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    December 18, 2018
    Man charged with promoting prostitution in St. Paul Park
    A convicted pimp has been charged — again — with sex trafficking and promotion of prostitution. Sandy W. Yancy, 35, Minneapolis was charged on Monday by the Washington County Attorney’s office. Yancy was also convicted in 2013 of felony promotion of prostitution in Olmsted...
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    December 11, 2018
    Lori Swanson was elected attorney general of the state of Minnesota in 2006, and re-elected in 2010 and 2014. She is Minnesota’s 29th attorney general and its first female attorney general. Courtesy photo
    Minnesota AG sues Virginia tax debt settlement company
    ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson on Tuesday, Dec. 11 brought a lawsuit against a Virginia-based tax settlement company, alleging...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 11, 2018 - 12:36pm
    December 6, 2018
    Brandon Gilbert Bacchus
    Mahtomedi man charged with firearm violation
    LAKELAND — A Mahtomedi man was arrested on Nov. 25 after allegedly threatening another man with a gun. Brandon Gilbert Bacchus, 35, has...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 6, 2018 - 6:00am
    November 29, 2018
    Mark Eric Henderson, 19, was killed Aug. 31, 2012, in a fatal police officer-involved shooting in Woodbury. Photo courtesy of Tawana Henderson
    Appeals court overturns dismissal of lawsuit against Woodbury police who killed man in 2012 hostage situation
    A federal appellate court has ruled that a jury should decide a lawsuit brought against three Woodbury police officers who shot and killed a...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 29, 2018 - 6:13pm
    November 20, 2018
    Jose Santos Barrios
    St. Paul man charged with alleged domestic assault
    WOODBURY — A St. Paul man was arrested Nov. 11 for allegedly strangling and assaulting his girlfriend in a Woodbury motel room. Jose Santos...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 20, 2018 - 4:00pm
    Infographic: Holiday DWI enforcement in Minnesota
    To help curb drunken driving this holiday season, more than 300 law enforcement agencies across Minnesota will take part in an extra DWI enforcement...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 20, 2018 - 2:08pm
    November 19, 2018
    Washington County Attorney Pete Orput poses with a bat that circulates among prosecutors in his office who win jury trials. Orput calls it the “Heavy Hitters Club.” Mike Longaecker / RiverTown Multimedia
    Plea deals vs. trials: Driving hard bargains in Minn., Wis. courtrooms
    HUDSON — Attorneys on both sides of a high-profile St. Croix County threats case shook hands in late September after delivering impassioned...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 19, 2018 - 1:29pm
    November 15, 2018
    Spike in hate crimes nationwide, in Minnesota
    Reported hate crimes spiked by 17 percent nationwide and 23 percent in Minnesota, according to a new FBI report released Tuesday, Nov. 13. Last year, 7,175 crimes were reported nationwide, up from 6,121 in 2016. In Minnesota, 42 law enforcement agencies reported 146 bias-related crimes,...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 15, 2018 - 7:00pm
    November 14, 2018
    Sophia Wang Navas, 50, of Chino Hills, Calif. Courtesy of the Washington County Sheriff's Office
    Leader of international sex ring that targeted Minn., ND sent to prison
    ST. PAUL — The last of four suspects involved in an international sex trafficking ring that preyed on foreign-born women in Minnesota and...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 14, 2018 - 11:28am
    November 7, 2018
    Chicago man found with 28 grams of meth in Woodbury hotel
    WOODBURY — A Chicago man was arrested Oct. 30 in a Woodbury hotel for possessing more than 28.2 grams of meth. James Martin Pickett, 50,...
    news/crime-and-courtsNovember 7, 2018 - 5:00pm
    October 30, 2018
    Jason Kulla
    Prescott assault suspect arrested again after pursuit into Minn.
    A Prescott man accused of sexually assaulting and stabbing a woman earlier this year allegedly violated his bond conditions Oct. 19 by driving...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 30, 2018 - 12:04pm
    October 26, 2018
    Timothy Alan Rollins, Jr. (left) and Alexander Henry Thompson (right).
    Thompson sentenced to probation in porn case
    STILLWATER — A Cottage Grove man was sentenced for felony possession of pornographic material this summer. Alexander Henry Thompson, 20,...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 26, 2018 - 6:00pm
    Hatem Amin Younis
    Afton man charged with 43 counts of state tax evasion
    An Afton man has been charged with 43 counts of state tax evasion. Hatem Amin Younis, 47, of Afton was arrested in Oakdale on the morning of...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 26, 2018 - 5:00pm
    October 8, 2018
    Man in custody after domestic incident at Oltman Middle School
    St. Paul police have a man in custody following a domestic incident this morning at Oltman Middle School in Cottage Grove. According to a statement,...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 8, 2018 - 9:58am
    October 4, 2018
    Captain Kirk wears his new badge at his graduation ceremony Monday at the Animal Humane Society in Woodbury. Photo courtesy of the Animal Humane Society
    Captain Kirk, the Sheriff's new canine deputy
    Captain Kirk could hardly sit still as he received his badge from the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Kirk, a 1-year-old bulldog-lab mix...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 4, 2018 - 5:00pm
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