Bob Fletcher

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Kyle Fletcher, Bob Fletcher's son, busted for another DWI

Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher's son, Kyle Fletcher, is in trouble with the law for driving while intoxicated. Minneapolis police arrested Fletcher early Wednesday morning and booked him into the Hennepin County jail. It's the latest in a string of incidents for the troubled 23-year old ... More >>

Suicide Files: Sheriff Fletcher supporters who weren't investigated by Internal Affairs

​In this week's feature, we told the story of Ramsey County Sheriff's Deputy Dan Ruettimann, who committed suicide in early October. Shortly before his death, he asked a friend to pass a package of paperwork to this City Pages reporter. Included in the package was a detailed account of an Interna ... More >>

Suicide Files: Bob Fletcher's domestic dispute

​This week's cover told the story of the life and death of Ramsey County Sheriff's Deputy Dan Ruettimann, and the file of documents he specifically left behind for this City Pages reporter.The documents mostly detail Ruettimann's domestic troubles and an Internal Affairs investigation that resulte ... More >>

Deputy Dan Ruettiman's suicide rocks Ramsey County Sheriff's Department

Bob Fletcher foe left files detailing his struggle for justice

Watch Tom Lyden's Fox9 report on Deputy Dan Ruettimann [VIDEO]

​In this week's cover story on the suicide of Ramsey County Deputy Dan Ruettimann, we mentioned a story on Fox9 that impacted the deputy in the months leading up to his death this past October.The story said that Deputy Ruettimann was under an Internal Affairs investigation for conduct unbecoming ... More >>

Former Sheriff Bob Fletcher's Somalia seminar called "anti-Muslim"

Bob Fletcher in his former post as Ramsey County sheriff.​After he lost the election for Ramsey County sheriff, Bob Fletcher declared a new passion: educating law enforcement about Somali culture and history. He dubbed the new venture the Center for Somalia History Studies, and its first event -- ... More >>

Former Sheriff Bob Fletcher launches Center for Somalia History Studies

​Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher has kept a pretty low profile since he lost the election back last November. He returned to his post as a watch commander with the St. Paul police, surfacing only occasionally to field criticism of how he ran the department as his successor settled in. N ... More >>

Sheriff Matt Bostrom puts kibosh on GangNet database

Matt Bostrom will officially axe GangNet August 15.​Score one against Big Brother. Ramsey County Sheriff Matt Bostrom sent a letter to police chiefs yesterday announcing that he is axing GangNet, a controversial database that catalogs information on suspected gang affiliates. The idea behind th ... More >>

ACLU, Ramsey Sheriff's office settle RNC free speech lawsuit

Bob Flecther, the former Ramsey Sheriff.​Right before the Republican National Convention in 2008, Ramsey County deputies raided the homes and meeting space of six people preparing to protest the event. Officers carted away boxes of books, pamphlets, leaflets, posters, stickers, and buttons--and f ... More >>

Intelligence analyst mocks former Sheriff Bob Fletcher's terrorism briefs

Former Sheriff Bob Fletcher's terrorism briefs are still coming back to haunt us.​When Dean Baratta, an intelligence analyst for the state of New Jersey, first read that City Pages had obtained and posted "terrorism briefs" created by the Ramsey County Sheriff's department, he was excited to view ... More >>

Former Sheriff Bob Fletcher's department audit nears completion

Will an audit of Bob Fletcher's regime come up clean?​After Bob Fletcher lost his re-election bid for Ramsey County Sheriff last fall, many eagerly awaited what they were sure would be a revelatory change of guard with new sheriff, Matt Bostrom. One of the most anticipated revelations: A finan ... More >>

Bob Fletcher provides missing terrorism briefs to City Pages

City PagesFletcher provided these terrorism briefs to City Pages to prove he wasn't lying​Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher has given City Pages a batch of documents he says are some of the terrorism briefs he has been accused of lying about creating.The documents--some marked "Confidentia ... More >>

No accountability for Bob Fletcher: Comment of the day

Bob Fletcher tells everyone to mind their own business.​Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher defended himself yesterday against accusations that he fabricated terrorism reports by saying, "We don't have an obligation to define which individual or groups we're spending most of our investig ... More >>

Former Sheriff Fletcher denies fabricating terrorism investigations

​Former Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is firing back at a Twin Cities Daily Planet report that says he lied about the work his deputies did on terrorist organizations. Specifically, the article questions the existence of 78 information briefs on terrorist groups that Fletcher reported his d ... More >>

Disbanded Metro Gang Strike Force faces 118 claims

Zimmerman ReedRandy Hopper, the man who sued the Strike Force​Today is the deadline for filing claims against the disgraced and disbanded Metro Gang Strike Force, and so far 118 people have said the force extorted them.Lead plaintiff Zelaido Rivera Garcia won a $3 million settlement for the group ... More >>

The fall of Bob Fletcher

Bostrom upsets Fletcher.​The RNC 8 people who got arrested before the Republican National Convention must be celebrating about now. With most precincts reporting, it seems challenger Matt Bostrom has upset Bob Fletcher in the Ramsey County Sheriff's race.

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Grudge Match

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher and former St. Paul Police Chief Bill Finney both have long and proud histories in St. Paul policing circles—and reputations for political heavy-handedness. Observers say they're alike in many ways. Is that why the

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Resident Alien

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