Inver Grove Heights, MN|News|
South St. Paul Man Charged with Setting Wildfire at Kaposia Landing
Police say a jogger interrupted Chad Steven Johnson while he was trying to set a grass fire.
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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Burnsville, MN|News|
Man, Out of Jail 3 Months, Charged with Buying Liquor for Minors
Paul Francis Blase Jr., who served 30 days in jail earlier this year for making terroristic threats, was arrested this week.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Burnsville, MN|News|
207 Text Messages Later: Minneapolis Man Arrested for Allegedly Stalking Burnsville Woman
Police say Jeodaun Antoine Lee, whom they had been seeking on a warrant since January 2011, ignored a no-contact order and sent the victim hundreds of text messages and phone calls.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
Possible Drug Testing Problems at St. Paul Crime Lab Could Delay Trials, Reduce Charges
Three county attorneys announced that all drugs previously tested by the St. Paul Crime Lab in pending drug cases will be retested.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Lakeville, MN|News|
Drug Testing Questions Could Delay Trials, Reduce Charges
Dakota, Ramsey and Washington county attorneys announced Wednesday that they are revising their drug-testing procedures in the wake of possible problems associated with testing by the St. Paul Police Department crime lab.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Mendota Heights, MN|News|
Drug Testing Questions Could Delay Trials, Reduce Charges
Dakota, Ramsey and Washington county attorneys announced today that they are revising their drug-testing procedures in the wake of possible problems associated with testing by the St. Paul Police Department crime lab.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Maple Grove, MN|News|
Man Charged with Stealing Golf Clubs from Maple Grove Garage
Police say Michael Brenden St. Clair stole a set of women's golf clubs from a garage on 89th Place, but told officers he had found the clubs in a "field."
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Maple Grove, MN|News|
Man Charged with Heroin Possession Outside Maple Grove Store
Police say Wayne Allen Quinn fled while they were interviewing him about a shoplifting incident, dropping a bag of heroin as he ran.
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Maple Grove, MN|News|
Couple Arrested in Connection with Maple Grove Burglaries
Police say Brian Thomas Hudy burglarized homes and brought the stolen merchandise to his girlfriend, Holly Ann Eyerman, in the couple's Maple Grove hotel room.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Southwest Minneapolis, MN|News|
Handgun Charges Filed In Traffic Stop Arrest
Minneapolis police say Ronald Ralph Brooks Jr., a convicted felon, had a loaded .40-caliber Glock handgun in his car when he was stopped for not wearing a seat belt.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
Apple Valley Woman's BAC Allegedly 2.5 Times Legal Limit While Driving Her Kids
Rinda Por has been charged with two DWI counts after she was stopped on Highway 77 early on July 26.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Minnetonka|News|
Minnetonka Man Refuses Breath Test After Wandering at Ridgedale
Nikolay Vasilevich Stupak is facing a felony DWI charge because he has three previous DWI convictions in the last three years.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Lake Minnetonka, MN|News|
Excelsior Woman Faces Felonies After Assaulting Girlfriend with Bottle
Police say Toni Rose Zipf argued with her live-in girlfriend, threatened to murder her and then commit suicide.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Lakeville, MN|News|
Semi Driver Gets Year in Jail For Chain-Reaction Crash That Killed 3
Jason Alan Styrbicky of Buffalo was driving a semi truck on Interstate 35 in Lakeville in May 2010 when he crashed into two cars, killing two women and an unborn baby.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Plymouth, MN|News|
Police Find Plymouth Man Asleep In Stolen Car
Police say they found Lamario Lamont Calhoun sleeping in a stolen Chevrolet pickup with the engine running, but no key in the ignition.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
St. Michael, MN|News|
Buffalo Semi Driver Gets Year in Jail For Crash That Killed Three
Jason Alan Styrbicky of Buffalo was driving a semi truck on Interstate 35 in Lakeville in May 2010 when he crashed into two cars, killing two women and an unborn baby.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Minnetonka|News|
U.S. Marshals Arrest Sex Offender Living in Minnetonka
Police say Vernell Grubbs, convicted of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old, had been living in Minnetonka since last spring without registering as a sex offender.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
Apple Valley Man Charged With Exposing Himself to School Bus Driver
Police say David Lee Bonkamp was driving around the city without pants on June 6 when he exposed himself to a District 196 bus driver.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Burnsville, MN|News|
Savage Man Charged with Heroin Possession Arrested Again
Zachary Michael Hirsch was arrested July 30 by Scott County authorities for failing to comply with terms of his pretrial release.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Inver Grove Heights, MN|News|
Woman Arrested for Threatening to Burn Down IGH Senior Health Care Facility
Police say Toi Denisha Shambley, who was upset because she was fired from the facility, allegedly threatened to burn down the home and also directly threatened two employees.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
