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A woman charged in a synthetic drug conspiracy that authorities have blamed in the overdose deaths of two teens in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota has been sentenced to three years of probation.
Authorities said one person has died after an early-morning stabbing on the south side of Minneapolis. Police responded to the incident at about 3 :06 a.m. near the area of East Lake Street and 5th Avenue South. When authorities arrived, a woman had been stabbed and was lying in the street.
The Minneapolis Police Department has extra patrols out Wednesday morning in at least one neighborhood after a toddler, teenager and pregnant woman were all shot Tuesday night. Authorities said the incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday last night near 30th Street and Lyndale Avenue North.
About 50 brass flower vases were stolen from Mahtomedi grave sites over the weekend and authorities are asking for the public's help in locating them, and in identifying the suspects involved. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said the Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Mahtomedi reported that the 50-some 10-inch tall and 4-inch wide vases are each valued at $200. They went missing on Saturday and Sunday.
Minneapolis police are searching for a suspect after three people including a toddler were shot and seriously injured on the city's north side. Police spokeswoman Cyndi Barrington said all three victims are expected to survive, but police can't say for sure if the people who live in the area are in danger or not.
Visit any prison in the area and you'll find a high percentage of felons who have truancy in their background. That's why the Hennepin County Attorney's office hired a nonprofit group to work with kids who have been skipping school, before bad becomes worse.
A 22-year-old Eagan man has pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional attempted murder -- and was subsequently sentenced -- in connection to an assault that occurred in a Burnsville townhome on April 7, 2009, the Dakota County Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.
The Minneapolis Police Department is asking for the public's help to find a violin worth thousands of dollars that was taken during a theft from a vehicle on Monday. On the day of the theft, the victim made stops on the 2700 block of Lyndale Avenue South and near the area of 38th Street and Pleasant Avenue South between 3 and 3:30 p.m.
A 22-year-old man from Nowthen is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl multiple times over the course of one day, according to charges filed Tuesday in Anoka County Court. Kelly Eugene Jenkins was charged by the Anoka County Sheriff's Office with three felony counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the incident, which happened Aug. 13.
Police are investigating after a woman was seriously burned with hot coffee during a fight at a local Perkins restaurant.
A Minnesota man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the 1999 slaying of an Iowa woman after a recent review of the cold case developed new information leading to the arrest, police said. Deshaun Lamont Phillips, 34, of Lakeville, Minn., was already in jail in Minnesota's Scott County on a domestic assault charge when the charge in the killing of Judith Weeks was filed Friday.
After a weekend of increased DWI patrols and live-tweeted arrests, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (MnDPS) has announced hundreds of DWI arrests. The MnDPS tweeted Monday morning that approximately 425 DWI arrests were recorded this weekend.
A 30-year-old Minneapolis woman who kidnapped her friend's baby back in February, prompting an Amber Alert, was sentenced in Hennepin County Court on Monday. Isabel Diaz-Castillo was sentenced to three years in prison with credit for 181 days served. She pleaded guilty back in July to one count of kidnapping in connection with the incident.
A Madison man whose unusual name drew national attention last year after he was arrested for marijuana possession now faces drug charges in Iowa. Felony drug charges have been filed against Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop.
A man is in jail on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide and DUI after a crash in Pine County on Saturday that killed a Maplewood man, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities responded to a two-vehicle crash at about 2:45 p.m. Saturday on Highway 70 at Government Road in Pine County.
