Category Archives: Crime
Police Looking For Armed and Dangerous Shooting Suspect
(KNSI) - Police say a dangerous suspect is on the run after a shooting in northwestern Minnesota. Phoutthasa Prathane is accused of shooting a person in Pelican Rapids on Sunday afternoon. The Otter T...
Apr 11, 2022 Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Minneapolis man sentenced to 12 years for armed robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for an armed robbery that injured one person, the U.S. attorney's office said Friday. Abdiweli Mohamed Jama, 32, pleaded g...
Apr 11, 2022 Unsplash
Roseville officer injured in shootout released from hospital
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A suburban Minneapolis officer who was seriously injured when a gunman fired more than 100 rounds in a shootout with police has been released from the hospital. Officer Ryan Duxbury...
Apr 11, 2022 Roseville Police Department
Former Police Chief Accused of Fraud
(KNSI) - A retired police chief is under arrest after allegedly using more than $65,000 in public money for personal expenses. Former Alexandria Police Cheif Richard Wyffels was taken into custody aft...
Apr 08, 2022 Unsplash
Suspect Who Shot Officer Had Long Struggled With Mental Illness
(KNSI) - The suspect accused of shooting a Roseville police officer in the face has a long history of severe mental illness. Records show that 53-year-old Jesse Henri Werling had been arrested numerou...
Apr 08, 2022 Pixabay
Man Accused of Touching Woman as She Slept, Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct
(KNSI) - A Foley man has been accused of groping a woman while she was asleep. On Sunday afternoon, a woman called the police and said Bryce Holewa had sexually assaulted her. According to the crimina...
Apr 07, 2022 Jake Judd/KNSI News
Man Charged After Allegedly Stalking and Beating a Woman
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud man accused of punching and strangling a woman is facing nine charges. According to the criminal complaint, police began the investigation on April 4th after the woman reported mu...
Apr 07, 2022 Stearns County Jail
St. Cloud Man Sentenced to Prison for Food Stamp, Covid Assistance Fraud
(KNSI) - A 60-year-old St. Cloud business owner has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and three years probation for defrauding two government assistance programs. Hared Nur Jibril owned...
Apr 07, 2022 Unsplash
Feds: Medical device CEO owes more than $6 million in taxes
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A CEO of a suburban Minneapolis medical device company is accused of failing to pay more than $6 million in payroll taxes, interest and penalties to the Internal Revenue Service. La...
Apr 06, 2022 Pixabay
Police Find Meth, Cocaine and a Gun During Search of Home
(KNSI) - Police say two small children were removed from a Willmar home and the adults were arrested after police seize around 3.4 pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and a gun. The CEE-VI Drug and Gan...
Apr 06, 2022