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Mike Freeman

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    William Jacobs, ex-Parks chief and convicted child molester, disbarred

    Convicted child molester William Jacobs agreed to disbarment yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility. Jacobs, a former teacher and one-time Minneapolis Parks Police chief, pled guilty to molesting children last month and was sentenced to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    CeCe McDonald pleads guilty to lesser charge

    Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman facing two second-degree murder charges, agreed to a plea deal in court today. McDonald pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, which will carry a 41-month sentence. McDonald was accused of stabbing Dean Alvin Schmitz in the heart outside the S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    William Jacobs sentenced to 18 years in prison for child molestation

    The next time William Jacobs is a free man, he could be well into his 80s. Jacobs, a former Minneapolis Parks Police chief and teacher, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday for child molestation and possession of child pornography. And when he is released, he'll serve another 10 years of p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Duane Clark reported baby buried in his backyard to Crystal Police

    ​Police discovered the "majority of bones" of a 30 to 38-week-old baby boy after Duane Clark walked into the Crystal police station earlier this week and reported that there was a baby buried in his backyard. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman held a press conference this afternoon to announce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Police, prosecutors oppose bill easing "deadly force" requirements

    ​At a news conference yesterday, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Minnesota prosecutors "unanimously oppose" a bill that would broaden the rights of property owners to use deadly force. The Minneapolis and St. Paul police chiefs along with representatives of chiefs from around the state ... More >>

  • News

    January 11, 2012

    Chris LaRiche seduces immigrants with lies

    He offered empty promises but had secrets of his own

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Octavia Marberry charged, Good Samaritan free in vigilante justice killing

    Octavia Marberry is facing two felonies for her role in the muggings.​The Minneapolis Good Samaritan who caught Darren Evanocich in the act of mugging a woman and eventually shot and killed Evanovich will not be charged. That's not the case for Evanvovich's sister, Octavia Marberry. This afternoon ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Amy Senser still won't talk about hit-and-run

    True Thai's chef killed roadside on I-94

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Amy Senser hit-and-run charges coming today [UPDATE]

    Amy Senser will face charges from the Hennepin County Attorney today.​Amy Senser has had a few weeks to walk around free since admitting that she was the driver of the Mercedes SUV that killed Anousone Phanthavong. Now, after weeks of outcry over Senser's not being arrested or charged with a crim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Amy Senser charged with felony criminal vehicular homicide

    Amy Senser's mugshot after her arrest this morning.​As the family of Anousone Phanthavong looked on, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced that his office is charging Amy Senser with felony criminal vehicular homicide. But the short, one-page criminal complaint yields far more questions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    How Minnesota became the second-highest state for mortgage fraud -- or not

    This north Minneapolis house was one of the properties featured in a 2006 fraud scam.​Minnesota is either the second-best or second-worst place to hatch your mortgage fraud scam.The Mortgage Fraud Index came out yesterday morning and ranked Minnesota second-highest in the country for incidence of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Aaron Boogaard charged in brother Derek's death [UPDATE]

    Boogaard is facing two charges stemming from his brother's death.​Aaron Boogaard, the younger brother of beloved Minnesota Wild tough guy Derek Boogaard, has been charged for selling the drugs that are blamed for Derek's death.Boogaard, 24, is charged with the a third-degree controlled substance c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Aaron Boogaard's charges explained by Hennepin County Attorney [VIDEO]

    Aaron Boogaard is also being looked at by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.​Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman held a press conference this afternoon to announce that his office has charged Aaron Boogaard with two crimes related to the overdose death of Derek Boogaard, a former Wild enforce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Head shops sue Minnesota over synthetic pot ban

    Is Minnesota's ban on synthetic pot unconstitutional? ​The war on synthetic drugs is far from over. A lawyer representing several head shops filed a lawsuit today against the state of Minnesota, alleging that a statewide ban on synthetic pot is unconstitutional and not supported by scientific ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    James and Wendy Ober charged with massive, $10 million mortgage fraud

    Hennepin County Attorney's OfficeThe Obers allegedly used these and other fake business identities written on the back of a cell phone.​Hennepin County prosecutors filed racketeering charges Tuesday against husband and wife real estate team James and Wendy Ober of Hudson, Wis., and two Minnesota m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Police Chief Tim Dolan scorns "shoot first" bill: "Don't be naive"

    Dolan: Don't shoot first.​All Republican Rep. Tony Cornish wants is for every Minnesotan to be able to shoot first and ask questions later if they find an intruder in their homes, and he's getting damned testy about the top cops from Minnesota's largest cities standing in his way. Why don't th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Casey Michelle Walters charged in Guadalupe Galeno-Hernandez's shooting

    Casey Michele Waletrs faces two felony counts.​Casey Walters, the woman accused of driving the car carrying a gunman who shot 12-year-old Guadalupe Galeno-Hernandez, has a Sureno 13 gang tattoo on her neck. She dates a Sureno 13 gangbanger. And the shooting took place as a result of gang confl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Macarr Tyree Hill charged in Powderhorn Park assaults

    Photo: Thirteen of ClubsPowderhorn Park residents are determined to keep their neighborhood safe.​While most of us were safe at home last Wednesday evening, getting ready for a long Thanksgiving weekend, three women were fighting off sexual assaults from a gang of teenage thugs in and near Pow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Minnesota Majority urges volunteers to flout the law

    Watch out for people wearing buttons--they're breaking the law. ​Minnesota Majority is urging supporters to commit civil disobedience by wearing their "Please ID Me" buttons at the polls today. A federal judge banned the buttons Monday, but the conservative group told followers to go ahead and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    "Please ID Me" buttons not OK at polls

    Image by dbaird"Please ID Me" buttons aren't allowed here​Today a federal judge told tea partiers NO, they may not wear "Please I.D. Me" buttons to the polls. So if someone asks to see your photo ID, just give 'em the hand. And if they take your picture, take one right back. Minnesota election la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Minnesota Majority sues for right to intimidate at the polls

    Photo by debairdElection Integrity Watch wants to see your ID​A group of Tea-partying conservative activists is suing for the right to wear campaign slogans and intimidating buttons to polling places on Nov. 2. And oh yeah -- they just might ask to see your ID. So far, 7,390 people have signed up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Metro Gang Strike Force criminal probe yields no charges

    Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman​Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said today that there will be not a single criminal charge filed in the wake of his investigation into the now-disbanded Metro Gang Strike Force. He says his probe was stymied at every turn by its subjects, 29 of whom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Ryedelle Reginald Loving arrested in Gilbert Jordan's murder

    ​Ryedelle Reginald Loving, a 21-year-old from Northeast Minneapolis, has been booked into the Hennepin County jail on probable cause murder in the death of Gilbert Jordan, the city's 30th homicide victim of the year. Minneapolis police Sgt. William Palmer said Loving was arrested at about 4 a. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Gilbert Jordan is 30th Minneapolis homicide of the year

    ​The original call to Minneapolis police at 3:30 a.m. Sunday was for shots fired at the Old Colony gas station on Washington Avenue at West Broadway. But as Fourth Precinct officers made their way the scene, the call was upgraded to an actual shooting, and when they arrived, three men were dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    R.T. Rybak hopes Project Exile can grapple with guns and homicides

    ​The Minneapolis homicide count keeps creeping up this year, 29 now compared to 19 total the year before. Sure, we're still 10 shy of the 39 in 2008, and a long, long way from 1995's Murderapolis mark of 99. But the current numbers are devastating families and neighborhoods, and feeding news h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Daniel James Rick, accused rapist, knowingly spread HIV, charges Hennepin County

    "He was just kind of rampantly going out trolling for sex," says the Hennepin County Attorney. "It's pretty despicable."

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Wanner's Minneapolis Club child molestation hearing pushed off

    Police say the Wayzata businessman was caught on videotape molesting a 10-year-old girl in the hot tub of the swank Minneapolis Club late last year.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Wanner makes court appearance in child molestation case

    The Wayzata businessman is accused to molesting a 10-year-old girl at the Minneapolis Club.

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Somali students to protest unsolved murders

    A Somali group will protest tomorrow, after charges against one suspected murderer was dropped. Ten murders of Somalis remain unsolved, according to Somalis United Against Violence.

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Wrestling legend Gagne won't face charges

    Wrestling legend Verne Gagne's deadly assault on a fellow resident at the Bloomington care facility they lived in won't result in any criminal charges, the Hennepin County Attorney's office said today.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Former Ward 2 candidate supporters call for criminal charges

    After a Minnesota Daily investigation revealed a Ward 2 candidate's campaign was based almost entirely on lies, his duped supporters and volunteers are calling him a fraud and want to see criminal charges filed against him.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    ACORN alleged voter fraud hits Minnesota

    After a Minnesota Daily investigation revealed a Ward 2 candidate's campaign was based almost entirely on lies, his duped supporters and volunteers are calling him a fraud and want to see criminal charges filed against him.

  • News

    September 24, 2008

    Holly Collins returns after 14 years in hiding

    The battered woman fled to Amsterdam with her children in defiance of a court order

  • News

    June 11, 2008

    Domestic Abuse Service Center faces deep cuts

    A vital service for domestic violence survivors sees its budget gutted

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2006

    Entenza: former AG candidate, future house husband

    A vital service for domestic violence survivors sees its budget gutted

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Addicted To Drug Court

    The Good News and the Bad News: Hennepin County’s drug court has cleared court dockets and steered a lot of people toward treatment. It’s also allowed the county to push thousands more casual offenders into the corrections system.

  • Books

    August 30, 2000

    Invisible Man

    Jerry Janezich is staking his U.S. Senate campaign on a populist message and the DFL endorsement. But will any of that matter without TV ads?

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Off Beat

    Jerry Janezich is staking his U.S. Senate campaign on a populist message and the DFL endorsement. But will any of that matter without TV ads?

  • Books

    September 23, 1998

    Sue 'Em if You Got 'Em

    Hennepin County leads the next round of tobacco litigation

  • News

    September 16, 1998

    Off Beat

    Hennepin County leads the next round of tobacco litigation

  • News

    September 9, 1998

    Off Beat

    Hennepin County leads the next round of tobacco litigation

  • Books

    July 29, 1998

    The Junge and the Restless

    DFL endorsement was su.pposed to catapult Ember Reichgott Junge to the top of the primary heap, but insiders say the AG candidate's campaign is sinking like a lead balloon

  • Feature

    July 1, 1998

    Stepping Out

    DFL endorsement was su.pposed to catapult Ember Reichgott Junge to the top of the primary heap, but insiders say the AG candidate's campaign is sinking like a lead balloon

  • Books

    June 10, 1998

    Party Animus

    With the outcome all but determined on the first ballot, last weekend's DFL convention in St. Cloud was about as civilized as a war could get

  • News

    February 18, 1998

    Stool Pigeon

    Sure, he's got an unfortunate knack for running afoul of the law. But that's nothing compared to his talent for getting himself set free.

  • News

    October 8, 1997

    The First Cut

    With lean budget times in the forecast, Hennepin County prepares to kill "optional" programs like sexual-violence prevention. But is it just a case of bad management?

  • News

    April 30, 1997

    Guv Groupies

    A key hire by the Dayton campaign marks the start of the gubernatorial sweepstakes

  • Feature

    February 26, 1997

    Casualties of War

    The feds are reportedly weighing a major drug offensive in Minneapolis.

  • News

    January 24, 1996

    The Dented Shield

    The feds are reportedly weighing a major drug offensive in Minneapolis.

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