Crime, Law and Justice

September 15, 2017 5:29 PM

Justice Dept. changes community policing; St. Anthony uncertain about effect

The Department of Justice announced changes Friday to a program that's been used to recommend reforms to police departments roiled by controversial shootings.

by Jon Collins

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September 15, 2017 5:25 PM

Leaders blast security guard rumored to have blamed nonexistent black shooter

Police say Brent Ahlers, a former St. Catherine University security guard, told them he accidentally shot himself in the shoulder and made up a story about an intruder. The school issued an apology Friday evening.

by Martin Moylan

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September 15, 2017 2:13 PM

Officer who stopped Minnesota mall stabbing speaks out

The off-duty police officer says he hopes other officers would have done the same thing in his situation.

by Associated Press

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September 15, 2017 1:49 PM

Search for perpetrators of bomb on London subway, 29 wounded

Police have confirmed that the explosion that hit the Parsons Green station during the morning rush hour is being treated as a terrorist incident.

by The Associated Press

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September 15, 2017 12:14 PM

Former St. Louis police officer is acquitted of murder in Anthony Lamar Smith case

"No one promised a rose garden, and this surely is not one," Judge Timothy Wilson wrote in his ruling on the 2011 killing. Prosecutors had accused Jason Stockley of planting a gun.

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September 15, 2017 8:00 AM

In year since mall attack, St. Cloud works to heal division

Sunday marks one year since a knife-wielding man went on a stabbing rampage at a shopping mall in St. Cloud, leaving 10 people wounded and the community shaken.

by Kirsti Marohn

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September 15, 2017 7:45 AM

Man dies after suspected drunk driver crashes into building

Three others were injured in the crash that occurred earlier this week in Zimmerman, Minn. The driver faces criminal vehicular homicide charge.

by Mark Zdechlik

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September 14, 2017 5:05 PM

Police detonate what looked like a pipe bomb at Brooklyn Park college

Brooklyn Park police say the device was found outside an office at Hennepin Technical College.

by MPR News Staff

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September 14, 2017 9:35 AM

Video: Goodbye to 'one of the good ones': Wayzata officer mourned

Officer Bill Mathews, 47, was clearing debris off U.S. Highway 12 last week when he was struck and killed by a driver. Hundreds of law enforcement officers and citizens have come to a church in Plymouth to mourn his loss.

by Tim Nelson

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September 14, 2017 7:50 AM

Court revokes Martin Shkreli's bail citing his 'solicitation of assault'

Shkreli, convicted of securities fraud, will await sentencing in jail after a federal judge called him an "ongoing risk to the community."

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