Jury finds Burnsville man guilty of murdering mother
A Twin Cities man who authorities said admitted to killing and dismembering his mother after spending all of her money is guilty of murder, a jury found Wednesday.
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A Twin Cities man who authorities said admitted to killing and dismembering his mother after spending all of her money is guilty of murder, a jury found Wednesday.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says she is filing a petition to vacate the murder conviction of Bryan Hooper Sr., who in 1998 was found guilty of killing 77-year-old Ann Prazniak in her Minneapolis apartment.
A man has been charged in the fatal Brooklyn Park shooting of a 17-year-old girl that happened on July 1.
The 29-year-old man is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, according to court documents filed Friday in Ramsey County.
Vance Boelter, the man charged in the deadly Minnesota lawmaker shootings, pleaded not guilty in federal court last week. Nicole Kettwick, an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and managing partner at Brandt Kettwick Defense, discusses the complexity of his case with Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield.
A metal ring, about the size of a quarter, led to Matthew Ecker's murder charge for the death of Alexandra Pennig.
After Minnesota nurse Alex Pennig was found dead in her bathroom, her friend Matthew Ecker told investigators she shot herself. But evidence at the scene left detectives with some big questions about how Pennig died.
According to the criminal complaint, police received a 911 call on the morning of May 3 from the victim's mother, who said her son, David Chant, was unconscious and unresponsive at Interlachen Park.
The man charged with killing Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, pleaded not guilty during his federal arraignment hearing on Thursday morning in Minneapolis.
Vance Boelter pleaded not guilty today in federal court to six counts related to the lawmaker attacks. Caroline Cummings explains why his case may not go to trial for two years.
The man charged with killing Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, pleaded not guilty during his federal arraignment hearing on Thursday morning in Minneapolis.
A woman whose boyfriend is accused of fatally stabbing another man in Apple Valley, Minnesota, last month has also been charged.
A central Minnesota man pleaded guilty to killing his wife while their children were in the house, but says he doesn't remember the crime due to a lack of medication and sleep.
A convicted axe murderer is no longer behind bars and is now in a Twin Cities halfway house.
It was an emotional day in court as the drunk driver behind a deadly patio crash learned his sentence. Last September, 56-year-old Steven Bailey slammed into the patio of Park Tavern in St. Louis Park. John Lauritsen was in court today as friends and families spoke about their loss.
An inmate at Wisconsin's women's prison will spend the rest of her life behind bars for allegedly beating her cellmate to death.
A Minnesota man plans to plead not guilty to charges he killed the top Democratic leader in the state House and her husband after wounding another lawmaker and his wife, his attorney said.
A judge on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old northern Minnesota man to more than 25 years in prison for his role in the murder of another man whose partial remains were found in a tote on the Mille Lacs Lake shoreline in 2023.
Melody Little, 24 of West St. Paul, and Jordan Weiland, a 20-year-old from White Bear Lake, are each charged with two counts of third-degree murder and two counts of criminal vehicular homicide, according to court documents filed Thursday.
The families of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves read victim impact statements before Bryan Kohberger was sentenced.
Kelvin Perry, 56, was convicted in May of second-degree intentional murder in the death of 39-year-old Shaquita Thomas, court records show.
Joshua Jones, 37, entered guilty pleas on two counts of second-degree murder Wednesday, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.
In the last year, the Supervised Release Board has paroled a higher percentage of prisoners than any commissioner in the past 30 years.
Granting parole to a prisoner is a big decision that makes a big impact. Over the past year in Minnesota, the responsibility was turned over to citizens as part of new legislation. So far, the Supervised Release Board has paroled a higher percentage of prisoners than any commissioner in the past 30 years. One family says those statistics don't tell the whole story.
David Brom was convicted of killing four family members with an axe in their Rochester home back in 1988. He was 16 at the time. But the news of his release is now leading to outrage just days before he's set to become a free man. Ubah Ali has the story.
