Andrew Welsh Pleads Guilty To Burning Down St. Cloud's Press Bar In Insurance Money Scheme
A 42-year-old Minnesota man pleaded guilty in federal court to setting fire to his St. Cloud bar in a scheme to get more than $1 million in insurance money.
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A 42-year-old Minnesota man pleaded guilty in federal court to setting fire to his St. Cloud bar in a scheme to get more than $1 million in insurance money.
"To have additional investigative teams that are working on a consistent basis to make sure that we got a laser-like focus on catching perpetrators of violent gun crimes, and making sure that we got the right law enforcement that are in place, ready to go," Mayor Frey said.
That will be the case in the state murder trial for former Minneapolis Police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, charged in George Floyd's death, which is set to begin next month.
The driver in a deadly crash that killed two men, including the Gopher hockey coach's son, learned his fate on Thursday.
Two men face federal criminal charges for their alleged role in an armed carjacking at Rosedale Center in February.
Legislation passed in 2019 making it a felony to steal anything over $1,000 in wages, with potential prison time. The Senate DFL said that enforcement of that law has been difficult due to a lack of resources.
The 14-year-old eighth grader is facing three felony charges.
The judge overseeing the federal civil rights case in the killing of George Floyd said Wednesday that he has accepted the terms of Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison.
Minneapolis police are investigating a "suspicious death" case involving a toddler.
The cause of death of an Andover man who died inside his Anoka County Jail cell last week is still unclear, according to the county sheriff's office.
"A place where freedom of speech and everybody goes to hear that different side or that different view is now being looked at as, 'Don't you say the wrong thing because they will come up and do something to you,'" said comedian Shed G.
Police say a boy caused tens of thousands of dollars of property damage in a graffiti spree in a Forest Lake neighborhood.
City officials say Minneapolis will pay state authorities to assist with law enforcement and criminal investigations.
A teenager is in serious condition after he was shot several times Tuesday evening near a busy Brooklyn Park intersection.
A northern Minnesota mother is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly getting drunk, smoking meth, and taking a sedative before falling asleep on her 5-month-old child, killing her.
