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SLP Man Charged with Inappropriately Grabbing Women
Police say Karanfil Alshev Kurtef inappropriately touched two women in downtown Minneapolis.

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.
Police say Karanfil Alshev Kurtef inappropriately touched two women in downtown Minneapolis.

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Jonathan Andrew Sibley had stolen credit cards, a laptop and a GPS unit in his possession when he was arrested early on the morning of June 27, police say.
Police say they caught James Davin Fischer with a crowbar in his hand, climbing out a broken window at the Bachman's location on Lyndale Avenue.
Police say Travis Richard Fairbanks of Northfield had 2.44 grams of methamphetamine with him when he was found unresponsive in an Eagan hotel room in February.
Police say Travis Richard Fairbanks of Northfield had 2.44 grams of methamphetamine with him when he was found unresponsive in an Eagan hotel room in February.
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Police say Kristian Daeonte Tanner stole a checkbook and other items from a Burnsville family and used one of the checks to try to transfer a car title.
Police say Prentiss Maurice Brown broke into a woman's home in Eagan, hit her repeatedly and then tried to steal her car.
Police say Marcus Eugene Brown repeatedly slapped the victim, then left, taking almost two dozen of her prescription pain pills with him.
Police say Robert Fredrick Zieper rigged his cell phone so he could send live streaming video from the bathroom to his computer.
Police say Dustin Adams Roose grabbed his victim by the throat, pinned her against the wall and then head-butted her.
Michael Allen Biskey has been charged with felony marijuana possession.
Orono police say Matthew Lawrence Parker bit a woman's face deeply enough that she required surgery, and that he strangled her to the point where blood vessels ruptured in her eyes.
Nicholas Jay Fink is charged with threatening to kill a Plymouth woman, days after he pled guilty and was sentenced for disorderly conduct.
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