Law enforcement officials want early childhood ed funds
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:45:21 -0700
Invest in early education and fight crime - that's what folks in local law enforcement are urging lawmakers to consider. From police
St. Louis County: 2nd Deadliest for DWIs
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:14:18 -0700
St. Louis County has moved up in the rankings, in terms of the deadliest counties in the state of Minnesota for DWI crashes. Usually in the top ten, and most recently in the number four spot, St. Louis County is now at number two.
Mickey Loomis hedges his bet on the New Orleans Saints repeating
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:41:47 -0700
News and notes from the Saints
Law enforcers push for funding for early learning
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:40:41 -0700
County prosecutors and police today called for more spending on early childhood education to help fight crime.
Minnesota Law Enforcement Leaders Say Quality Early Learning Programs Reduce Violent Crime, Save Millions in Special ...
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:07:00 -0700
Sheriff, prosecutors, police captain to release report calling on federal and state lawmakers to make high-quality early education programs a top priority
A day of judgment for a cop's killer
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:11:39 -0700
A Ramsey County district judge sentenced a police sergeant's killer Friday to 35 years and nine months in prison for his "merciless acts of violence against innocent people."
St. Paul father gets three years for abusing 3 sons
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:05:39 -0700
Trumaine Ollie was sentenced on Friday in Ramsey County District Court to three years and five months in prison for scalding one of his young sons in a bathtub and whipping two others.
DNA used to uncover welfare fraud
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:42:15 -0700
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Officials of a Minnesota county say they've begun using DNA tests to flush out and prosecute a different kind of criminal -- welfare cheats. Minnesota - DNA - MINNEAPOLIS - United States - Education
St. Paul man gets 35+ years in prison for murder of Maplewood police sergeant, says God forgives him
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:26:09 -0700
A Ramsey County judge sentenced a police sergeant's killer Friday to 35 years and nine months in prison for his "merciless acts of violence against innocent people."
FNCs Gregg Jarrett Implies Al Franken Stole Election While Discussing Alaska Senate Race
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:03:17 -0700
The most exciting primary race from Tuesday surprisingly turned out to be the GOP Senate race in Alaska, where Sarah Palin -endorsed Joe Miller appears ready to unseat incumbent Lisa Murkowski . In a report today on the absentee ballots, Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett compares the situation to when Al Franken was elected - and implying he stole the election.
Fate of Cruiser Minn. Officer Shot in Undecided
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:50:42 -0700
A Maplewood officer was killed instantly by a shot to his head as he sat in the 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe. The department doesn't want to put the rig, which runs fine, back in service, but it doesn't want to scrap it either.
St. Paul father gets less than 5 years for crushing baby's skull
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:14:20 -0700
The judge called it "the most shocking case I have ever seen." A man took his 3-week-old baby's head in his hands and crushed it, even hearing a popping sound as the tiny bones broke. He swaddled the boy and handed him to his wife, saying nothing about what he had done.
Man charged in Otter Tail highway death
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:26:30 -0700
A Henning, Minnesota, man has been charged in Otter Tail District Court for the death of a man found lying on a highway in July. Thirty-one-year-old Dajun Honer apparently died after jumping from a car driven by James Seaver.
$3M settles lawsuit against disgraced Metro Gang Strike Force
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:41:30 -0700
A $3 million settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit against the once elite, now disbanded Metro Gang Strike Force.
Disaster drill draws responders
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:38:08 -0700
If you were driving on eastbound Highway 10 Saturday morning (Aug. 21) and looked to your right around the Round Lake...
Man, 83, found dead in his condo; relative confessed to killing at scene, police say
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:13:43 -0700
Roseville police said a Stillwater man confessed to killing an 83-year-old relative in Roseville on Tuesday morning as investigators were cordoning off the crime scene.
Slain Maplewood police officer's squad car is too grim a reminder for colleagues
Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:12:37 -0700
What does a police department do with a squad car in which a beloved colleague was killed?
Rogers Police report
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:30:04 -0700
Thursday, July 1 Rogers Police Officers arrested Dustin Michael Taylor of Princeton for Fleeing Police in a Motor Vehicle. Minnesota State Patrol, Hennepin County Sheriff's Deputies and Rogers Police were all involved in this pursuit of a motorcycle driven by Mr. Taylor. Mr. Taylor was apprehended after being involved in a minor accident with a Rogers Police car. He was transported to the ...
Report: 3 arrested in burglary spree that spans east metro, Wisconsin
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:35:19 -0700
Three east metro men have been arrested in connection with more than 100 burglaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to KSTP-TV
Lake Crystal man had been shot to death in his home
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:29:19 -0700
A man found dead in his Lake Crystal, Minn., home by deputies responding to a burglary call was shot to death, investigators revealed today. A preliminary autopsy by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner determined that James Mervin Nibbe, 26, died from a single gunshot wound.