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.
Brad Jules Krekelberg, who pleaded guilty in January to his part in an attempted copper theft in late 2009 that left 7,000 Eagan residents without power, was arrested after he failed to appear at a sentencing hearing in April.
Shelly Jean Brown of St. Paul is charged with making terroristic threats after police say she chased the victim down the street with a knife.
Police say Jason Robert Cooney broke into St. Bonifacius Catholic Church last week and caused more than $12,000 worth of damage to the church and religious statues more than 100 years old.
Police say John Anthony Byrnes Jr. registered a blood-alcohol content of .172 percent when he was arrested May 29—more than twice the legal limit.
Luan Vu Nguyen of St. Louis Park is facing three felony drug charges after officers executed a search warrant at his home May 31.
Christopher Darnell Stowers is accused of threatening to "shoot up" a tow truck after the driver tried to remove a car from a fire lane last week.
Joseph Victor Pierce is accused of leaving a loaded handgun and a knife out where his children, 9 and 1, could reach them. Police also confiscated a variety of animals from Pierce's home—including a hedgehog, a sugar glider, and quail among others.
Police say Kirk Warren Jones told them that he broke into two apartments because he wants to be a police officer and he was concerned about the residents' welfare.
Police say Lakeyia Shanee Johnson threatened to show compromising photos of a Dakota County man to his wife unless he paid for her silence.
Police say Abdulkadir Sheikh Mahmoud kicked over a baby chair in which his 6-month-old daughter was sitting.
Police say Kyle Robert Trebesch fled from an Excelsior police officer last week and then smashed his elbow into her face when she caught up to him.
Police say Cleveon James Hughes showed up at a Richfield apartment building with a 15-inch knife, saying he had come to kill a man.
Gerald Paul Houle is charged with domestic assault by strangulation and third-degree assault.
Police say Garrett Devon Berry—on probation for ordering a pizza with a stolen credit-card number—broke into two businesses on Southcross Drive, then tried to use stolen credit cards at Burnsville Center.
Alexander Dayshawn Clark, known as "Prince Hollywood," is facing three felony burglary charges in connection with the May 15 incident.
Derrick Wallace Dahl pleaded guilty this week after saying in December that there was not enough probable cause against him.
Derrick Wallace Dahl pleaded guilty this week after saying in December that there was not enough probable cause against him.
Police say Cassandra Aleshea Dalton stole the victim's purse and punched her repeatedly after confronting her about her relationship with Dalton's ex-boyfriend.
Deonte Gracias Anderson is charged with first- and second-degree assault in connection with the May 15 incident in Brooklyn Center.
Melissa Rose Lind is facing a felony charge of fifth-degree drug possession.
