Category Archives: Crime
Police: Shooting Suspect, Wanted Man Arrested on DOC Warrant
(KNSI) - A man has been arrested in connection to multiple reports of gunshots in St. Cloud over the weekend. Officers were called to a report of shots fired in the 600-block of 5th Street South. Acco...
Jan 31, 2022 Photo Taken by Stearns County Jail
Wanted Fugitive Arrested in Stearns County
(KNSI) - A fugitive wanted by the Minnesota Department of Corrections was arrested in St. Cloud on Friday. The DOC had 60-year-old John Ronald Zwirtz on its list of wanted fugitives for just one day b...
Jan 31, 2022 Stearns County Jail
Trial to Resume for Cops Accused of Violating Floyd's Rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Evidence about Minneapolis Police Department policies and training is expected to be the focus as testimony resumes for a second week in the federal trial of three former Minnea...
Jan 31, 2022 Court TV via AP, Pool, File
Man Charged After Allegedly Getting 14-year-old Pregnant
(KNSI) - A Sauk Centre man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct after allegedly impregnating a 14-year-old girl. Investigators say the victim's mother called police on January 19th to report ...
Jan 28, 2022 Photo Taken by the Stearns County Jail
The Stearns County Sheriff's Office Uncovers Gift Card Scam
(KNSI) - A scammer stole money off a Walmart gift card bought by the Stearns County Sheriff's Office for a family in need. The sheriff's office says that on most Christmases the department identifies ...
Jan 28, 2022 Pixabay
Firefighter: George Floyd 'Needed Help and Wasn't Getting It'
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - First, it was a paramedic, testifying that the officers who restrained George Floyd didn't call in critical information as his ambulance rushed to the scene where Floyd would so...
Jan 27, 2022 Court TV via AP, Pool, File
Twenty One Charged With Trafficking Drugs in Northern Minnesota
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Twenty-one members of a drug-trafficking organization have been charged with transporting and distributing fentanyl and heroin in northern Minnesota, according to officials. Dulut...
Jan 27, 2022 Unsplash
Walz Pitches Public Safety Spending Plan to Reduce Crime
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday released the public safety portion of his supplemental budget featuring hundreds of millions of dollars for law enforcement agencies and communi...
Jan 27, 2022 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Prosecution Witnesses Say They Feared for George Floyd's Life
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Prosecutors at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights are trying to show that even bystanders knew the ...
Jan 26, 2022 AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Central MN Lawmaker Won't Support Gun Control Bill
(KNSI) - A central Minnesota lawmaker says he won't support a gun control bill introduced by Democrats this week. State Representative Paul Novotny, R-Elk River, says House File 2705 'Firearn Safety A...
Jan 25, 2022 Pixabay