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St. Paul Man Charged in SW Minneapolis Theft
Mohamed Sharif Abdulkadir faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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.
Mohamed Sharif Abdulkadir faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

"Come and get me," the Southwest Minneapolis driver allegedly told police after crashing.
Police said Isaiah Anthony Banks fled when an officer spotted him speeding, then abandoned his car and fled on foot.
Authorities say Terrell Steven Cunningham met the informant in Minneapolis and sold a quantity of what he said was cocaine to the informant for $100. The substance tested negative for the presence of cocaine.
Police say Madelynn Ann Dufour bought syringes at a Minneapolis drugstore, then went behind the store to inject heroin.
Police say James Earl Eason cut a window screen and tried to push in a window air-conditioning unit in an attempt to break into a home in the 3600 block of 1st Avenue South.
Police say Robert Dean Walker had the girl touch his genitals, and that he took baths with the child, whom he babysat during the day.
When police arrested SW Minneapolis woman in Mall of America.
Police say Gardner Wayne Campbell stole change from a Tupperware container in the center console of one car.
Police say Chad Allen Blizek became combative and tried to flee when he was found drunk at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Police say Jamal Diin Omar grabbed his wife by the throat after she used a "curse word" and threatened to leave him.
Police say Thomas Patrick Spence arrived at the victim's home armed with a belt and a knife with a long hooked blade.
Police say they chased Leslie Jay Boyd Jr. through Eden Prairie, Edina and Bloomington. He was eventually forced to pull over at France Avenue and American Boulevard.
Police say Mark Thomas Jacobson had a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit when he was stopped in Maple Grove on Aug. 4, 2012.
Simon Donnell Brown, charged with first-degree burglary, allegedly told police that he entered the garage to find items to steal and sell for scrap.
Police say Natheniel Leonta Lloyd inflicted serious injuries on the victim, causing her brain to bleed.
Derrick DeWayne Bolden told police that he had been living at an apartment in Richfield since July 1, but hadn't alerted authorities to his new address, according to court documents.
Justin Scott McGuire and Zachery Ross Rother are accused of breaking into the school, then attempting to flee and hide in a playhouse after their nostalgic tour was discovered by police.
Eli Halabieh, Gozif Halabieh and Zouki Srugo are charged with theft by swindle after police say they got away with more than $44,000 worth of merchandise from Apple computer stores in the Twin Cities.
Eli Halabieh, Gozif Halabieh and Zouki Srugo are charged with theft by swindle after police say they got away with more than $44,000 worth of merchandise from Apple computer stores in the Twin Cities,