Police Seek Suspect In St. Cloud Homicide
Police in St. Cloud are asking for the public's help finding a suspect after a man was found dead last week in an apparent homicide.
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Police in St. Cloud are asking for the public's help finding a suspect after a man was found dead last week in an apparent homicide.
he death of a Foley man, whose body was found last Tuesday after he was missing for nearly four months, was the result of a gunshot wound. According to the Benton County Sheriff's office, 31-year-old Jamie Wylie was found on the side of a County Road 75 east of St. Cloud last Tuesday.
St. Cloud Police are investigating after two men robbed a St. Cloud Super 8 Motel early Tuesday morning. Police say the two men entered the motel at around 6:48 a.m., one of them armed with a handgun, demanded money and then left without further incident.
Authorities said a standoff with police that lasted more than two hours Tuesday afternoon ended peacefully with the arrest of a 26-year-old man. The incident started with St. Cloud Police attempting a felony traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by a man who had an active warrant for a narcotics probation violation.
24-year-old Mississippi man is accused of shooting a bar employee in St. Cloud last weekend after he was kicked out of the bar for giving alcohol to underage girls, according to charges filed Tuesday in Stearns County Court.
St. Cloud Police say a man has been shot and wounded in an early-morning altercation outside a bar. The police department says a 31-year-old St. Cloud man was shot Saturday about 12:30 a.m. Authorities have arrested a male suspect. The names of the suspect and victim haven't been released.
The Benton County Sheriff's office says a missing Foley man, whose body was found Tuesday, was a victim of homicidal violence. Jamie Wylie, 31, was found Tuesday on the side of County Road 75 between East Germain Street and Mayhew Lake Road, just east of St. Cloud. Wylie was last heard from in a cell phone call on Dec. 9, 2013, after he left a friend's home in St. Cloud. His wife and friends described him as being upset when he left that evening.
Police in St. Cloud are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a train. The incident happened about 7 a.m. Thursday. Two train crossings were closed as St. Cloud police and Minnesota State Patrol investigated.
Officials in central Minnesota say the body of a missing Foley man has been found.
A St. Cloud man faces felony charges after attacking a nurse and two security guards at St. Cloud Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. According to St. Cloud Police, the assaults occurred just before 3 p.m. Joseph Charles Karnik, 24, is facing three felony-assault charges because of his history of violence towards law enforcement.
Authorities are asking for the public's help to locate a missing 5-year-old girl who walked away from her home on Tuesday.
A 43-year-old Annandale woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash in St. Cloud, according to police. At 5:43 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the crash report on the intersection of 40th Street South and County Road 136.
A Sauk Rapids man fought police officers, deputies and staff at St. Cloud Hospital after being arrested Saturday afternoon. Shawn Thomas Iees, 26, was spotted by Stearns County deputies and St. Cloud Police officers just before 2 p.m. while walking on Veteran's Drive near 24th Avenue North in St. Cloud, according to the Stearns County Sheriff's office. Officers attempted to stop Iees, who has three outstanding warrants, but he fled, leading to a brief foot chase.
The 20-year-old man who was shot in the chest behind a strip mall in Sartell Thursday morning has died, according to Sartell Police. Maurice Galvin Jr. of St. Cloud passed away at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Cloud Hospital. On Friday morning, 23-year-old Demetreus Anthony McGinnis was formally charged with second-degree murder.
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Authorities are investigating a shooting incident in Sartell on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred at about noon at a strip mall on the 1700 block of Pine Cone Rd. N., according to Lt. Jon Lentz of the Stearns County Sheriff's office. Police were also called to CentraCare Health Plaza in St. Cloud, which is about five miles away from the scene of the shooting.
Two people have been arrested after a man was robbed and assaulted in his home in St. Cloud on Saturday, according to authorities.
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After 17 months of waiting, a family finally learned how much time the man who killed their son will be in prison. A Stearns County judge sentenced 18-year-old Jesse Smithers to 10 years on Thursday. Smithers admitted to delivering the deadly punch in a St. Cloud alley almost a year and a half ago. On Sept. 21, 2012, Colton Gleason was walking with friends when a car pulled up, and Smithers got out and punched him. Colton died after falling and hitting his head.
Authorities said they are looking for suspects after an assault in St. Cloud late Friday night. Police responded to the incident at about 10:17 p.m. Friday near the area of 8th Avenue and 9th Street South.
Police are looking for a suspect after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted in St. Cloud late Friday night. Authorities responded to the incident at about 11:36 p.m. in the area of 7th Avenue South and 7th Street South.
The State Patrol said Tuesday night that it's investigating a fatal crash involving a semi and a passenger vehicle near St. Cloud.
The St. Cloud Police Department is asking for the public's help after a man in a ski mask robbed a bank Saturday morning. No one was injured during the robbery and no weapons were displayed.
Police are looking for a suspect after a hit-and-run crash left one person injured early Saturday morning in St. Cloud. Authorities responded to the crash at about 12:49 a.m. near the area of 9th Avenue and 13th Street in St. Cloud.
A warrant is out for the arrest of a 24-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in downtown St. Cloud last September.
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It's not just the Twin Cities: ICE agents are operating in Greater Minnesota, too. A week ago, hundreds of protesters confronted federal agents at a Somali mall in St. Cloud. John Lauritsen sat down with the city’s mayor and police chief to talk about how they work to keep the peace during incidents like this.
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