Category Archives: Courts
Minnesota prosecutor: Deputies 'justified' in Otsego killing
OTSEGO, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota prosecutor said Monday that sheriff's deputies were "completely justified" when they fatally shot a man in Otsego who they said had threatened them with a knife. Wrigh...
Dec 12, 2022 Unsplash
Officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back faces sentencing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back as one of his colleagues pinned the man's neck to the pavement is being sentenced on a state count. J. Alexa...
Dec 09, 2022 Hennepin County Jail via AP Photos
Melrose Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges
(KNSI) - A Melrose man will be sentenced on drug and gun charges while having more than a dozen other counts dismissed Rodolfo Ramirez Jr. has pleaded guilty to possessing a controlled substance in th...
Dec 08, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Key Derek Chauvin prosecutor confirmed as federal judge
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The U.S. Senate has confirmed Jerry Blackwell - one of the prosecutors who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the killing of George Floyd - as the next ...
Dec 08, 2022 Associated Press
Judge orders slaughterhouse cleaners not to hire minors
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A federal judge ordered a Wisconsin company that cleans hundreds of slaughterhouses nationwide to ensure it is complying with child labor laws after investigators identified at leas...
Dec 07, 2022 Unsplash
Minnesota board: Moorhead-made THC gummies are too potent
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy on Monday sued a Moorhead-based manufacturer of THC-laced gummies, saying the company's candies contain far stronger doses of the chemical that g...
Dec 06, 2022 Unsplash
$35 Million Real Estate Fraud Involves Stearns County Properties
(KNSI) - Matt Onofrio went from being a nurse anesthetist at Mayo Clinic to a famed real estate mogul, supposedly worth $160 million, in under three years. His eye-popping success turned out to be a c...
Dec 05, 2022 Pixabay
Investigators: Firm that cleans meat plants employed minors
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Wisconsin company that cleans hundreds of meatpacking plants nationwide is defending itself against allegations that it employed more than two dozen minors working overnight shift...
Nov 23, 2022 AP Photo/Eraldo Peres
Disgraced St. Cloud Priest Defrocked
(KNSI) - A priest in the Diocese of St. Cloud has been defrocked. Father Anthony Oelrich was released from prison in October after admitting he initiated a sexual relationship with a woman who went to...
Nov 22, 2022 Minnesota Department of Corrections
Man Charged After Allegedly Leading Police on a Miles Long Pursuit
(KNSI) - A 33-year-old Bloomington man accused of leading police on a miles-long chase at speeds of 100 miles an hour has been charged. According to the criminal complaint filed in Stearns County, jus...
Nov 22, 2022 Stearns County Jail