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5 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
By Paul Walsh A motorist was severely wounded by gunfire Friday evening in downtown Minneapolis before driving a few blocks and striking another vehicle, officials said. No arrests had been made as of Saturday. Police have not revealed further details about the shooting, including a possible motive. The gunfire occurred about 6:30 p.m. near 5th Avenue and S. 9th Street, police said. The driver traveled from that location and struck a family's vehicle before coming to a stop near 3rd Avenue and S.
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5 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
By Paul Walsh A second man has been arrested and charged on allegations that he played a role in the shooting of three teens in a school parking lot near the Minnesota State Fair just before the fair closed on its final day last year. Mohamed remains jailed on a preliminary bail amount of $2 million. Scheduling of his first court hearing is pending. Court records do not list an attorney for him. Musharaf Z. Arab, 19, of Minneapolis, was arrested and charged earlier as an accomplice.
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6 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
By Paul Walsh A 52-year-old man received a 4½-year term Friday for stabbing a Twin Cities bar patron 17 times on St. Patrick's weekend. Kendrick L. Dotstry, 52, of Brooklyn Park, was sentenced by Hennepin County District Judge Carolina Lamas after Dostry pleaded guilty to second-degree assault connection with the stabbing on March 16, 2024, at SteveO's in the 4900 block of West Broadway.
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6 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
Prosecutors said Friday they are weighing felony charges against a Sun Country airlines employee who is accused of stealing a conference championship ring won by a former Minnesota Gopher when he played in the NFL. The ring, which police eventually tracked down, was earned by Mark Slater when he was a center for the Philadelphia Eagles when they won the 1980 National Football Conference title before losing to the Oakland Raiders in the Super Bowl.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
By Paul Walsh Anoka County prosecutors say a convicted killer pummeled a man repossessing his vehicle, unhooked his car from a tow truck and drove off. Clinton Trass, 44, of Fridley, was charged Thursday in District Court with first-degree carjacking and robbery in connection with the attack on the tow truck driver on April 11 outside Trass' home in the 6100 block of Star Lane NE. Trass appeared in court Thursday and remains jailed in lieu of $75,000 bail.
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Sentencing topping 27 years for man who fatally shot woman in vehicle in Minneapolis https://t.co/HsJk7tUJAk

UPDATE: Trooper ‘unable to avoid a collision’ with 2 vehicles that just crashed on MN hwy., officials say https://t.co/Iloc5cMQJ5

“I had a medical emergency and don’t know what happened," the woman told the @StarTribune. I was hospitalized for two days. I’m horrified that this is happening.”

Minnesota woman charged with assaulting crew member on Las Vegas to North Dakota flight https://t.co/iKx69aFnMs