Betsy is a former reporter for The Forum of Fargo (N.D.), the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader and the St. Paul Capitol Report/Politics in Minnesota. She also wrote a pop-culture column and was national copy editor for Internet Broadcasting, and spent several months as an interim managing editor at the Minneapolis Business Journal -- in addition to some jobs not particularly connected to journalism, including process server and test proctor.
A Fridley man knocked away a woman's phone as she tried to call police about their two-vehicle crash at a Brooklyn Center Pizza Hut—and then he fled the scene with it, according to prosecutors.
Police say they found crack cocaine in Marshall Borom's car when they stopped him because of a broken taillight.
Police say they found large quantities of K2, a synthetic form of marijuana, and thousands of dollars when they raided a tobacco store in Southwest Minneapolis.
Police say Darnell Tyus Jr. assaulted and strangled an Eden Prairie woman after she discovered that he was also involved with another woman.
Police say Jibril Osman Abdi stole a car on Sept. 29, but he was apprehended -- with the car -- two days later.
Andre Rodney Zerahn and Shantae Deanna-Bruce Zerahn are charged with possession of burglary or theft tools and credit-card fraud in the July 31 Round Lake Park break-in.
Brenda Lee Lysholm pleaded guilty to continuing to operate her home-based day-care center for months after the state indefinitely suspended her license.
Peter and Patricia Fahnlander claim that Jo Hall, the owner of the Lazy Leash, allowed their German shepherd, Sheba, to escape. Sheba was hit by a motorcycle and had to be destroyed.
Peter and Patricia Fahnlander claim that Jo Hall, the owner of the Lazy Leash, allowed their German shepherd, Sheba, to escape. Sheba was hit by a motorcycle and had to be destroyed.
Police say Anthony Arthur Koelfgen admitted that he kicked in the home's door so he could find scrap materials to sell.
Tarey Marquan Hill was stopped in north MInneapolis after an officer spotted him driving a Toyota Camry reported stolen a day earlier in St. Paul.
Police say Erskine Admora Morrison gave pharmacists at Walgreens a forged prescription for 120 oxycodone tablets.
Police say Wayne Richard Williams repeatedly racked a shotgun and told a woman and her daughter that everyone "was going down" if he went to jail.
Police say Christina Louise Anderson lied about her identity to get a prescription for Percocet, which she was unable to fill because she couldn't provide identification at the Methodist Hospital pharmacy.
Police say Harvey Jay Williams, Joseph Keith Smith, Marcel Terrel McMath and Terrell Glasper were responsible for a "grab-and-run" theft from Macy's on Nov. 13.
Police say Maceo Julius Phillips, currently on probation for first-degree DWI, refused to submit to a breath test after he was arrested in Crystal.
Police say Amber Rose Larson had more than 37 grams of methamphetamine in her purse when she was arrested in a Bloomington hotel room.
Harry Lee Bostick is charged with fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, blowing through several red lights during the chase.
Dalton James Ritchie, 17, of Fridley is charged with robbing a SuperAmerica station in Rogers at gunpoint in mid-August.
Abdoul Said Kone, already facing robbery charges in Dakota County, has now been charged in Hennepin County with stealing a man's cell phone and baseball cap.
