Crime, Law and Justice

April 22, 2024 3:21 PM

State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, was arrested early Monday morning without incident, police said, and no weapons were involved. She was booked into the Becker County jail.

by MPR News Staff

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April 22, 2024 12:57 PM

Learn about Minnesota‘s newest Supreme Court Justices, Judges Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy

Gov. Tim Walz appointed the judges to replace two retiring justices. They will return the state’s highest court to a majority of women.

by Nina Moini, Brian Bakst and Ellen Finn

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April 22, 2024 11:00 AM

Man shot, wounded after standoff with police at Woodbury shopping center

Woodbury police say a man was shot and wounded by officers outside a Target store on Monday morning, after a standoff that prompted a shelter-in-place alert for the area.

by MPR News Staff and Peter Cox

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April 22, 2024 8:01 AM

Walz appoints Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy to Minnesota Supreme Court

Gov. Tim Walz on Monday announced the appointment of two new Supreme Court justices — Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy — who are set to replace retiring justices Margaret H. Chutich and G. Barry Anderson.

by Dana Ferguson

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April 22, 2024 5:27 AM

Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

A prosecutor says Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Manhattan district attorney’s office prosecutor Matthew Colangelo made the remarks during opening statements Monday at Trump’s historic hush money trial.

by The Associated Press

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April 22, 2024 4:00 AM

Jury selection set to start in first Feeding Our Future trial

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning in the trial of several of the people accused of taking part in a $250 million scheme to defraud government child nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Matt Sepic

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April 20, 2024 4:03 PM

Military court convicts U.S. sailor of attempted espionage

A naval chief petty officer who served on a Japan-based destroyer was found guilty of sharing classified information with a foreign government, the Navy's investigative agency said.

by Luke Garrett

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April 19, 2024 1:43 PM

Person rushed away on stretcher after fire extinguished outside Trump hush money trial

Emergency crews rushed away a person on a stretcher after fire was extinguished outside the Manhattan courthouse where jury selection was taking place Friday in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case. No other details were immediately available from police.

by The Associated Press

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April 19, 2024 9:25 AM

Hopkins parents charged with manslaughter after 9-year-old’s fatal asthma attack

Two parents from Hopkins have been charged with manslaughter after their 9-year-old daughter died from an asthma attack earlier this year.

by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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April 19, 2024 6:53 AM

Where gun violence is common, some students say physical safety is a top concern

In Minneapolis, students grapple with grief and fear as gun violence, including the murder of Deshaun Hill Jr., impacts their school community.

by Meg Anderson

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