Shakopee, MN|News|
Shakopee Man Implicated in Underage Sex-Trafficking Ring
Police say Phuoc Phong Le helped arrange sexual encounters between Twin Cities men and underage girls in Minneapolis.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
- Minnetonka, MN
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.
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Eden Prairie, MN|News|
Man Charged with Strangling Eden Prairie Woman
Police say Darnell Tyus Jr. assaulted and strangled an Eden Prairie woman after she discovered that he was also involved with another woman.
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Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
Apple Valley Man Charged with Fleeing Police, Endangering Child
Police say Salvador Mejia-Camacho led them on a chase through residential neighborhoods, then fled his car, leaving his 3-year-old son behind.
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Plymouth, MN|News|
Plymouth Man Arrested for Drug Possession After Traffic Stop
Police say Clarence Eugene Kitchen had marijuana and cocaine in his car when he was stopped for speeding in Maple Grove.
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St. Louis Park, MN|News|
Man Charged with Kidnapping St. Louis Park Baby
George Jermaine Rutledge has been charged with kidnapping a 1-year-old baby in connection with a Nov. 8 incident that prompted authorities to issue an Amber Alert.
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Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
Apple Valley Woman Charged with Beating Child with Extension Cord
Valerie Elaine Moore is accused of repeatedly hitting a 13-year-old girl with an extension cord and a flip-flop.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Shakopee, MN|News|
Shakopee Couple Charged with Selling Methamphetamine
Police say Paul Anthony Applegate and Sara Rose Wessbecker were selling meth from a hotel room in Burnsville.
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Burnsville, MN|News|
Couple Charged with Selling Meth from Burnsville Hotel Room
Police say they found a large quantity of methamphetamine in a hotel room rented by Paul Anthony Applegate and Sara Rose Wessbecker of Shakopee.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Burnsville, MN|News|
Burnsville Woman Charged with Stealing, Using Customer's Credit Card
Police say Carlette Denise Daniel used a credit card left behind by a Burnsville Center shopper and racked up almost $9,000 in fraudulent charges.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Stillwater, MN|News|
Ten People Charged in Witness-Tampering Scheme
Police say Heidi Marie Mastin helped bribe and intimidate witnesses in an effort to get her son, Lamonte Rydell Martin, a new trial. Martin is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
St. Louis Park, MN|News|
St. Louis Park Man Charged with Threatening Juveniles with AK-47
Police say Orrin John Hager was angry because he thought the boys had stolen his child's Halloween candy, so he pulled an AK-47 assault weapon from his car and threatened them with it.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
2 Apple Valley Men Charged with Aggravated Robbery
Police say Jason Michael Milligan and Garrett Jackson Nash were involved in robbing an Apple Valley woman of a purse.
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Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
St. Paul Man Charged with Impregnating 14-Year-Old Rosemount Girl
James Lee Whitner III is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct after police say he had sex with the victim twice in August.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
St. Louis Park, MN|News|
St. Louis Park Woman Charged in Witness-Tampering Scheme
Police say Heidi Marie Mastin helped bribe and intimidate witnesses in an effort to get her son, Lamonte Rydell Martin, a new trial. Martin is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Burnsville, MN|News|
Burnsville Woman Charged with Swiping Grandmother's Jewelry, Cash
Police say Kristin Elyse Frame stole jewelry from her grandmother and pawned it, and also stole cash, replacing it with photocopies.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
Redistricting Prompting Some Voter Confusion, but no Major Problems, Election Judges Report
Turnout and same-day voter registrations have been steady all day at a number of precincts in Apple Valley and Rosemount; 'brisk' turnout reported in Eagan,
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Lake Minnetonka, MN|News|
Prosecutors File Additional Charges Against Spring Park Man
Jules Adair Parent was initially charged with third-degree assault for a May 12 incident in Mound. Prosecutors have now upgraded those charges to first-degree assault resulting in great bodily harm.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
St. Louis Park, MN|News|
2 Charged with Burglarizing St. Louis Park Home
Police say Dalon Anthony Fowler and Terrance Lee James broke into a home in the 3900 block of Dakota Avenue South and stole items ranging from laptop computers to socks.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Minnetonka|News|
Fugitive Burglar Charged with Breaking Into Minnetonka Apartment
Police say Edwin Dale Meaney broke into an apartment in July but left behind DNA evidence that allowed investigators to match him to the crime.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Richfield, MN|News|
Richfield Man Charged With First-Degree Rape
Police say Tyrone Edward Reynolds became upset when the victim wouldn't agree to stay with him, punched her repeatedly and then sexually assaulted her.
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