Category Archives: Courts
Former Owner Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Torching Press Bar and Parlor
(KNSI) - The Press Bar and Parlor owner will spend six years behind bars and pay $3 million in restitution after pleading guilty to setting the business on fire. See video from the fire here. Andrew W...
Sep 30, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Sauk Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charges
(KNSI) - A 21-year-old Sauk Rapids man has pleaded guilty to willfully manufacturing firearms without a license. According to court documents, between the fall of 2021 through April 2022, Jay James Ol...
Sep 29, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Some schools closed in Minnesota district where 2 were shot
RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - Administrators closed secondary schools in a Minnesota school district Monday after receiving online threats following a shooting during a homecoming game last week. The Richfi...
Sep 26, 2022 Unsplash
EXPLAINER: How Alleged Plot Exploited Pandemic to Net $250 Million
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Department of Justice has charged 48 people in Minnesota in what prosecutors have called a $250 million scheme to defraud a federal meals program. Prosecutors said just a fracti...
Sep 22, 2022 Unsplash
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane Sentenced in State Case
(KNSI) - Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to three years in prison for aiding and abetting second degree manslaughter in connection to the death of George Floyd. Lane pleade...
Sep 21, 2022 Hennepin County Jail via AP Photos
Manufactured Home Park Management Company Settles With AG's Office Over Threats
(KNSI) - Manufactured home park residents may feel relief after a property management company has agreed to a settlement with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. Summit Management, LLC, which own...
Sep 21, 2022 Pixabay
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Minnesota Man Accused of Threatening U.S. Senator
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted a Minnesota man accused of threatening to kill a U.S. senator. Brendon Daugherty is being held in the Sherburne County Jail, in Elk River, Minnesot...
Sep 20, 2022 Unsplash
JBS Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Settle Price Fixing Lawsuit
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - JBS has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit with consumers that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring with other meat companies to inflate the price of pork. The l...
Sep 20, 2022 Unsplash
Two Charged After Causing Damage to Church Property
(KNSI) - Two men have been charged after causing major damage to a church in Sauk Centre on Friday. According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the unidentified church just after 1:00 o...
Sep 20, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Man Pleads Guilty After Package of Fentanyl Pills Headed to St. Cloud Intercepted at MSP International
(KNSI) - One of three people accused of trying to smuggle thousands of fentanyl pills to the St. Cloud area has been convicted. Eric Dodd has pled guilty to one count of first-degree drug possession. ...
Sep 20, 2022 Unsplash