Category Archives: Crime
St. Cloud Woman Shot to Death in Minneapolis
(KNSI) - A 30-year-old woman shot and killed Friday morning in Minneapolis is from St. Cloud. Minneapolis police believe Ta-Nasha Brittanya Shurnene Austin was at a gathering outside a home on the 190...
Mar 21, 2022 Unsplash
Boy Abducted Out of Pope County Found in Paynesville
Originally posted March 17th, 2022 at 4:41 p.m. Updated March 18th, 2022 at 2:57 p.m. (KNSI) - The Pope County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Big Lake man in connection to the abduction of a 2-year-o...
Mar 18, 2022 Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Minnesota Public Defenders May Strike Over Workloads and Pay
Associated Press (AP) - Public defenders are poised to go on strike as early as Tuesday across Minnesota, where unionized attorneys say they've been pushed to the brink by routinely high caseloads tha...
Mar 18, 2022 Unsplash
Sauk Centre Man Pleads Guilty After Impregnating Teen Girl
(KNSI) - A 26-year-old from Sauk Centre charged with criminal sexual conduct after getting a 14-year-old girl pregnant has pleaded guilty. Investigators say the victim's mother called police on Januar...
Mar 18, 2022 Stearns County Jail
St. Cloud Gets Federal Funding For COP House on East Side
(KNSI) - Federal funding for a second Community Outpost in St. Cloud has been secured. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar says $475,000 will help build a second COP House in East St. Cloud. According to a pre...
Mar 17, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Sartell Man Charged After Stealing Money, Wallet From His Grandfather
(KNSI) - A 22-year-old has been charged after allegedly stealing money and a wallet from his grandfather. According to the criminal complaint, a man called police and told them his grandson, Payton Ja...
Mar 17, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Congressman Tom Emmer's Cosponsored Abby Honold Act Signed Into Law
(KNSI) - A bill inspired by a former University of Minnesota student and cosponsored by a central Minnesota congressman was signed into federal law this week. The Abby Honold Act creates a two-year te...
Mar 17, 2022 U.S. House of Representatives
Man Charged After Allegedly Punching and Robbing Bicyclist
(KNSI) - A 35-year-old man is under arrest after allegedly punching a person on a bike and robbing them. According to the criminal complaint, about 6:45 Monday evening, police were called to Universit...
Mar 17, 2022 Stearns County Jail
$2.4M to be Paid to Man Shot in Eye During Floyd Protests
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis man who lost an eye when he was hit by a projectile fired by police during protests that followed George Floyd's killing will get a $2.4 million settlement. Soren Stev...
Mar 16, 2022 Unsplash
Minnesota Parents: Son Taken by Russian Military in Ukraine
WINONA, Minn. (AP) - Some Minnesota parents fear for the safety of their adult son in Ukraine who they say was taken by the Russian military. Tina Hauser, of Winona, told KAAL-TV the last time she spo...
Mar 16, 2022 Unsplash