Amir Abd El Malak, owner of Stillwater's Land of Pharaohs massage parlor, has been deported after he was sentenced to 10 years' probation for fondling female clients.SEE ALSO: Isabel Diaz-Castillo, alleged south Mpls baby snatcher, is in U.S. illegally, may be deportedIn January, a jury convicted Ma ... More >>
Last year it was Stillwater and Hudson. This year, the war on glass pipes has moved north to Forest Lake.SEE ALSO: Medical marijuana supported by vast majority of Minnesotans, but won't be legalized this year In an attempt to make sure the Washington County exurb never produces another ganja-cr ... More >>
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 >>
Plus, a WWE star fights on a light rail train
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 >>
By Rick MasonJust off the main drag in an unassuming Minnesota river town is an outpost of the deep South and an underground musical phenomenon whose ripples extend far across the globe. Bayport, on the St. Croix just south of Stillwater, may be home to a state prison and a massive windows factory, ... More >>
Adam McCloud, the 29-year-old hospitalized after a bar fight in Stillwater last week, died Thursday from injuries sustained by a blow to the head. SEE ALSO: One-punch homicide: When a night at the bar goes horribly wrong One-punch homicide costs California district attorney his job
A spilled drink on the dance floor of Smalley's Caribbean and Pirate Bar in downtown Stillwater was the source of the bar fight that ultimately killed 29-year-old Adam McCloud, according to a criminal complaint filed in Washington County today. SEE ALSO: Adam McCloud dies after Stillwater bar fight ... More >>
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 >>
Olliscia Waylon Dahl of St. Paul was charged with felony theft after allegedly stealing a bunch of vacuum cleaners from Target stores in Edina, Plymouth, and Maple Grove. It would seem that Dahl has a serious dust bunny problem, but police say they busted the 22-year-old when she was trying to retur ... More >>
Kyle Hurd, a 25-year-old resident of Sioux Falls, SoDak, apparently has an ego problem.He must've had quite the bender last Friday night, because the next morning, he awoke on an unfamiliar Stillwater porch, shorts around his ankles and without a shirt. And when police arrived, Hurd asked officers " ... More >>
In February, we brought you the story of Jeff Carpenter, a Forest Lake resident whose two beloved deer were unceremoniously shot in his front yard by a young policeman named Brent Degroot. At the time, Carpenter said his family was "trying to move on," but added that life wasn't the same following t ... More >>
Last November, we reported that Stillwater blogger Karl Bremer had filed a civil suit against The New Republic, accusing the magazine of reprinting one of his photos without permission. Bremer tells us he has come to an agreement with the Washington, D.C.-based publication, and the two parties settl ... More >>
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 >>
Stillwater blogger and notorious Michele Bachmann foe Karl Bremer has a new enemy: The New Republic. Bremer recently filed a lawsuit against the Washington, D.C.-based magazine for using a photo he took of Frank Vennes Jr., the embattled Tom Petters fundraiser accused of helping bilk investors o ... More >>
Rebecca Otto: Stillwater made unauthorized TIF expenditure.The State Auditor has referred Stillwater to the county attorney's office in a fight over an $80,000 tax "donation" gone wrong. In July, the city "donated" $80,000 to a non-profit, the Coalition for the St. Croix River Crossing, a group ... More >>
Tinucci's Newport location is still open. Tinucci's, the restaurant famously trashed by former Viking Randy Moss, has decided to close its Woodbury location. The South Washington County Bulletin talked to owner Greg Tinucci, who said the reason behind the closure was not for lack of busines ... More >>
The man barricaded himself inside his room before surrendering.More than 100 people staying at a Residence Inn in Roseville were evacuated Sunday as police held a standoff with a suicidal man whom they believed might have weapons, according to the Pioneer Press. The hotel, located near the County ... More >>
Nathan Kluessendorf, pictured here from an earlier arrest, is charged with six felonies.Nathan Kluessendorf, the 22 year old who holed up in his St. Paul Park house and shot at police for several hours last week, has been charged with six felonies by the Washington County Attorney. St. Paul Park ... More >>
Bill Pulkrabek: This is the face of an innocent man.Bill Pulkrabek, the alleged drunk, neurotic, cat abusing, girlfriend-hair-dragging former campaign manager for Michele Bachmann pleaded not guilty to domestic assault yesterday. Pulkrabek, who is credited with launching Bachmann's political care ... More >>
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 >>
Washington CountyThe Washington County SWAT team joined the firefight at 3 a.m.A man was shot and taken away in an ambulance early this morning, ending an all-night police standoff in the 1000 block of Summit Ave. in St Paul Park.St. Paul Park police were originally dispatched to the railroad tra ... More >>
Utecht allegedly killed the snake to threaten his girlfriend.Jonathan Utecht wanted to get a terrifying message across to his ex-girlfriend. Apparently he couldn't find a pen.Utecht, 21, broke into his ex's house and killed her pet snake, then used the snake's blood to scrawl threatening messages ... More >>
Courtesy Karl Bremer.Bremer has chronicled Bachmann and Dean on his blog, A Ripple In Stillwater.For more than 10 years, blogger Karl Bremer has been doggedly chronicling the misadventures of Minnesota's craziest politician, Michele Bachmann. Now that Bachmann's presidential candidacy has earned ... More >>
WikipediaAfton State Park was empty during the shutdown.Eleven people vandalized Afton State Park over the weekend, taking advantage of the empty park during the state shutdown to wreak havoc, police say.The group is alleged to have torn off the roof of a cabin, started a fire and causing u ... More >>
It sounds like Bill Pulkrabek is not doing so great.A restraining order filed against Washington County Commissioner and former Michele Bachmann campaign manager Bill Pulkrabek claims that he is an abusive alcoholic who refuses to get help. The restraining order was filed by Pulkrabek's girl ... More >>
Presidential contender Michele Bachmann has already been tied to the Bill Pulkrabek mistress domestic assault scandal, but it now appears that there is a connection to Tim Pawlenty as well. Pulkrabek was arrested on Memorial Day after a woman told police the married Washington County Commiss ... More >>
Bill Pulkrabek posed for a mugshot, but so far he has yet to explain the alleged domestic assaultThe Ramsey County Attorney's office tells City Pages it will make a decision today on whether to bring charges against Bill Pulkrabek, the Washington County Commissioner arrested Monday for allegedly ... More >>
Bill Pulkrabek was arrested on Memorial Day in Woodbury.Bill Pulkrabek, a Washington County Commissioner who played a key role in launching Rep. Michele Bachmann's political career, has been jailed on suspicion of domestic assault -- including strangulation. The 41-year-old real estate broke ... More >>
Washington County JailBill Pulkrabek, shown here in his mugshot after the Memorial Day domestic assault arrest"Male beat up female," reads the incident report from yesterday's domestic assault arrest of Washington County Commissioner Bill Pulkrabek, one of Michele Bachmann's early mentors. B ... More >>
Motorcycle mogul faces the music
FacebookThis isn't one of Noirjean's victims, but the internet is still a terrible place.You can crank your Facebook privacy settings as high as you want, but it won't do any good if someone gets access to your account. Let that happen, and you might soon find yourself staring at your private ... More >>
McCollum promises to stymie Bachmann.We have a congressional border spat. DFL Rep. Betty McCollum wants to know why, if Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the federal government are all broke, GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann wants to build a $700 million bridge over the St. Croix River. Bachmann, who complain ... More >>
Zimmerman ReedRandy Hopper, the man who sued the Strike ForceToday 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 >>
Mark Dayton, left, still leads Tom Emmer.Tom Emmer lost his state Supreme Court challenge in the governor's race recount last week. And by the end of the day on Monday, as the hand count got under way, he was still losing to Mark Dayton. In fact, the Secretary of State's office added another ... More >>
John Taylor Kalal has been the face of BirthOrNot.com in Apple Valley.Turns out everyone involved in this BirthOrNot hoax has something to hide. The last two times we've tried to get Alisha and Pete Arnold to explain the trail of internet evidence that shows BirthOrNot.com -- the supposed poll t ... More >>
Bayport transitions from morels to bbq...The Bayport is back--in a much different form. The upscale Bayport Cookery, known for its multi-course morel dinners, among other things, is now Bayport BBQ, offering Texas-style 'cue and live blues. The restaurant opened last Sunday and the Pioneer Pr ... More >>
Timothy CarsonEx-Marine Timothy Carson is an Iraq war veteran, and a former Washington County corrections officer and Minneapolis police SWAT member. Carson is also a convicted bank robber and small-time stick up man. And yesterday he was sentenced the second time for his crime spree earlier ... More >>
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 >>
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Photo: aimee.crazeOne puck over the lineCoach Eric P. Darwitz may have urged a couple of high school girl hockey players into the sack at his Woodbury home after a drunken party a few years ago, but he won't go to jail for his indiscretion because he wasn't their coach at the time. A Washing ... More >>
Saying goodbye to the Prairie Home Companion musician
Photos courtesy A Prairie Home CompanionMidnight on the Water: Bill Hinkley, in memoriamBY MARTIN KELLER The choice moments that suddenly arise when you can see a grand life coming to a close in front of you seem to have no respect for death -- and even less reverence for the heavy grief waiti ... More >>
Babcook faces a felony charge worth 20 years behind barsJohn T. Babcook is this morning's poster child for road rage,sitting in jail on a first-degree assault charge, after he ran down a fleeing 23-year-old Oakdale woman "like a dog" in the Hill-Murray School parking lot in Maplewood. Cops s ... More >>
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