Category Archives: Crime
Daunte Wright Memorial to Stay Put in Brooklyn Center
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - The mayor of the Minneapolis suburb where Daunte Wright was killed by an officer who said she mistook her handgun for her Taser said Tuesday that a memorial to the Black ...
Mar 16, 2022 AP Photo/Julio Cortez
More Details Released in Mahnomen County Officer Involved Shooting
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is releasing more details about a shooting involving a Mahnomen County deputy sheriff. According to a press release from the Minnesota Department...
Mar 16, 2022 Pixabay
Minneapolis Revises Policy on Warrants After Locke Killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Monday announced a new policy for search warrants following the police shooting of a Black man in a downtown apartment, with officers required to kno...
Mar 15, 2022 Associated Press
Court: Minneapolis Doesn't Have to Meet Police Minimum
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned a lower-court ruling that Minneapolis violated its city charter by failing to keep police staffing levels above a minimum. The appellat...
Mar 14, 2022 AP Photo/John Minchillo
Woman Hurt in Officer Involved Shooting in Mahnomen County
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Mahnomen County over the weekend. Officials say a woman was injured after being shot by a Mahnom...
Mar 14, 2022 Unsplash
Minneapolis Cop Seeks Dismissal of Charges in Fatal Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A former Minneapolis police officer has asked a judge to dismiss charges that he killed a man during a high-speed chase, saying the pursuit was justified. Prosecutors charged Brian ...
Mar 14, 2022 Pixabay
Daunte Wright's Family Balks at Plan to Take Down Memorial
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - Plans to take down a memorial at the suburban Minneapolis intersection where Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer are on hold after his family complained. W...
Mar 14, 2022 Dene Dryden/KNSI News
Suspect Wanted by the Department of Corrections Fugitive Task Force Arrested in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A 27-year-old suspect wanted by the Department of Corrections Fugitive Task Force was arrested Friday afternoon in St. Cloud. A press release from the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task ...
Mar 11, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Big Lake Man Sentenced for Exchanging Sexually Based Messages With Investigator Posing as a Teen Girl
(KNSI) - A Big Lake man charged with two felonies after allegedly exchanging sexually-based emails and messages with who he thought was a 15-year-old girl has pleaded guilty. Matthew Eugene Piram pled...
Mar 11, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Police Asking for Help Finding Alleged Gunman in Avon Shooting
Originally posted March 10th, 2022 at 3:37 p.m. Updated March 11th, 2022 10:35 a.m. (KNSI) - Police are asking for the public's help to find the alleged gunman in a Tuesday morning shooting in Avon. P...
Mar 11, 2022 KNSI News