The Drug Enforcement Administration is announcing an expansion into northern Minnesota later this morning in Duluth (Wednesday 11 A-M). D-E-A Omaha Division Special Agent-in-Charge Richard Salter, Junior plans to talk about the growing needs of the agency to combat opioids, methamphetamine, and other illegal drugs in the state. Duluth Mayor Emily Larson and Police Chief […]
Off duty St. Paul firefighter killed
Police are searching for whoever shot an off-duty firefighter at his east St. Paul home Monday night. 36-year-old Tom Harrigan suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach and later died at the hospital. Police combed through Harrigan’s home, trying to find clues as to why someone shot the fellow first responder. They do not believe […]
Closs home leveled
The house where Jayme Closs was kidnapped and her parents murdered has been torn down. The bank that owns the house near Barron had it demolished Tuesday after consulting with relatives about the property. 13-year-old Closs was abducted last October after Jake Patterson killed her parents. Patterson held Jayme captive at his cabin in Douglas […]
Graphic Dash Cam Video: Seven shots were fired
Authorities have released the police dash camera video of officer Jeronimo Yanez. (WARNING, there is graphic content within this video)
Trial begins today for St. Anthony Police officer
The trial of a St. Anthony Police officer begins today with jury selection in the Jeronimo Yanez case. Yanez is charged with second degree manslaughter in the shooting death of 32-year old Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights last July. The shooting and live Facebook stream posted by his girlfriend during the […]
MN Supreme Court upholds conviction of cop killer Fitch
The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of the man found guilty of killing Mendota Heights Police Officer Scott Patrick in 2014. 41-year-old Brian Fitch argued he should have been tried in the county where the alleged offense occurred and that the charge in Officer Patrick’s murder should have been separate from charges against […]
3 Mpls suspects found guilty of plotting to join ISIS, commit murder
Guilty. That’s the verdict a Minneapolis jury delivered this afternoon on the most serious charges in the trial of the three Minnesota suspects accused of attempting to join the terror group ISIS. 21-year-old Guled Omar, 22-year-old Abdirahim Daud and 22-year-old Mohamed Farah were found guilty of conspiracy to murder outside the U-S and conspiracy to […]