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 Yer Thao—already accused of stealing rent and deposit checks from the apartment complex where she worked—used a resident's identity to open new credit-card accounts, then stole the cards from the victim's mailbox.
Nathaniel Cole Flowers is charged with making terroristic threats and domestic assault by strangulation in the June 8 incident.
Hastings Police say Christopher Shane Sullivan was experiencing wide mood swings and had fought with corrections officers when they tried to restrain him.
Police say Ryan Paul McNamara had marijuana in his underwear and prescription drugs in his sock when he was stopped.
Police say Michael Jones broke into the home in the 100 block of Burntside Drive, and Antonio Dominique Emory waited in a getaway van.
Justin Coe Meyer and Trevor Andrew Schultz of Fargo, N.D., are charged with fleeing police on their motorcycles on June 3.
Anthony Strickland of Lakeville has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, seven years after the incident was reported.
Olliscia Waylon Dahl of St. Paul is accused of stealing Dyson vacuum cleaners from Twin Cities Target stores, including the Maple Grove location, and then trying to return them for fraudulent refunds.
Olliscia Waylon Dahl of St. Paul is accused of stealing Dyson vacuum cleaners from Twin Cities Target stores, including the Edina location, and then trying to return them for fraudulent refunds.
Olliscia Waylon Dahl of St. Paul is accused of stealing Dyson vacuum cleaners from Twin Cities Target stores, including the Plymouth location, and then trying to return them for fraudulent refunds.
Police say Pharrel Leeman Hall, who has a number of domestic assault convictions on his record, threatened to kill a Burnsville woman late last month.
Lawrence Michael Johnson is charged with breaking into a Plymouth home while its owners slept and stealing electronics equipment and personal items.
Antanie Devon Johnson is charged with two felony counts of making terroristic threats.
Police say Jana Marie Lalonde made separate visits to the Golden Valley Menards and stole $1,295 in tools.
Police say David James Appling broke into two cars in the parking lot of the Martinson Clinic and used a stolen debit card to rack up unauthorized charges.
Police say Tyler Joseph Muench repeatedly punched the woman after she apparently angered him while driving.
Larry Lee Hough is being sought on charges of theft by swindle and receiving stolen property, along with a separate charge of criminal sexual conduct.
Police say they found almost 3 pounds of marijuana in Vilayphone Vonemany's Burnsville home when they executed a search warrant last month.
Patricia Joy Klatt is charged with felony first-degree arson after police say she wrote her own obituary, then set at least two fires in her home in March.
Police say Isaial Demar Cook pinched the 10-week-old child's face and squeezed his arm when he was giving him medicine in March.
