Category Archives: Crime
Opening Statements Monday in Federal Trial for Three Ex-Minneapolis Cops
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights as Derek Chauvin pinned the Black man's neck to the street is e...
Jan 24, 2022 Court TV via AP, Pool, File
2022 Minnesota Legislative Session Preview: Record Surplus, Crime, Redistricting, COVID-19, Taxes and More
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Legislature will enjoy a $7.7 billion surplus when it convenes Jan. 31, a strong financial position but one that is bound to set up clashes in this election year over ...
Jan 24, 2022 Pixabay
Book Causes Handful of Parents to Pull Kids From English Class
(KNSI) - A small number of parents have pulled their kids from a central Minnesota school district's English class over a controversial book. The Sartell-St. Stephen School District incorporated the b...
Jan 24, 2022 Sartell-St. Stephen School District
Police: Man choked, Beat Woman in Head With Hammer in Waite Park
(KNSI) - A man in Waite Park is accused of hitting a woman in the head with a hammer because she was moving too slow. Police were called to a home on Thursday afternoon after 31-year-old Andre Shyron ...
Jan 21, 2022 Stearns County Jail
EXPLAINER: Will Chauvin Testify at Trial of 3 Other Cops?
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - As the federal trial for three former Minneapolis officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights is set to begin Monday, some wonder whether Derek Chauvin - the off...
Jan 21, 2022 Hennepin County District Court
Father Accused of Beating Child With Baseball Bat
(KNSI) - A Waite Park man is accused of beating a girl with a baseball bat while high on methamphetamine. Police were called to a home on Joymar Drive around 5:15 a.m. on Thursday for a possible domes...
Jan 21, 2022 Photo taken by Stearns County Jail
Police: Man Choked, Assaulted Woman in St. Cloud
(KNSI) - A St. Cloud man with a criminal history is accused of strangling a woman after telling him she had a new boyfriend. According to the criminal complaint filed in Stearns County District Court,...
Jan 21, 2022 Photo: Stearns County Jail
Three Arrested on Outstanding Warrants in St. Cloud Friday Morning
(KNSI) - Three men were arrested in St. Cloud Friday morning on outstanding warrants for allegedly selling and possessing drugs. According to a press release from the St. Cloud Police Department, just...
Jan 21, 2022 KNSI News
Woman Identified 27 Years After Remains Found in Michigan
WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The body of a woman found in a western Michigan ditch has been identified 27 years later. Authorities using DNA and genealogical tests learned that the remains were Shell...
Jan 21, 2022 Unsplash
Florida Man Charged After Four People Found Dead Along the U.S. Canadian Border
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) - A Florida man was charged Thursday with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what author...
Jan 21, 2022 Unsplash