Tag: Crime
Judge dismisses charges against Line 3 protesters
A judge has dismissed charges against three Native American women for their efforts to disrupt construction of the Line 3 pipeline, citing what the...
Minnetonka residents pack council meeting after violent carjacking
It was standing-room only for a Minnetonka City Council meeting Monday night as residents rallied around a mother and her 13-year-old son who were...
2 Minneapolis men sentenced to federal prison for armed carjacking
Two Minneapolis men have been sentenced to federal prison for carjacking, kidnapping, and holding a victim at gunpoint for several hours earlier this year,...
3 charged for operating Twin Cities-based machinegun distribution ring
Three Twin Cities men were arrested and charged last week in connection to a social media-based machinegun distribution ring.
Rafael Carter Wesley, 19, Kyrees Darius...
Minnetonka man urges public to attend council meeting after wife carjacked...
A Minnetonka man is making a plea to city residents to show up en masse at Monday’s Minnetonka City Council meeting after his wife...
Minnesota Freedom Fund board chair arrested for fentanyl possession
The chair of the Minnesota Freedom Fund board was arrested late last month for fentanyl possession.
The Bloomington Police Department confirmed with Alpha News that...
Frey nominates Judge Toddrick Barnette as new community safety commissioner
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced on Monday his pick for the new commissioner of community safety to replace Cedric Alexander who left the position...
Violent crime decreased in 2022 compared to 2021 levels but remained...
Violent crime dropped by 8.6 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, according to an annual report released Monday by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal...
Plea deal includes no jail time for Edina doctor accused of...
A former physician who practiced cosmetic surgery at clinics in Edina, Minneapolis, and Maple Grove has been offered a plea deal with no jail...
DFL vice chair says she was violently carjacked, calls for tougher...
One of the vice chairs of the Minnesota DFL Party says she was violently carjacked in front of her children in the driveway of...