One of the three men accused of killing a St. Paul man in an alley outside his mother's house in 2022, will spend decades behind bars. A Ramsey County jury found 20-year-old Detwan Allen guilty in December 2023 of aiding and abetting second-degree murder with intent and acquitted him on a felony second-degree murder charge. Judge Paul Yang sentenced him on Friday to 367 months (30.5 years) with credit for 444 days served.
Woman found guilty in St. Paul NYE shooting that injured 10-year-old
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Ramsey County jury found a woman guilty of multiple charges related to a shooting that injured a 10-year-old boy just minutes before the new year. Kelci Marie Meyers, 29, of Hastings, was convicted of attempted second-degree murder, aiding and abetting first-degree assault and aiding and abetting a drive-by shooting Wednesday.
Bloomington police chief criticizes Hennepin County Attorney's Office for not immediately charging driver in drunken injury crash
BLOOMINGTON, Minn — In a YouTube video, Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges walked viewers through a case last month where he says a driver recorded himself speeding through the city, the speedometer in the camera's view, at one point revealing a beer in the driver's hand. "You can see...
Bodycam footage of fatal Minnetonka shootout released
MINNETONKA, Minn. — The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday released body camera footage of a shootout in Minnetonka that left a man dead and two deputies injured.Deputies with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office went to a home on the 13000 block of Crestwood Drive East around 11:15 a.m. on April 10 to arrest a person wanted for multiple felonies. After deputies knocked on the door, 28-year-old Clint Hoyhtya — who was not the subject of the arrest warrant — started shooting with an assault-style rifle, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Deputies returned fire before retreating to...
Prosecutor shakeup, external search highlight week of "question raising" moves in Londregan case
MINNEAPOLIS — The murder trial of a Minnesota State Trooper is continuing to draw controversy, attention and calls from elected officials this week.Hennepin County's prosecution of Ryan Londregan for the killing of 33-year-old Ricky Cobb II during the summer of 2023 has once again taken a twist. Multiple sources confirm to WCCO News that the county's lead prosecutor on the case, Joshua Larson, has stepped away from the role. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office has chosen not to confirm or deny on its own – but said in a statement it was "assembling a new prosecution team" to handle...
911 transcript in Sen. Mitchell alleged burglary released: 'I tripped over ‘em'
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (FOX 9) - Authorities released the 911 call transcript that led police to arrest DFL State Sen. Nicole Mitchell during the early morning hours of April 22. The caller, Mitchell’s stepmother, dialed 911 at about 4:45 a.m. saying someone broke into her house and ran into the...
Family of Yia Xiong files lawsuit against two police officers, city of St. Paul
The family of a man fatally shot by St. Paul police in 2023 is suing two officers and the city. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Ramsey County by the daughter of 65-year-old Yia Xiong alleges that St. Paul police officers Abdirahman Dahir and Noushue Cha were negligent and failed to follow department policies and training when they encountered Xiong holding a knife at his apartment complex in February 2023.
Unintentional county-wide shelter-in-place order due to ‘human error’
At 6:45 p.m. April 22, officers from the Robbinsdale Police Department responded to an armed domestic situation. “As is standard procedure, a shelter-in-place notification was sent out by the Hennepin County Communications Division,” the police department wrote in a note to the press. “This was to be sent to the impacted residences on the block. However, it was sent, unintentionally, to the entire Hennepin County.” The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office later released a statement explaining the message to all of Hennepin County was “human error” and they found “the step in the alert process that resulted in the mistake.”
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