Crime, Law and Justice

November 23, 2016 1:09 PM

Swanson recommends policy changes on opioid prescriptions

Attorney General Lori Swanson has recommended changes in the way controlled substances are prescribed in Minnesota in hopes of reducing the number of deaths from prescription painkillers.

by Associated Press

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November 23, 2016 10:38 AM

Police don't believe Detroit officer shooting was an ambush

A police officer is in critical condition after he was shot in the head while on patrol near a university campus in Detroit, but authorities said Wednesday he was probably not ambushed.

by Associated Press

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November 23, 2016 7:46 AM

Police shoot suspect in Prior Lake killing after chase, confrontation

Three suspects are in custody. Prior Lake Police Chief Mark Elliott said that the homicide that started the chase was not a random attack and there were witnesses in the house.

by Brandt Williams

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November 22, 2016 8:28 PM

Detroit Police: Wayne State University officer shot

An officer who works for Wayne State University in Detroit was shot while on duty Tuesday evening near the campus and was in "critical" condition, the city's police chief said.

by Associated Press

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November 22, 2016 8:17 PM

Former 'person of interest' in Wetterling case to sue sheriff

Dan Rassier, 53, said it ruined his reputation to be wrongly accused in the high-profile case.

by Matt Sepic

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November 22, 2016 5:21 PM

Mpls. woman who hanged 1-year-old 'couldn't take it anymore'

Nataliia Karia was charged with attempted murder for hanging a child in her day care, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Tuesday. The child was rescued and survived.

by MPR News Staff

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November 22, 2016 5:07 PM

Accused accomplices in 4th Precinct protest shooting want charges dropped

Attorneys say the men didn't know the accused shooter brought a gun to protest at 4th police precinct protests last year.

by Brandt Williams

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November 22, 2016 4:53 PM

Man charged with bias crime in attack of Somali-speaking person on bus

Prosecutors charged a homeless man with a bias crime for an attack on a man who was speaking Somali while riding a Metro Transit bus.

by Peter Cox

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November 22, 2016 3:45 PM

Muslim leaders: Wash. Co. 5th-grader threatened Somali child with air gun

Minnesota Muslim leaders are calling for increased protection of Muslim students in state schools after they say an Afton-Lakeland Elementary fifth-grader tried to bring an air pistol to school after threatening to shoot a Somali-American third-grader.

by MPR News Staff

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November 22, 2016 2:41 PM

Prosecutors: Drug deal triggered Anoka Co. store shooting, chase

The Anoka County Attorney's Office on Monday charged Castle Rogers Ahlbeck on suspicion of shooting a man in East Bethel, then leading police on a harrowing car chase that ended when an officer wounded Ahlbeck.

by MPR News Staff

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