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18 hours ago |
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
A 56-year-old Iranian national was arrested in St. Paul last weekend by ICE authorities who say he was ordered to leave the country in 2022. Mehran Makari Saheli, was one of 11 Iranian nationals arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a 48-hour period in eight states, according to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security. The press release said he was “convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in Minneapolis, where he was sentenced to 15 months in prison.
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4 days ago |
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
A Burnsville man with a laundry list of previous felony charges was sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding a California electronics company, said acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson on Monday. Thomas Thanh Phẩm, 53, also was ordered to pay more than $2.9 million in restitution. “Fraudsters have flocked to Minnesota for far too long,” Thompson said in a statement. ““Pham is no exception. He is a serial fraudster who has demonstrated that he will not stop until he is stopped.
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5 days ago |
yahoo.com | Kristi Miller
A woman who disappeared Sunday afternoon after she jumped off a boat was found 40 minutes later by a dive team and then pronounced dead at the hospital, authorities said. Shortly before 2:30 p.m. law enforcement personnel were called to White Bear Lake after a 40-year-old woman was reported missing after jumping off a boat, according to a news release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The release said the woman had been missing for 40 minutes.
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5 days ago |
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
A 24-year-old Bloomington man was shot and killed Sunday morning after an altercation between men sitting together in a driveway, police said. A news release from the Bloomington police department said that at 6:45 a.m. police received calls about a shooting on the 200 block of 92nd Street West in Bloomington. When officers arrived, the release says that several people were trying to render aid to a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying on the ground near a driveway to a home.
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5 days ago |
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
Three people were shot and injured late Saturday night at a St. Paul apartment building, police said. At about 11:45 p.m. 911 calls reported shots fired at a rooftop pool on the 100 block of Kellogg Boulevard, said Nikki Muehlhausen, a public information officer with St. Paul police. Officers arrived to find two people with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. They were taken to Regions Hospital. Not long afterward, a third person with a non-life threatening wound arrived at the hospital.
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Ben Hovland
Staff Photojournalist at MPR News (Saint Paul, MN)
Ben Hovland primarily covers news in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States and surrounding areas.
Joni Astrup
Associate Editor at Elk River Star News
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Brooks O'Brian
Program Director and Afternoon Host at WFMS-FM (Indianapolis, IN)
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Ricky Campbell
Investigative Producer at KSTP-TV (St Paul, MN)
Ricky Campbell primarily covers news in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota, United States and surrounding regions.
Tim Lyon
Digital Managing Editor at KMXK-FM (94.9)
Digital Managing Editor at WWJO-FM (St. Cloud, MN)
Tim Lyon primarily covers news in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, Minnesota, United States and surrounding suburbs.
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