Category Archives: Crime
Carver County Man Arrested After Allegedly Driving Drunk and Fleeing Police
(KNSI) - A 22-year-old Carver County man was arrested early Sunday morning after police said he was drunk and fled from a traffic stop in St. Cloud. According to the criminal complaint, a St. Cloud po...
Feb 08, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Police: Two Arrested After Animal Abuse Complaint Also Turns Up Guns and Drugs
(KNSI) - Two people from Waite Park were arrested on February 3rd after police said they found drugs and guns following complaints from neighbors that it sounded like someone was abusing dogs inside t...
Feb 08, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Lung Expert: Officers Could Have Saved George Floyd's Life
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - George Floyd could have been saved if Minneapolis police officers had moved him into a position to breathe more easily, and his chances of survival "doubled or tripled" if they ...
Feb 07, 2022 Photo from Hennepin County Jail
Senate GOP Reveals Plan to Resolve Unemployment Fund Deficit
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Senate Republicans on Monday released a $2.73 billion proposal to repay the state's debt to the federal government for unemployment benefits during the pandemic and pr...
Feb 07, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Plea Deal Reached With Man Accused of Stabbing Woman During Standoff in Belgrade
(KNSI) - A man has been convicted of stabbing a woman in Belgrade during a methamphetamine-fueled standoff that lasted 14 hours last fall. Christopher Allen Shepersky pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree assa...
Feb 07, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Amir Locke Shooting Rekindles Mistrust of Minneapolis Police
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The killing of a Black man by Minneapolis police serving a search warrant left his family and activists angry and questioning the credibility of a department that was widely critici...
Feb 07, 2022 Minneapolis Police Department
Charges Dropped Against Man Accused of Tampering
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge has dismissed charges against a Minneapolis man accused of trying to intimidate a judge presiding over the manslaughter trial of the former officer convicted in Daunte Wrigh...
Feb 07, 2022 Unsplash
Minneapolis Mayor Announces Moratorium on No-Knock Warrants
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minneapolis mayor on Friday imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed this week as a SWAT team executed a search warrant. Mayor Jacob Frey said the m...
Feb 04, 2022 Mayor Jacob Frey gives a speech at the Jefe Urban Cocina restaurant on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey risked his bid for a second term by opposing a push to replace the city's police department. Voters agreed with Frey on the policing question, but they left the mayor guessing until Wednesday about his own re-election..(AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
Minnesota National Guard Authorized by Governor
(KNSI) - The Minnesota National Guard has been authorized to help Minneapolis and St. Paul in case of civil unrest. Governor Tim Walz issued Executive Order 22-02, authorizing the Minnesota National G...
Feb 04, 2022 Ian Hutchinson/Unsplash
Activist: Man Shot by Police Didn't Live in Raided Apartment
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man fatally shot by Minneapolis police executing a search warrant in a homicide investigation did not live in the apartment raided by the SWAT team, according to a civil rights at...
Feb 03, 2022 Pixabay