Dequan Smith, 18, Sentenced To 18 Years For Killing Family Friend Jennifer Swaggert
Eighteen-year-old Dequan Smith will spend more than 18 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to the murder of family friend Jennifer Swaggert, 39.
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Eighteen-year-old Dequan Smith will spend more than 18 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to the murder of family friend Jennifer Swaggert, 39.
The boy fled when the officer activated his emergency lights, leading police on a chase that reached speeds of 50 mph.
On Tuesday morning, a group of Minnesota clergy members urged lawmakers to pass what they call a "fair share" budget.
The crash occurred at about 9 p.m. on the 700 block of Gorman Avenue. A number of callers reported a grass fire near the site of the crash.
A day after Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo took the stand in the Derek Chauvin trial, more Minneapolis police officers are expected to testify on Tuesday. So far, the jury has heard a number of high-ranking officers condemn Chauvin's decision to kneel on George Floyd's neck, calling the restraint against policy and "totally unnecessary."
The state has committed to supplying 7,000 doses of vaccine a week at the Madison center, which has the capacity to inoculate 1,400 people per day, the governor's office said Tuesday.
A weekend grass fire in central Minnesota started when a woman was cooking maple syrup in her yard, authorities say.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and how Wisconsin's schools and the state education department have responded to it dominated the Department of Public Instruction hearing.
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday launched an outreach campaign aimed at vaccinating Minnesota workers in frontline industries in the coming weeks.
The FBI is on the lookout for scammers who are selling fake COVID-19 vaccine cards, a crime that can send someone to prison for five years.
A member of George Floyd's family often occupies a reserved seat in the back corner of the Minneapolis courtroom where former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial in Floyd's death. The seat reserved for Chauvin's family goes unclaimed.
Four years before George Floyd's death, Officer Derek Chauvin took a 40-hour course on crisis intervention that included training on how to recognize people in crisis and how to use de-escalation techniques to calm them down, the jury at Chauvin's murder trial was told Tuesday.
The Minnesota Department of Health has updated on new COVID-19 cases, and the data reported Tuesday includes figures that had not yet been processed due to the Easter holiday.
The Centers for Disease Control has released new guidance on transmission of COVID-19 from contaminated surfaces.
One sure sign that things are returning to normal is the number of people traveling. Another is the CDC easing travel guidelines.
