St. Louis Park, MN|News|
Man Charged with Threatening Woman in SLP Hospital
Police say Samuel Lee Moore told the hospitalized woman that he would throw her down the stairs and break her neck.
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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Lake Minnetonka, MN|News|
Excelsior Man Charged with Threatening Woman in Hospital
Police say Samuel Lee Moore told the hospitalized woman that he would throw her down the stairs and break her neck.
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Eagan, MN|News|
Car and Foot Chase Ends with Police Charges
Alexander James Farrell of Eagan and James Lambert Bergstrom of St. Paul are charged with burglarizing a Minneapolis rubber company, and police say Farrell blamed his addiction to methamphetamine for the crime.
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Southwest Minneapolis, MN|News|
Man Arrested Breaking Into Garage with Blowtorch, Crowbar
Police say Darvin Darnell Hardy went to extraordinary lengths to break into a Southwest Minneapolis garage when the arrested him.
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St. Louis Park, MN|News|
St. Louis Park Woman Charged in Witness-Tampering Scheme
Police say Heidi Marie Mastin helped bribe and intimidate witnesses in an effort to get her son, Lamonte Rydell Martin, a new trial. Martin is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Minnetonka|News|
Minnetonka Man Charged with Violating No-Contact Order
Police say they found the no-contact order victim inside Jeffrey Allen Nelson's Minnetonka home.
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Southwest Minneapolis, MN|News|
Troopers Arrest Local Man on 5th DWI Charge
Police say he refused to take a breath test after swerving off the highway and hitting two road signs.
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Fridley, MN|News|
Stealing Stereo a 'Mistake,' Said Fridley Man: Police
Police found a remote in his pocket and a missing stereo and TV after a midday break-in in Minneapolis, according to a criminal complaint. Another man also faces charges and a third suspect is at large.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
Rosemount Man Charged with Stealing Cell Phone from Reluctant Victim
Police say Devon Deshawn Gordon stole a cell phone from a customer in an Apple Valley restaurant, but the victim chased him down and retrieved it.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Fridley, MN|News|
Distinctive Screwdriver Gave Him Away, Charges Say
18-year-olds Peter Yang of Fridley and Anthony Yang and Xai Vang of Brooklyn Park broke into a garage and tried to get into to a Brooklyn Park house through a connecting door, according to police.
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Northfield, MN|News|
Two Northfield Men Arrested in Minneapolis for Heroin Possession
Kyle Phillip Heckers and Justin Walter Lindgren, already facing charges in Rice County, were arrested in Minneapolis and charged with felony drug possession.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Fridley, MN|News|
Fridley Woman Charged with Stealing Drugs from HCMC
Police say Kelly Ann Edwards diverted the powerful pain medication Dilaudid from patients at Hennepin County Medical Center while working as an emergency room nurse.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Apple Valley-Rosemount, MN|News|
Apple Valley Woman Charged with Beating Child with Extension Cord
Valerie Elaine Moore is accused of repeatedly hitting a 13-year-old girl with an extension cord and a flip-flop.
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Burnsville, MN|News|
Woman Arrested on Prostitution, Drug Warrant
Sharon Marie Knutson is accused of possessing crack cocaine and engaging in prostitution in Burnsville in April 2010.
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Burnsville, MN|News|
Missouri Man Charged with Careless Driving in Fatal Burnsville Accident
Authorities say Kirk Edward Deamos briefly looked down to disengage his cruise control on I-35W, then lost control of his car and hit two electrical workers by the side of the highway.
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Burnsville, MN|News|
Burnsville Man Charged with Assaulting Sheriff's Deputy
Hastings Police say Christopher Shane Sullivan was experiencing wide mood swings and had fought with corrections officers when they tried to restrain him.
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Burnsville, MN|News|
Burnsville Man Charged with Waving Knife at Woman 'Like a Pirate'
Nathaniel Cole Flowers is charged with making terroristic threats and domestic assault by strangulation in the June 8 incident.
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Burnsville, MN|News|
Burnsville Man Charged with Stepping on Woman's Head, Then Strangling Her
Police say Edgar Hernandez Vasquez strangled a woman in front of her two children.
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Burnsville, MN|News|
Man Accused of Assaulting Burnsville Woman, Stealing Her Oxycodone
Police say Marcus Eugene Brown repeatedly slapped the victim, then left, taking almost two dozen of her prescription pain pills with him.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff
Burnsville, MN|News|
Burnsville Man Charged with Strangling, Head-Butting Woman on Stairs
Police say Dustin Adams Roose grabbed his victim by the throat, pinned her against the wall and then head-butted her.
Betsy Sundquist, Patch Staff