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.
The Jan. 31 accident on Hemlock Lane and Elm Creek Boulevard resulted in the death of pedestrian Ann L. Blake. A court affidavit filed by police say the driver, Linda Lee Hamm, had a “alcohol concentration of .169”
Martez Romale Turner of St. Michael is charged with first-degree armed robbery in the Dec. 7 incident.
Benito Hernandez Romo was charged with felony car theft.
Raymond Grantland Carlson of Spring Lake Park faces a felony charge of making terroristic threats after an incident last month at the Red Roof Inn in Plymouth.
William Anthony Vann pleaded guilty two days before his latest arrest to unrelated drug charges.
Martez Romale Turner of St. Michael is charged with first-degree armed robbery in the Dec. 7 incident.
Robert Lee Coleman is accused of assaulting a woman last week and then threatening to kill her and two young children if she called police.
Holiday and SuperAmerica stations in Plymouth reported three gasoline drive-offs in the most recent police report.
Selvin Jesus Hernandez is facing possible deportation after police arrested him in Burnsville on Jan. 14.
Selvin Jesus Hernandez of Shakopee is facing possible deportation after the Jan. 14 incident.
Police say Danell Lea Bernstien left her three young children alone while driving around in a stolen rental car.
Stephen Richard Angotti is accused of abusing a child beginning when she was 5.
Jennifer Elizabeth Martin is charged with receiving stolen property, credit-card fraud and identity theft in the Jan. 13 incident.
Victor Tombekai Doe of Plymouth is accused of conspiring to steal a set of keys from a Hastings store and fleeing in a stolen car with a Brooklyn Park man.
Plymouth Police were called to Armstrong High School and Plymouth Middle School between Jan. 12 and 18.
Cousins from Maple Grove and Minneapolis are charged with being in possession of four bicycles stolen from Erik's Bike Shop.
Chad Robert Koistinen, of Victoria, is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Police say Matthew William Bofenkamp punched a woman repeatedly while she was holding a month-old baby, causing the baby's head to hit a door frame.
Eric Frank Halgren is facing his seventh indecent exposure charge in Minnesota since 1995.
Eric Frank Halgren is facing his seventh charge of indecent exposure in Minnesota since 1995.
