Category Archives: Courts

Beyer Sentenced Nearly Nine Years For Bias Crime And Assault
(KNSI) - The suspect convicted of deliberately crashing an unoccupied SUV into the Cold Spring home of a multi-racial family has been sentenced. Judge Andrew Pearson sentenced Benton Louis Beyer to 10...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 18, 2022 Stearns County Jail

Four Arrested as Part of Multiple Fentanyl Investigations
(KNSI) - Four people were arrested after guns and methamphetamine were allegedly seized from a St. Cloud home on November 10th. The Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force executed the search wa...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 17, 2022 Unsplash

Centennial Visitors Get Peek Inside Judges' Chambers
(KNSI) - During the centennial open house for the Stearns County Courthouse Tuesday night, even the judges' chambers were open to the public. Senior Justice Mary Mahler, who was appointed by Governor ...
Ashley Kolling Nov 16, 2022

Stearns County Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Leading a Meth Trafficking Ring While in Prison
(KNSI) - A Stearns County man has been sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine while he was still behind bars. Investigators say 39-year-old Robert Edward ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 15, 2022 Stearns County Jail

Suspect Charged After Weekend Shooting in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A 31-year-old St. Cloud man is now charged after a shooting Saturday night. According to the criminal complaint, officers were called to an apartment building on the 1400 block of 9th Avenue ...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 15, 2022 Stearns County Jail

Minnesota to Receive Over $8 Million as Part of Google Settlement
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Attorney General's Office announced Monday it had reached a settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. Minnesota and a bipa...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 14, 2022 Pixabay

Stearns County Courthouse Turns 100
Originally published October 26th, 2022 12:40 p.m. Updated November 14th, 2022 10:01 a.m. (KNSI) - The Stearns County courthouse celebrates a century as a staple of the downtown St. Cloud skyline. The...
Ashley Kolling Nov 14, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News

Violent Offender Task Force Bust Leads to Discovery of Over 300 Pressed Fentanyl Pills
(KNSI) - A 28-year-old man is facing four felony charges after allegedly selling fentanyl pills. According to the criminal complaint earlier this fall, the Violent Offender Task Force learned of someo...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 11, 2022 Stearns County Jail

Thirty One Children Found Working Overnight on Meat Processing Plant Kill Floors in Minnesota and Nebraska
(KNSI) - The U.S. Department of Labor has requested a temporary nationwide injunction against Wisconsin-based Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. after it was discovered minors were working in dangerous...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 11, 2022 Unsplash

Suspect Accused of Beating St. Cloud State University Swimmer Sentenced
(KNSI) - The suspect accused of brutally beating a fellow St. Cloud State University student last fall has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of probation. Ezayah Marcell Gomez Oropeza p...
Jennifer Lewerenz Nov 10, 2022 Stearns County Jail