Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Minnesota gun permit holders: Five justifiable firearm uses, 124 crimes on record since 2003

Since the "shall issue" permit law went on the books a decade ago, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has recorded five instances of permit holders justifiably using a firearm. During that same timeframe, permit holders have committed 124 firearm-related crimes.RELATED COVERAGE:-- More Minnesotans ... More >>

Suicide connected to Cold Spring cop killing suggests police arrested the wrong man

:::: UPDATE :::: Eric Thomes killed himself in connection with Officer Decker slaying; murder weapon foundOne month ago today, authorities surprisingly released Ryan Larson, the man initially arrested in connection with the murder of Cold Spring Officer Tom Decker, without charging him.There's been ... More >>

Abimael Dominguez allegedly had sex with a goat

Dead-deer ditch sex, copulation with a farm-residing goat... as we've said before, human sexuality is a complex beast.SEE ALSO: Bryan Hathaway, Duluth-area dead deer sexer, allegedly assaults officer at Wal MartThe latest example comes from Grant Township in Washington County, where 37-year-old Abim ... More >>

Minneapolis police use DNA sample to track down robbery/sexual assault suspect

Minneapolis police apparently did some nice work in tracking down a suspect allegedly responsible for a May 24 robbery and sexual assault on the 1600 block of Fremont Avenue North.On that night, a female victim called police and said that while sleeping she was awoken by a knife-wielding stranger. T ... More >>

Police did indeed give Occupiers free pot, new evidence suggests; DRE program suspended

Last Thursday, we told you about explosive allegations made by a new video report -- that state patrol officers and county deputies have been giving drugs to young people hanging out near Peavey Plaza as part of the State Patrol's Drug Recognition Expert program.Later that day, Eric Roeske, State P ... More >>

Angel statues found in bag with newborn girl in Mississippi River

One of several angel figures found inside a bag containing a dead newborn.​After the body of a newborn baby girl was found floating in the middle of Mississippi River, cops revealed only that she'd been wrapped in a plastic bag. Now it turns out that the bag contained several items, in what seems ... More >>

Body of newborn girl found in Mississippi River; cops look for links to three other infant deaths

Christina Hope via FlickrCops want to know if four infants found four years apart in the Mississippi have any connection.​An afternoon of boating on the Mississippi River went terribly wrong for one family this week after they discovered a strange object floating in the water. It turned out to be ... More >>

Nathan Kluessendorf arrested for shootout with St. Paul Park police

Nathan Klussendorf was shot by a Washington County SWAT team sniper at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.​Nathan Kluessendorf was arrested yesterday for shooting at St. Paul Park police in a standoff Tuesday morning. The standoff started when police got a call about a suicidal person at around 1 a.m., and ended w ... More >>

Minnesota state shutdown: What's open

The deadline for a solution is tonight at midnight.​If you're planning your Fourth of July weekend, you should keep in mind what will or won't be available if the state government shuts down on Friday. In total, 75 different state agencies will be affected, with 46 set to shut down altogether. Wh ... More >>

2C-E: Timothy Richard Lamere charged with third degree murder in mass overdose

Police say Timothy Lamere took the same 2C-E that killed Trevor Robinson-Davis.​The Anoka County attorney has officially charged Timothy Richard Lamere with third-degree murder for his role in a mass 2C-E overdose.According to the criminal complaint, Lamere provided the drug that lead to 19-year-o ... More >>

Timothy LaMere arrested for distributing 2C-E that caused mass overdose

Timothy Lamere is set to be charged with third degree murder on Monday.​Blaine police have arrested 21-year-old Timothy Richard LaMere for supplying the hallucinogen 2C-E that caused 11 people to overdose, killing one.He will be formally charged with third degree murder in the death of Trevor Rob ... More >>

2C-E: Trevor Robinson mourned after overdose [UPDATE:Police arrest suspect]

Trevor Robinson leaves behind a 5-month-old son after overdosing on 2C-E.​As some of the victims of a mass 2C-E overdose are leaving the hospital, more details are emerging about what happened before 19-year-old Trevor Robinson died. "Trevor's the kind of guy where he likes to up his friends and ... More >>

Gay teen Lance Lundsten's death ruled a suicide

Lance Lundsten's death has been ruled a suicide.​When Lance Lundsten, a gay high schooler from Miltona, died in January of this year, his death was initially reported as a suicide. The news rocketed around the internet -- another gay teen who took his life after reported bullying at the hands ... More >>

Bob Fletcher Terrorism Briefs

Ramsey County sheriff releases records to City Pages

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 >>

DNA Nation

Anoka County demanding DNA samples from suspected welfare cheats

Tri-County Regional Forensic's bad math means 11 bogus DWIs

​The screw-ups at the Tri-County Regional Forensic Laboratory who inflated the blood-alcohol content in urine samples over the last year got nearly a dozen innocent people charged with drunk driving.The cause of the error wasn't some malfunction in sophisticated equipment or contaminated lab appar ... More >>

15 Minnesota sex offenders on the loose, Facebook to the rescue

​Well, Minnesota authorities have given up on finding 15 fugitive sex offenders, so they are hoping you can do the work for them. The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and nine counties say they are 15 sex offenders in north-central Minnesota who aren't complying with the Minnesota's P ... More >>

Shakopee cops shoot fatal-stabbing suspect dead after carjacking

Photo: wetwebworki​A deadly suburban crime spree ended with gunfire this morning in a Shakopee highway ditch after police shot and killed an as-yet unidentified 34-year-old male suspected of a convenience store robbery, a carjacking and a fatal stabbing. The Shakopee Valley News is reporting ... More >>

Prominent columns by Nick Coleman disappear, law targets cowboys

Blotter covers the weird Twin Cities news fit to print

School bus driver holds 11-year-old hostage on the bus

The driver admits "he had feelings he did not want to act on and that he needed help," according to a criminal complaint filed this week in Hennepin County court.

Gangs of St. Paul

In the capital city, a generation of younger, harder, more randomly violent gangsters wage war on themselves

Crime blotter: always save your receipts

Little Court of Horrors

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

How's He Doing?

In just eight months, chief Bill McManus has alienated the media, the pols, and the MPD rank and file. He must be doing something right.

Weathering the Storm

MPD chief William McManus on his early tenure

MPD Scandals, Continued: A Primer

The Duy Ngo case: McManus bets the farm; Will Olson land on the hot seat?

The DNA

Hennepin county faces a huge case backlog

Dragnet

A new computer database system called CriMNet is supposed to revolutionize crime fighting in Minnesota. Cops, politicians, big business, and the media love it.

Case Not Closed

While the Supreme Court scrutinizes a DNA test, the wheels of justice cease to turn

Blame the Victims

Laura Goodman-Brown, Minnesota's crime-victims ombudsman, is about to become a victim herself. And she says it's a crime.

Freedom Fighters

Coming to a capitol near you: The Patriot Act Junior

House or Home Depot

The city and neighborhood activists fight over a blighted corner in St. Paul

High Heaven

Chisago County says a local rabbi took her campaign to legalize medicinal marijuana one toke over the line

The Longest Wait

Two missing daughters. Two years. One lead. No answers.

The Final Frontier

An imaginary spaceship. Disembodied voices. An angel/whore named Amy. Rocco Dandrea's descent into madness and death--and the mental-health system that was ill-equipped to stop it.

The Gene Sifters

Never mind fingerprints--state law-enforcement officials want blood

The Body in Question

Forensic pathologist John Coe has spent a lifetime examining skin, organs, and bones for answers to how and why we die

Hot Pursuit

Minneapolis police say the chase that ended in the deaths of two bystanders on I-94 was by-the-book. Some other cities are throwing out that book.

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.

ACOP by Any Other Name

Community advocates say being young, Asian, and male is enough to get you in trouble with the St. Paul police

They Shoot, They Score!

The Minnesota Wild hockey hoo-ha is a high-stakes political power game featuring a lineup of heavy hitters--and you can't tell the players without this City Pages program.

Welcome to Pine County

Some people think crack and furniture-stripping fumes made Chuck Strobel crazy. But it was the rural peace and quiet that drove him over the edge.

Fall Guy

Larry Gould was a long-time junkie on the mend in a methadone program until he was lured into a drug sting. Now he's doing five years. But he made a few undercover cops look good in the process, and that was the important thing.

Genes Will Tell

Little Black Book

The Gubernatorial Gang

Minnesota pols never stand so tall as when they loom over black youths.

GLASS CEILINGS, "LOCKER ROOM CONDUCT," AND WCCO.

Last Man Standing

In the 25 years that he's served as Hennepin County's first and only chief public defender, Bill Kennedy has earned a tough-as-nails reputation for the way he defends his clients, his staff, and himself. This year he's pitted against Hennepin County prose

Laying Down the Laws