>>Mayor Frey: ICE Operations Cost Minneapolis $203 Million

(Minneapolis) – The City of Minneapolis has suffered a $203 million dollar impact from the last month of ICE operations. That was announced by Mayor Jacob Frey at a news conference Friday afternoon. Frey says that amount represents losses to the economy, the community, the mental health of neighbors and the additional food and shelter insecurity. Frey said, “Our focus now must be on moving forward and making sure our neighbors and businesses have our support. So, we’re going to do what we’ve always done. We’re going to rebuild, we will restore trust and we’re going to move forward as a unified city.” Frey says he will request that the federal and state governments help the city recover from those losses. This week, Border Czar Tom Homan announced the federal immigration operation was ending in Minneapolis.

>>ICE Says Officers Gave False Statements in Minneapolis Shooting Incident

(Minneapolis, MN) — Two federal immigration agents are now on administrative leave after ICE officials said video evidence contradicts their sworn statements about a January 14th incident in north Minneapolis that ended with a man being shot in the leg. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons announced today (FRI) that a joint review by ICE and the D-O-J found the officers “appear to have made untruthful statements.” Both are now under federal investigation. The agents had claimed two men, Alfredo Aljorna and Julio Sosa Celis, assaulted them with a broom and a shovel before one agent fired his weapon. But federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the charges Thursday, saying newly discovered evidence does not match the officers’ account. The investigation remains active.

>>Grand Jury Indicts St. Paul Woman for Biting Federal Agent’s Finger

(Minneapolis, MN) — A St. Paul woman is facing federal charges for biting off the tip of a federal agent’s finger after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis. A grand jury indicted 27-year-old Claire Louise Feng today for inflicting bodily injury on a federal law enforcement officer. Feng is accused of tackling a C-B-P officer who was attempted to arrest a protester who threw a chemical canister. The indictment says a Homeland Security Investigations officer gained control of Feng, and she forcibly bit his right finger, severing the tip. The incident happened January 24th between 27th and 28th streets near Nicollet Avenue.

>>Washington State Woman Charged with Threatening Federal Agent, Family

(Minneapolis, MN) — A federal grand jury indicted an 18-year-old Washington woman on charges of threatening to murder an F-B-I special agent and members of the agent’s family. Prosecutors say Brenna Doyle is accused of leaving a series of threatening voicemails in January. The agent’s personal information had been stolen two days earlier during a protest in Minneapolis, where demonstrators damaged F-B-I vehicles and took government equipment and documents containing employee home addresses and phone numbers. Investigators traced three threatening calls to a phone linked to Doyle.

>>California Man Charged with Threatening Five Federal Agents After Minneapolis Protest

(Minneapolis, MN) — A federal grand jury indicted a 45-year-old California man on five counts of interstate transmission of threats following a January protest in Minneapolis. Prosecutors say James Patrick Lyons sent threatening text messages to five F-B-I special agents on January 18th. The agents’ personal information was taken four days earlier, when protesters damaged F-B-I vehicles, stole government equipment, and obtained documents containing federal employees’ phone numbers and home addresses. The indictment claims each agent received a similar message claiming the sender knew who they were and where to find them. Investigators later linked one of the phone numbers used to Lyons.

>>Illinois Man Charged with Threatening Federal Agent After Minneapolis Protest

(Minneapolis, MN) — A federal grand jury indicted a 29-year-old Illinois man on charges of interstate transmission of threats after a Minneapolis protest earlier this year. Prosecutors say Jose Ramirez sent threatening texts and a voicemail to an F-B-I special agent on January 15th. The agent’s personal information was among documents stolen when protesters damaged F-B-I vehicles and took government-issued equipment during an immigration related demonstration the day before. The indictment claims Ramirez sent messages indicating he knew where the agent’s family lived and warned the agent to “get home safe and fast.” Investigators traced the threats to a phone linked to Ramirez.

>>US Women’s Curling Defeats Canada for First Time at Olympics

(Cortina, Italy) — The U-S women’s curling team is celebrating its first-ever Olympic victory over rival Canada. The Americans topped the Canadians 9-8 in the tenth end today in Italy, but the players were initially unaware of the significance of their win. Team U-S-A consists of sisters Tabitha and Tara Peterson from Eagan, Taylor Anderson-Heide of Minneapolis, Cory Thiesse (TEE-see) of Duluth, and alternate Aileen Geving from Duluth. Thiesse won the Olympic silver medal in mixed doubles this week with fellow Minnesota-Duluth grad Korey Dropkin. Team U-S-A is now 2-1 in round-robin play.

>>Gun Violence Prevention Rally at State Capitol

(St. Paul, MN) – Tomorrow on Valentine’s Day, Minnesotans will gather outside the state capitol for the “No More Broken Hearts Across the Twin Cities Rally to End Gun Violence.” Hosted by the gun violence prevention organization, Protect Minnesota, the rally will include elected leaders, community members and advocates to honor the lives lost to gun violence, and demand the legislature take up gun laws reform. Attendees will hold up large paper hearts representing the number of people killed by gun violence each year in Minnesota. The rally begins at 10 a.m.