Nebraska man stabbed victim during Twin Cities carjacking spree, charges say
A Nebraska man is accused of stabbing someone during a carjacking spree in the south metro over the weekend.
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A Nebraska man is accused of stabbing someone during a carjacking spree in the south metro over the weekend.
A 31-year-old man faces more than a century in prison for allegedly raping a woman at knifepoint near a Minneapolis lake on Friday, then kidnapping her, forcing her to buy him food and eventually stealing her vehicle.
Officers responded to a carjacking at gunpoint near 26th Avenue North and Thomas Avenue North around 2 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
One of three people arrested after a violent Minneapolis carjacking earlier this month has been charged.
Despite recent incidents, carjackings and auto thefts are actually down across Minneapolis.
Officers arrested a woman and two teenage girls Thursday night in connection to a violent Minneapolis carjacking.
The University of Minnesota sent an alert about the carjacking, which happened just before midnight at Fourth Street and 12th Avenue Southeast.
Minnesota's largest city is calling on the federal government to better protect people from having their cars stolen.
Three Minneapolis men were sentenced to prison for their roles in an armed carjacking spree that targeted rideshare drivers, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced Wednesday.
The 29-year-old suspect has been charged with "felony robbery and theft offenses," according to the sheriff's office.
Federal prosecutors say a Minneapolis man has been sentenced for putting "several lives at risk" during an armed carjacking spree last March.
A judge sentenced Javon Wilson-Branch, 19, to 121 months in federal prison for committing three violent carjackings within 24 hours.
A man was sentencing Wednesday in a carjacking case that involved a dog being thrown out of a car window.
A man was sentenced Wednesday in a cruel carjacking case that involved a dog being thrown out of a car window.
Police in western Wisconsin arrested a St. Paul carjacking suspect following a chase Thursday morning.
A Ramsey man will spend more than 10 years in prison for his role in a series of vehicle thefts, some of which were carried out at gunpoint.
An accomplice in a deadly carjacking in northeast Minneapolis in 2019 entered an amended plea and was sentenced Thursday after a judge rejected a previous plea deal in October.
An accomplice in a deadly carjacking in northeast Minneapolis in 2019 entered an amended plea and was sentenced Thursday after a judge rejected a previous plea deal in October.
She was attacked, carjacked and concussed, and a woman said what's happened since then is just adding to her headache.
Attacked, carjacked and concussed, and a woman says what's happened since then is just adding to her headache. Kirsten Mitchell has the story you'll see only on WCCO.
A judge sentenced a Minneapolis man to over six years in prison on Thursday for carjacking a preacher at gunpoint over two years ago.
Braveheart was 15 years old at the time of the crime and was only recently certified as an adult after an appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court — a process that took four years.
Officials say 39-year-old Steve Markey was shot and killed on June 11, 2019. Markey's family has been strongly opposed to the plea deal and, in August, begged the judge in court to reject it.
A judge just rejected a controversial plea deal that would've kept an confessed carjacker out of jail. The victim's family says they were surprised, and pleased. That carjacker was just 15 when he robbed Steve Markey. Reg Chapman is at the Hennepin County Courthouse with the new developments.
Car thefts are rising around the metro and around the country. While the majority of cars are recovered, police only clear or make arrests in a fraction of those cases.
