Slender Man Attorney: Girl Can't Face Trial In Adult Court
An attorney for one of two young girls accused of stabbing their classmate to please the horror character Slender Man is arguing his client doesn't belong in adult court.
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An attorney for one of two young girls accused of stabbing their classmate to please the horror character Slender Man is arguing his client doesn't belong in adult court.
A 30-year-old man faces charges in connection to the sexual assault of his ex-girlfriend in St. Paul and a police chase that ended with him crashing his car in Eagan early Thursday morning, according to the Ramsey County Attorney's Office.
A 25-year-old man faces murder charges in connection to the stabbing death of a 35-year-old Redby woman, who was found in a pool of blood in a Bemidji street Friday night. The Beltrami County Attorney's office says Brian Keith Jourdain, of Bemidji, was charged Tuesday with two counts of second-degree murder.
A southeastern Wisconsin judge will decide whether there's enough evidence to send to trial two girls accused of nearly killing a classmate to please a fantasy character called Slender Man.
A 25-year-old Rosemount woman pleaded guilty Friday to helping her boyfriend after he killed two people within a few hours in 2013. Ashley Marie Conrade pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding an offender after the fact in connection with the murders of 23-year-old Palagor Jobi and 20-year-old Anarae Schunk. Murder charges were dropped as part of her plea deal.
Minneapolis police are hoping tips from the public will lead to the arrest of the person responsible in an August 2014 stabbing death. On Aug. 16, 2014, police were called to a report of a stabbing at about 2:20 a.m. Saturday on Franklin Avenue between 4th and 5th Avenues South.
A Champlin man has been sentenced to just over 14 years in prison for stabbing the mother of his children. The victim told police Robert Siegfried texted her to pick up their children. She said when she arrived, he stabbed her repeatedly.
The actor who played Screech on the 1990s TV series "Saved by the Bell" is expected to appear in a Wisconsin courtroom for a hearing on whether a stabbing case against him will proceed.
Police say a 38-year-old woman was stabbed to death late Sunday night, and a 49-year-old man is in custody in connection with the incident.
St. Paul Police say a 38-year-old woman died in a stabbing late Sunday night, and they are looking for her ex-boyfriend as a suspect. Police say the incident happened at about 8:38 p.m. on the 300 block of Dale Street N. in St. Paul.
A Stewartville man faces attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill his roommate. The Rochester Post-Bulletin reports deputies discovered 25-year-old Joseph Michael Dahl sitting on a window sill in his apartment building Tuesday. He was yelling and cutting himself with a knife.
The actor famous for playing Samuel "Screech" Powers on the 90s TV series "Saved By The Bell" was arrested Friday in Wisconsin. According to the Ozaukee Country Sheriff's Office, 37-year-old Dustin Diamond was arrested and charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety, possession of a switchblade knife and carrying a concealed weapon.
Bloomington Police have arrested a 44-year-old man in connection with the stabbing of a gas station employee Sunday. Pharoh Atteff Merritt of Bloomington was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of stabbing a 22-year-old worker at the BP gas station at 7801 Portland Ave on Sunday night, according to police.
Minneapolis police arrested a man overnight they believe is connected to a fatal stabbing at a light rail station. Officers took 25-year old Anthony Bowker into custody around midnight Sunday after investigators tracked him to a homeless shelter. They believe he stabbed a man to death at the Lake Street stop along the Blue Line around 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
A man is dead after a stabbing at a light rail station in Minneapolis Saturday afternoon. Minneapolis Police say the incident happened at the Lake Street - Midtown Station platform near Hiawatha Avenue. Metro Transit and Minneapolis police are investigating.
The attorney for a Wisconsin girl accused of repeatedly stabbing a classmate to please a fictional horror character is expected to tell a judge whether the defense will challenge a doctor's claim that the 12-year-old is mentally fit to stand trial. A Waukesha County judge is scheduled to hear from the defense Tuesday afternoon.
One of two preteen girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man is due back in court.
Police have arrested a Minnesota man on attempted murder and criminal mischief charges after a fight outside a downtown Fargo hotel.
Doctors disagree over whether the second of two 12-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fictional horror character is fit to stand trial. A Wisconsin judge said Wednesday that he received a report from a state doctor who believes the girl could help with her defense.
The quick thinking of three Minneapolis police officers is being credited for saving a man's life. An officer saw two people arguing early Saturday morning on Nicollet Mall and 5th Street when a girl pulled out a knife and stabbed a man.
Authorities said three people suffered non-life threatening injuries and a man is in custody after a domestic dispute led to a triple stabbing in St. Paul early Tuesday morning. St. Paul Police were called to a report of a fight between a man and a woman at about 12:15 a.m. at an apartment on the 400 block of Fry Street.
A man is recovering after being stabbed overnight in downtown Minneapolis. The stabbing occurred around 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning near a bus stop on 5th Street and Nicollet Mall.
A northwestern Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 6 ½ years in federal prison for fatally stabbing a man on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.
A 26-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday to more than six years in prison for stabbing a man to death with a grill fork and kitchen knives last Fourth of July, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Alison Ann Brown, a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for one count of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Byron Lussier Sr.
The mother of a 12-year-old Wisconsin girl stabbed 19 times says her daughter's will to live is the reason she found the strength to crawl out of the woods to get help following the attack. Stacie Leutner and her husband have been talking with ABC's David Muir about their daughter and her ordeal last May following a sleepover with two classmates.
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Sunday afternoon will be another mild one with highs near 70 under a sunny sky.
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Federal prosecutors say a small-town Wisconsin police chief tried to help California gun dealers import illegal armor-piercing rounds from Europe.
Local and federal law enforcement are investigating after nearly 50 firearms and "a large quantity of ammunition" were stolen from a sporting goods store in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Friday.
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