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    October 11, 2018
    Natasha Renea Berry and Michael James Berry
    Couple cited in laundry threat back in Goodhue County
    A couple accused of threatening employees at gunpoint were extradited to Goodhue County and booked in the county jail on Oct. 5. Michael James...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 11, 2018 - 11:00am
    October 10, 2018
    Teen sentenced for violent threat hoax
    A teenager who pleaded guilty to sending threatening social media messages in March that led to extra security at Red Wing schools was sentenced...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 10, 2018 - 4:00pm
    Ty W. Robole
    Complaint: Ellsworth man facing felony hit-and-run charge
    A 45-year-old man was charged with felony hit and run-involve injury Sept. 24 after he allegedly failed to report hitting another vehicle, drove...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 10, 2018 - 4:00pm
    This dog was one of several found at a Pierce County property where a suspected dog- and cock-fighting operation was discovered in September. Photo courtesy of ASPCA
    Care for animals from cock- and dog- fighting operation estimated at $500,000
    Care for about 2,000 animals saved in connection to a suspected Pierce County-based animal-fighting is estimated at almost $500,000. At an Oct....
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 10, 2018 - 7:00am
    October 6, 2018
    Andrew Michael Lawrence
    Assault charge follows Cannon Falls couple's engagement celebration
    A Cannon Falls man was arrested on Oct. 1 after disabling his fiance's vehicle, breaking her cellphone and firing a rifle following an argument,...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 6, 2018 - 6:00pm
    October 4, 2018
    Hastings mayor calls for patience throughout shooting investigation
    The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating an incident where a Hastings police officer fatally...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 4, 2018 - 2:26pm
    Pierce County blotter: deer shining, amphetamine paranoia and an after-hours bar
    Deer shining A caller alerted police to a man shining three deer at W7182 290th Ave. in Ellsworth at 10:07 p.m. Sept. 27. The caller told police...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 4, 2018 - 7:00am
    October 1, 2018
    Red Wing Police Chief Roger Pohlman discusses the increasing drug problems the city faces. During the Needles and Pills discussion March 29 at the Red Wing Public Library, Pohlman said calls for attempted suicide and narcotics arrests have increased over the past five years. Matthew Lambert / RiverTown Multimedia
    Goodhue County to open drug treatment court in 2019
    Goodhue County was awarded a four-year federal grant of $499,469 for a drug treatment court on Wednesday, Sept. 26. This treatment court will...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 1, 2018 - 10:11am
    September 28, 2018
    Allen Wojcik
    Charges filed against Pierce County deputy
    Prosecutors on Friday charged a Pierce County Sheriff's Office deputy with multiple counts of child sexual assault. St. Croix County District...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 28, 2018 - 1:43pm
    Security breach affected 50 million accounts, Facebook says
    Facebook engineers discovered a security attack affecting nearly 50 million accounts, the social media network announced Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. The...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 28, 2018 - 1:22pm
    September 27, 2018
    Allen Wojcik
    Pierce County deputy arrested on suspicion of child sexual assault
    A Pierce County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child sexual assault. According to the Pierce County Jail log,...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 27, 2018 - 2:45pm
    September 20, 2018
    Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson displays a photo of tire tread marks left at the Wetterling crime scene as he hosts a news conference to close the investigative file regarding the Jacob Wetterling abduction, Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Stearns County Law Enforcement Center in St. Cloud. Scott Takushi / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Sheriff: Wetterling investigation went 'off the rails' as FBI chased multiple leads, killer remained free
    ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- It took 27 years to get a confession out of Jacob Wetterling’s killer, but investigators had substantial evidence against...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 20, 2018 - 4:40pm
    September 19, 2018
    Caycee Lynn Bregel, 25, of St. Paul, has been charged with 13 counts of animal mistreatment — one of which is a felony — after a May search of her rural Dakota County animal-rescue operation uncovered 64 dead cats and more than 40 other neglected animals. (Dakota County sheriff’s office photo courtesy of KSTP)
    Former animal rescuer charged with 13 counts of animal mistreatment
    Caycee Lynn Bregel has been charged with 13 counts of animal cruelty in the connection with the death and neglect of cats. Bregel, 25, a former...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 19, 2018 - 5:00pm
    Inmate-on-inmate assaults up at 3 Minnesota prisons
    ST. PAUL — At two of Minnesota's most troubled prisons — Oak Park Heights and Stillwater — assaults by inmates against inmates increased by 20 percent in one year, according to figures released Monday by the state Department of Corrections. The increase is less than...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 19, 2018 - 12:19pm
    September 14, 2018
    Jacob's photo is projected on the screen at the community memorial service for Jacob Wetterling at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in St. Joseph, Minn., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Scott Takushi / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Jacob Wetterling documents to be released next week
    ST. CLOUD, Minn.—The closed investigative file regarding the Jacob Wetterling abduction will be released to the public on Thursday, Sept....
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 14, 2018 - 4:27pm
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