Oakdale, MN|News|
St. Paul Man Sentenced for Harassing Oakdale Woman
The woman told police that someone sent her about 113 text messages within a 24-hour period in late July.

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.
The woman told police that someone sent her about 113 text messages within a 24-hour period in late July.

The vehicle was found unattended a week later in Maplewood.
Michael Lyle Vincent Wilhelm is set to be sentenced on an earlier car-theft conviction on Jan. 30.
Cassie Jo Burkhart-Chevre has been charged with felony credit-card fraud. She was convicted in September of misdemeanor theft in Hennepin County Court.
Sara Lynn Dullum, 24, is charged with felony credit-card fraud, after using a co-worker's credit card at local stores.
Michael Shawn Sheire, 38, is charged with two felony counts of fifth-degree procurement of drugs by fraud or deceit.
Michael Lyle Vincent Wilhelm is set to be sentenced on an earlier car-theft conviction on Jan. 30.
Anton Deshawn Kelly is in the Washington County Jail on a $30,000 bond.
The bar will have to pay $2,500 to repair a toilet and bathroom stall.
His blood-alcohol level was .404, according to the criminal complaint.
Jibril Osman Abdi was arrested for car theft several times in three months.
Police say Justin Reid Carlson strangled his wife and tried to keep her from calling 911 while the woman's 8-year-old son watched.
My Thi Do, charged last week with leading Eden Prairie police on a high-speed chase, has now been charged with a similar incident five days earlier in Brooklyn Center.
Police say Christine Rose Lewis of Fridley helped Dashay Dontay Williams and Trevon Jevonte Williams scope out likely burglary targets in Brooklyn Park, then drove the getaway car.
Dwayne James Douglas faces a felony charge of theft from a person after police say he demanded cash from a clerk at a Minneapolis and fled with almost $900.
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.