4 Charged In ID Theft Ring Targeting State Employees
Ramsey County investigators say they have busted a major identity theft ring involving the personal information of hundreds. Four St. Paul women have been charged in the string of ID thefts.
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Ramsey County investigators say they have busted a major identity theft ring involving the personal information of hundreds. Four St. Paul women have been charged in the string of ID thefts.
Minneapolis police say a 2-month-old boy is in critical condition after being struck by a stray bullet. The shooting happened about 9 p.m. Thursday on the 2400 block of Emerson Avenue North.
The Minneapolis Police Department is holding a graduation ceremony to honor its newest K-9 officers and their partners. A total of seven officers have recently graduated from K-9 training with their new partners.
Police and medics are on the scene after a two-month-old was reportedly shot in the neck in north Minneapolis, according to police spokeswoman Cyndi Barrington. Authorities say preliminary information suggests the child was struck by a stray bullet around 8:50 p.m. Thursday on the 2400 Block Emerson Ave N.
Two Duluth police officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a suspect. WDIO-TV reports the St. Louis County Attorney's Office determined the officers were justified in using deadly force. Officers Matthew Hendrickson and Jacob Peterson shot and killed 26-year-old Zachary Premo June 11.
A man who was found dead, lying in the parking lot of a business in Shoreview, has been identified. Authorities were called to the business on the 5700 block of Hamline Avenue in Shoreview around 6:40 a.m. on Aug. 29. Upon arrival, they found a man who was already deceased.
Two men are now dead in a Roseville murder-suicide, according to police.
A 51-year-old Brooklyn Park woman pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling more than $300,000 from a church, according to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Raenay Hendrickson pleaded guilty to five counts of theft by swindle over $5,000 for defrauding the Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
A convicted sex offender from Minnesota was arrested in Fargo after posting on Facebook that he's engaged to a 14-year-old girl and planned to marry her, authorities said. Tyler Howard Graening, 20, is charged with one count of Class A felony gross sexual imposition, one count of Class C felony failure to register as a sexual offender and one count of corruption of a minor, a Class A misdemeanor, The Forum reports. He has no recent address listed.
New numbers reveal more Americans are using marijuana. The report, released Wednesday, was done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and it shows that marijuana use has increased steadily over the past five years.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Wednesday they've located the 1996 GMC Sierra pick-up truck that they believe belongs to Andrew Joseph Dikken, a person of interest in the case. Authorities said the truck was found in a remote location about five miles north of Belview, Minn.
Police in Plymouth are looking for three masked individuals who pulled off an early morning robbery at McDonald's. Authorities said the incident happened early Wednesday morning at the McDonald's restaurant on the 2700 block of Annapolis Circle North, which is near Interstate 494 and Highway 55 in Plymouth.
Police in Chaska say that three in-laws were accidentally shot by other family members in two separate incidents, one of which happened during a game of Monopoly. Officers say alcohol does not appear to have been involved in either shooting.
Burnsville Police are asking for the public's help to gather information about a recent string of vandalism within the city.
A woman and her boyfriend pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2012 death of the woman's 1-year-old son, according to officials.
