Category Archives: Crime

Suspect Arrested in Avon Shooting
(KNSI) - The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says an arrest has been made in connection to the shooting of an 18-year-old in Avon earlier this month. According to officials, 21-year-old Emmanuel Galen...
Jennifer Lewerenz Mar 29, 2022 KNSI News

Suspect Sought in Fatal Champlin Stabbing
CHAMPLIN, Minn. (AP) - Police in a Minneapolis suburb are searching for a suspect in a fatal stabbing. According to authorities, a 35-year-old woman was found unresponsive in the front yard of a resid...
Associated Press Mar 29, 2022 Unsplash

Feds: Minnesota Man Stole Guns, Ammo From Shipping Facility
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A man is accused of stealing numerous boxes of guns and ammunition while working at a national shipping company in Minnesota, prosecutors said Monday. Jason Cikotte, of Isanti, ...
Associated Press Mar 29, 2022 Unsplash

Regulators May Suspend Sheriff after Drunken Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - State regulators are considering suspending Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson in light of his drunken-driving conviction in December. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Fr...
Associated Press Mar 25, 2022 Hennepin County Sheriff's Facebook

Sauk Rapids Man Sentenced to Probation in Sexual Assault Plea Deal
(KNSI) - A 22-year-old from Sauk Rapids will avoid jail after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting three teen girls. Deshun Nathan was charged in Stearns County District Court with three counts of t...
Jennifer Lewerenz Mar 25, 2022 Unsplash

Suspect Charged After Allegedly Groping and Assaulting Nurses
(KNSI) - A 22-year-old from Marshall was arrested after allegedly groping and assaulting two nurses and making sexually-based remarks about their bodies. According to the criminal complaint, police we...
Jennifer Lewerenz Mar 25, 2022 Stearns County Jail

Sheriff Looking For Vehicle of Interest in 2016 Homicide Near Little Falls
(KNSI) - Officials are looking for information about a vehicle connected to the murder of a deer hunter near Little Falls in 2016. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office says it's looking for a blue van...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2022 Morrison County Sheriff's Office
Minneapolis City Council OKs Contentious Police Union Pact
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minneapolis City Council approved a police union contract Thursday over complaints by activists and others that the deal leaves out new disciplinary rules necessitated by a seri...
Associated Press Mar 24, 2022

St. Cloud Bank Hostage Suspect Found Incompetent to Stand Trial
(KNSI) - A man accused of holding five hostages during an attempted robbery at a bank in St. Cloud has been found incompetent to stand trial. According to the criminal complaint, McNeary went to the b...
Jake Judd Mar 24, 2022 Dene Dryden (KNSI News)
Lawmakers Propose Changes to Felony Murder Laws
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Megan Cater and her friend Briana Martinson went to a friend's house in 2017 to retrieve prescription medication they thought was stolen from Martinson. They brought along two o...
Associated Press Mar 24, 2022