Anoka County

Mpls cop Bradley Schnickel arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct involving pre-teen girl [UPDATE]

32-year-old Andover resident Bradley Schnickel has been arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct involving a girl younger than 13, according to an Anoka County press release.SEE ALSO: Rep. Gauthier, 56, claims rest-stop oral sex with Craigslist boy, 17, was consensualSchnickel is a Minneapol ... More >>

Monday was a record day for number of gun permit applications in Anoka County

In the wake of the Newtown school shooting, guns aren't just a hot topic of conversation -- they're also in high demand.SEE ALSO:-- John Monson, owner of Bill's Gun Shop: "The bad guys don't really care what the law is"-- Wisconsin has the craziest gun law in America, according to ProPublica Monday ... More >>

David Clifford, one-punch near-homicide cop, seeks to have charges dropped today

If David Clifford and his defense attorney have their way, by the end of the day, Clifford will have been cleared on any criminal wrongdoing for nearly killing Brian Vander Lee with a sucker punch at Tanner's Station in Andover last June 16.SEE ALSO: David Clifford, alleged sucker-punch cop, used to ... More >>

"Jane Doe" prisoner finally booked [MUGSHOT]

See also:-- "Jane Doe" prisoner: Anoka County officials release image [PHOTO]-- Anoka County "Jane Doe" prisoner still refuses to give her name after nearly two weeks-- "Jane Doe" prisoner identified as Tammy Antoinette Thomas, police sayThe prisoner Anoka County police referred to as Jane Doe for t ... More >>

"Jane Doe" prisoner identified as Tammy Antoinette Thomas, police say

See also:-- "Jane Doe" prisoner: Anoka County officials release image [PHOTO]-- Anoka County "Jane Doe" prisoner still refuses to give her name after nearly two weeksThough Anoka County police now believe they know the name of the prisoner they have been referring to as Jane Doe for three weeks, the ... More >>

Anoka County "Jane Doe" prisoner still refuses to give her name after nearly two weeks

See also:"Jane Doe" prisoner: Anoka County officials release image [PHOTO]Nearly another week has passed, and nothing much has changed in the mystifying case of the prisoner in Anoka County known as Jane Doe, authorities say. On Monday July 9, a woman estimated to be in her 20s was arrested and char ... More >>

David Clifford's one-punch near-homicide: The surveillance footage [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- Brian Vander Lee, victim of David Clifford's one-punch near-homicide, is home, in bad shape-- David Clifford posts bail, had half a cocktail before delivering near-fatal punch, attorney says-- David Clifford, alleged sucker-punching Mpls police sergeant, claims self-defenseMinneapolis Po ... More >>

"Jane Doe" prisoner: Anoka County officials release image [PHOTO]

Anoka County police today were able to snap a photograph of a woman they have been referring to as Jane Doe because, for nearly a week, she has refused to identify herself. Estimated to be in her 20s, she has been charged with stealing an SUV and trespassing in Fridley.She allowed Anoka County polic ... More >>

One month after Dayton vetoes bill, Linwood man nearly kills himself with illegal fireworks

Sometimes the governor really does know best, apparently.Late last month, Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a bill that would've allowed for the sale and use of a wide array of consumer fireworks in Minnesota, including aerial rockets and firecrackers. In his veto letter, Dayton wrote that it's "government's ... More >>

Kenneth Turner allegedly stomped pregnant girlfriend, said she "didn't deserve" baby

Kenneth Turner allegedly beat his pregnant girlfriend for three hours and "stomped" on her stomach because she "did not deserve the baby," according to criminal charges filed in Anoka County. Turner went to his girlfriend's apartment in Fridley April 13 and punched her, kicked her, and pulled her ... More >>

Lowell George Friday charged with 35 counts of animal cruelty for neglecting, starving horses

A horse boarder in East Bethel has been charged with 35 counts of animal cruelty stemming from years-long investigations by the Animal Humane Society into conditions at the man's ranch. Five years ago, neighbors, former employees, and reporters took note of Lowell George Friday's emaciated-looking ... More >>

Five men indicted in plot to transport hockey bags full of weed into Twin Cities

The drugs were flown into a Blaine airport on a Mooney M20 single-engine airplane. ​A drug plot that involved flying hockey bags full of weed into the Twin Cities using a single-engine plane has led to five men being indicted, according to federal court records unsealed this week. The five ... More >>

Tick-born Powassan virus kills in Minnesota for the first time

A dear tick: These little buggers can kill you.​Add the grim tick-born Powassan virus to the list of natural calamities - tornadoes, floods -- that can kill you this summer in Minnesota. The first known fatality from the virus in the state was a woman identified by the Department of Health on ... More >>

Holly Boyd in court today on Chihuahua killing charges

Boyd's anti-fan club doesn't mince words.​Holly Boyd, the Fridley woman accused of killing her Chihuahua puppy, is due in court today to enter a plea on felony animal cruelty charges. From the looks of things, she doesn't quite have the public on her side with this one. A digital group of ani ... More >>

Tom Hackbarth won't be charged in armed search for girlfriend

Tom Hackbarth parks at Planned Parenthood, and his career takes a turn for the worse.​St. Paul police suspected Republican state Rep. Tom Hackbarth of stalking and harassment the day he strapped a loaded gun to his hip, parked his pickup truck next to Planned Parenthood in Highland Park, and w ... More >>

DNA Nation

Anoka County demanding DNA samples from suspected welfare cheats

Minnesota's suburbs see child poverty double

Photo: Andrea AllenThe view from the cul-de-sac ain't so rosy in Minnesota suburbs.​The recession has been kicking the ticky-tacky out of the suburbs, according some new data from the U.S. Census. Once a symbol of post-World War II prosperity, the homes on Minnesota's suburban cul-de-sacs are ... More >>

Burglary team hit up to 100 homes before capture

Carver County SheriffSean MaCaloon, Daniel Masloski, and James Richardson​Police say three metro-area men had their burglary routine down to a science before they were caught in Anoka County last week. Daniel Masloski, Sean MaCaloon, and James Richardson are accused of pulling off daylight heists ... More >>

Gerald Feran, accused in duct-taping of woman with $1,000 'bounty,' to appear in court today

Photo: banspyThe victim's boyfriend helped duct tape her per Feran's request.​Gerald "Minneapolis" Feran II is due in court today for allegedly ordering two other people to bound a woman with duct-tape and then threatening her with gang rape. Apparently someone had put a $1,000 bounty on the w ... More >>

BNSF gets down to cleaning up really old toxic crap

Image: Simon Standgaard​This just in from the better-late-than-ever department: Burlington Northern Santa Fe has agreed to finish cleaning up a patch of Anoka County real estate it first soiled with drums of powdered lead arsenate after a train wreck in 1963. It's not as if BNSF has put off c ... More >>

Patrick Martizelli, 17, killed by jet fuel blast at Blaine airport

The death of a teenage boy working at the Blaine airport remains a mystery, according to investigators. The boy died Friday after being blasted by jet fuel; his body was found atop a fuel truck.

Maria Anne Mihalik's morphine jones brings ban from nursing board

Maria Anne Mihalik​That lady in scrubs with the odd ID badge wandering around Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids last week was no nursing student; it was Maria Anne Mihalik, and she's been nabbed for siphoning off morphine from patients' IV bags. Guards became suspicious of Mihalik because no nurs ... More >>

Rochester man stabbed in back while hugging girlfriend

Photo by justinmaier​When we talk about being stabbed in the back in a relationship, we never take it so literally. Now you've been warned. A 29-year-old Rochester man was apparently hugging his new girlfriend when her ex came up behind him and stabbed him twice in the back. Forget a relations ... More >>

L.C. Wesley Armstrong surrenders after K-9 stabbing

Courtesy MPDShadow was stabbed last week​L.C. Wesley Armstrong is behind bars at the Anoka County jail this morning ahead of a court appearance after surrendering to cops over the weekend, KSTP reports. Sixteen different law enforcement agencies were eventually involved in chasing down the 26 ... More >>

Holocaust-denying bishop lived in Minn. for 15 years

Monday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Woman says Polish vodka got her fired

There's enough Polish vodka to go around: Chopin, Luksusowa and Zubrowka for starters.

Lock up your liquor!

More crazy Minnesotans make the national spotlight for violent murder

Minnesota DFL blogger responsible for satirical "Obama bucks"

Act of Civil Disobedience Ends in Multiple Arrests

Virginia is the new Saudi Arabia

Rep. Michele Bachmann solves the energy crisis while watching The Beverly Hillbillies

Eye of the Beholder

You look at the Vikings and see a football team. Zygi Wilf looks at the Vikings and sees a key that might unlock countless added development deals— here or somewhere else.

IP: The Decline and Fall of the Limousine Moderates

Finally, a stadium referendum of sorts

Meth Mom, Meet the Honorable Judge Social Worker

Strike four: Another municipality opposes stadium

Little Court of Horrors

In Anoka County juvenile court, meth and red tape are playing hell with the fate of children

Taxpayers League on stadium: "Well-organized theft"

Spotted: The end of an era

A Junkie's Work is Never Done

Ever since his first jolt of painkillers 17 years ago, Curt has been meaning to get clean. Soon.

Wrong Turn

Think you can get away with drinking and driving? So did I.

Bjorn To Run

In ten years, only one man has had the blind faith to try to unseat Anoka Mayor Pete Beberg. Meet Bjorn Skogquist, new kid in town.

Get With It

Don't look now, but apathy is anathema

Playing Hardball

A fight over the fate of a public park turns ugly in Anoka

Tokyo Rising

Under Color of Law

A racially charged ethics case travels all the way from Anoka County to the state supreme court

Absence of Malice

WCCO-TV prevails in a potentially disastrous defamation trial

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Not in our Backyard

Scott Paulson was sick of his stepson's complaints about a white posse beating up his black friends. Then the phalanx of trucks pulled up on his lawn.

Shootout on 39th Street

Gangland fears, carjackings, welfare-bashing: The O'Kasick brothers' crime spree--which ended 40 years ago this week--had it all.