MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Burnsville couple faces multiple tax-related felonies after they allegedly ran a business without a sales tax permit and failed to file taxes, according to the Minnesota Department of Revenue.

The Dakota County Attorney’s Office recently charged Ronald Grote with 21 tax-related counts that include failing to file sales tax returns, failing to pay sales tax, failing to file income tax returns, failing to pay income tax and making sales after revocation. Cheryl Grote faces 10 tax-related counts, which include failing to file income tax returns, failing to pay income tax and making sales after revocation.

According to the criminal complaint, Ronald Grote continued to run his cleaning service business even after his sales tax permit was revoked in 2011. He allegedly changed the name of the business and continued to make sales after the revocation.

During the course of the investigation, the Grote couple filed joint returns and owed more than $65,000 in delinquent income taxes. A portion was recovered through bank account levies, but the couple still owes $27,000.

If convicted, the couple faces up to five years in prison per felony charge.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 30-year-old man faces charges in connection to the sexual assault of his ex-girlfriend in St. Paul and a police chase that ended with him crashing his car in Eagan early Thursday morning, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.

Alec Erling Neal, of Minneapolis, is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, first-degree burglary and fleeing a police officer.

According to the criminal complaint, St. Paul police were dispatched on Feb. 19 at 12:10 a.m. to the 500 block of Summit Avenue on the report of a stabbing. When they arrived, officers met the victim, who was shaking and crying with a laceration on her left hand. She told police her ex-boyfriend, identified as Neal, raped her and cut her with a knife.

The victim told police that she had broken up with Neal at the beginning of the year and that he had made suicidal comments after the relationship ended. He had also been in the Mental Health Unit at the Hennepin County Medical Center from Feb. 9 to Feb. 12, and she had visited while he was there.

Then, on Feb. 14, she said she found a typewritten note on her apartment door that read, “Now that you’re single, we should f—k.” She believed it came from Neal.

On Feb. 18, she returned from a trip to Mexico and after having a conversation with a friend, she went to bed. At 11:30 p.m., she woke up and saw Neal, who was naked, sitting next to her on her bed holding a serrated slicing knife from her kitchen. He then held the knife to her throat and raped her in the bedroom and again in the living room, the complaint said.

The victim said she was able to escape when Neal told her to put her clothes on. She said she went through a door in her closet that exited to a common hallway. While she was running away, however, Neal slashed at her with the knife, cutting her left hand. She was then able to find refuge in her neighbors’ apartment and call 911.

When police entered the apartment, they saw the bedroom sheets in disarray, a kitchen knife in the bedding and a roll of duct tape that appeared to be brand-new in its packaging on the floor in the hallway. They also found the note, which was ripped up, in the garbage.

Later at the hospital, the victim received a call from Neal, who asked if she had called police. At the direction of police, she told him she had not and told him she was still at home. She then said he should come back and she was fine, but Neal continued to say “They are going to arrest me and I’m going to jail!” During the conversation, Neal told the victim that he had been hiding in her apartment.

After tracing Neal’s calls to the victim, police put out an alert to the Minnesota State Patrol saying he may be traveling north on Interstate 35W. Lakeville police soon spotted the vehicle and began pursuit, taking police north on I-35W into Minneapolis and then back down on Highway 55 to Eagan. Eagan police joined the pursuit on Highway 55 and Highway 13. Meanwhile, Neal’s vehicle was traveling at a very high speed, from 80 to 110 miles per hour. The pursuit then went southbound on Highway 13 to southbound Cedar Avenue. After running two red lights on Cedar, Neal’s vehicle made a U-turn at 147th Street and went northbound on Cedar.

The police chase ended when Apple Valley police put out stop sticks, which Neal’s vehicle struck. His car then lost a tire near Cliff Road, lost control, struck a barrier underneath Cedar, spun out and ended up in a ditch just north of Cliff Bridge on Cedar.

Police then arrested the driver of the vehicle and identified him as Neal. They located additional rolls of duct tape in his vehicle, the complaint said.

In a post-Miranda interview, Neal said he wished to remain silent.

Medical records confirmed the laceration to the victim’s hand and it was determined she had vaginal injuries consisting of abrasions and redness.

If convicted of his charges, Neal could face up to 30 years in prison and a $40,000 fine on just the criminal sexual conduct charge alone.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has issued charges against a 15-year-old boy in connection with the shooting in Minnetonka on Monday evening.

According to Minnetonka Police, around 5 p.m. Monday officers responded to a call of an explosion in the 5400 block of Byscane Way in Minnetonka.

When they arrived, they found the homeowner shot in the face. His 15-year-old son was arrested in the driveway and was taken into custody.

Minnetonka police said they have never been called to the house for a domestic dispute or for any altercation involving family members.

According to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, because the boy is younger than 16 no further information can be released.

The boy’s father remains in critical condition.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities in Ferguson, Missouri, say a 20-year-old man faces charges following the shooting last week of two area police officers.

At a press conference Sunday afternoon, officials said Jeffrey Williams is charged with first-degree assault and gun violations in connection to the March 12 shooting.

They say he acknowledged to firing the shots that hit one officer in the face and the other in the shoulder. However, he said he was not aiming for the officers.

Williams is currently in custody, being held on a $300,000 bond.

Officials say tips from the public led to his arrest.

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nearly four weeks after Barway Collins was last seen alive, his father has been charged with second-degree intentional murder in connection to his death Tuesday afternoon.

Crystal police arrested Pierre Collins Monday and believe he’s responsible for the disappearance and death of his 10-year-old son.

Searchers found Barway Collins‘ body in the Mississippi River in north Minneapolis Saturday. He was last seen alive March 18 after getting out of his school van.

Pierre Collins reported him missing shortly after and has repeatedly denied having anything to do with his disappearance. He remained in the public’s eye during the search, even releasing a balloon hours before Barway’s body was found.

“I had nothing to do with Barway’s disappearance,” he said on March 25. “I would do no harm to Barway. I’m not that type of person.”

Investigators, however, say Pierre Collins is not being truthful.

“Mr. Collins has given several statements to the police are contradictory in nature in terms of almost every factual aspect of the case,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said at the press conference Tuesday afternoon.

According to the criminal complaint, Pierre Collins’ cell phone was pinged at the park along the river both at the time of Barway’s disappearance and earlier that morning at 9:22 a.m.

A witness at the apartment complex also reported to police seeing Barway get into his father’s vehicle before going missing.

Pierre Collins was unemployed, but his wife didn’t know. He recently increased Barway’s life insurance policy from $30,000 to $50,000, the complaint said.

“Both of them were unemployed and we knew they had debts,” Freeman said.

The complaint continues that Barway’s feet were bound with duct tape and there was also duct tape on his torso. His body was in the water for several weeks. His cause and manner of death have still not been released.

“We believe the father took him to the river, dumped him in a waste water storm water cistern and he remained underwater for 24 days,” Freeman said.

Twin Cities defense attorney Joe Friedberg said the circumstantial evidence against Collins is strong, and he wouldn’t be surprised if the charges change from second- to first-degree murder.

“There’s nothing wrong with circumstantial evidence; it can be a lot stronger than direct evidence,” he said. “When you have somebody who doesn’t have any money trying to raise insurance money on his child just before the child is murdered, that’s circumstantial evidence as well, but it kind of grabs you.”

The memorial service, “Peace for Barway,” will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the North Mississippi Regional Park.

Barway’s biological mother, Louise Karluah, lives in Liberia. Community members, family and friends are trying to help her be a part of the funeral or memorial service by setting up a community account at TCF Bank. They say any amount of contribution would be appreciated; donations can be made to the Barway Collins Fund.

Pierre Collins’ bail has been set at $2 million. His first appearance in court is set for Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield spoke with a psychologist from Allina Health Tuesday about how parents can talk to their children about tragedies of this nature.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Twin Cities father charged with murdering his son is back behind bars after a short stop in court Wednesday afternoon.

Police say Pierre Collins dumped his 10-year-old son, Barway, into a stormwater tank on the Mississippi River last month.

Inside the courthouse, a judge set Collins’ next court date and kept his bail at $2 million.

Police say cell phone evidence links him to the same spot along the river where Barway’s body was found.

While Barway was missing, week after week, officers did their work, Collins insisted he was doing his, too.

“I work with the law enforcement,” he told WCCO on March 25. “I bend my back from the day my son went missing. I gave them my car, I gave them my home computer, I gave them my iPad, I gave them my cell phone.”

Turns out, that cell phone was what officers needed to help make the case against him. In the criminal complaint, cell phone records detail the day Barway disappeared.

• At 9:22 a.m., Collins’s cell phone pinged close to the Mississippi.

• Barway got home from school at 4:17 p.m.

• At 4:22 p.m., Collins’s cell pinged at their apartment.

• At 4:42 p.m., it pinged back at the spot near the river, where Barway’s body was eventually found.

• From 4:42 p.m. to 4:51 p.m., it was either turned off or put in airplane mode for an hour, until it pinged back at the apartment.

• At 6:27 p.m., Collins used the phone to report his son missing.

A cell phone specialist, Kyle Opdahl, CEO of Cell Phone Repair Midwest, said the precise timetable is unsurprising and that “they would pull this information off of anyone of us.”

Opdahl said a few years back, towers could only track within a 2- to 3-mile radius, but now they are “extremely accurate, within feet.”

He said cell carriers keep records unless a phone is turned off or on airplane mode. If that happens, as it did for Collins that day, the phone is temporarily untraceable.

These records are property of the cell carriers, but police can obtain them. As technology increases, they’ve become precise tracking tools and can be key evidence.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A dad who police said he’d rather give his baby weed than Tylenol is in jail.

Ramsey County charged Richard Martin and his wife, Molly, with child endangerment. Richard Martin also faces a charge of selling marijuana. Police found several marijuana plants in his mom’s St. Paul basement, where they were living.

Neighbors took pictures as law enforcement surrounded the St. Paul home in late February. The criminal complaint said police found seven growing marijuana plants, smoking devices and dried marijuana.

Near the equipment was an infant play system.

Martin admitted to police he “smoked a lot of marijuana” and that “his baby smokes it and asks him to smoke weed.” That baby is 14 months old.

Police found pictures on Molly Martin’s Facebook account of “what appears to be a female hand holding a filled marijuana pipe to the infant’s mouth” and a “hash oil vaporizer to the infant’s mouth.”

“That makes me really angry,” neighbor Cyndi Veverka said.

Veverka suspected something was going on inside the home.

“There would be noisy cars and ‘boom, boom’ late at night,” Veverka said. “It would wake you up.”

A 10-year-old also lived in the home. Veverka said she used to come to her house to escape.

“She didn’t get into exactly what was going on, but just said her home life was not good,” Veverka said.

Now, she wishes she had done more to help.

“I feel so bad for her,” Veverka said. “I can’t even imagine.”

Martin’s mother said she didn’t know what was going on downstairs.

His wife, Molly, told police the same thing, but she did admit she recognized the smell of marijuana every day.

Martin told police they sold or gave marijuana to friends and that he extracts the THC from it to make butter.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Three men face charges in connection to the murder of a couple who were found dead and burned inside their southwest Minnesota home last week.

Early Thursday morning, a passerby called firefighters after seeing the flames coming from Jim and Cathy Hively’s farmhouse near Balaton. Inside, the couple was discovered deceased.

The following day, police arrested 20-year-old Derek Hexum, 18-year-old Theodore Como and 21-year-old Kyle Wesselink in connection to the crime.

Hexum faces two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree murder, first-degree arson and second-degree arson (liability for crimes of another). Como faces two counts of second-degree murder (liability for crimes of another), three counts of first-degree burglary, as well as first- and second-degree arson.

Wesselink is charged with first-degree arson (liability for crimes of another), first-degree burglary and possession of stolen property (liability for crimes of another).

According to the criminal complaint, during the early hours of April 29, a pickup and a 12-gauge shotgun were stolen from a Lyon County residence near Ghent. A couple hours later, the truck was found burning at a vacant farm site.

Then, six hours after the Hively house fire was reported on April 30, Wesselink was pulled over by Marshall police without a license or insurance for the vehicle. Inside his car’s trunk, police discovered five firearms wrapped in plastic sheeting. One of the guns was a Remington 12-gauge that matched the description of the shotgun stolen the previous day. Three other guns in Wesselink’s possession were also determined to be stolen from the Hively residence, the complaint said.

Wesselink and his passenger, Como, were then taken into custody to be interviewed.

According to the complaint, Como told police in an interview that Wesselink had dropped him and Hexum off in Ghent on April 29 so they could commit a burglary. Then, the two went to the Hively residence to commit another burglary. Como said that he opened the door and Hexum went inside with the shotgun up to his shoulder. While waiting outside, Como said that within moments, he heard four or five shots and someone screaming. They then took some items from the home and the Hively’s Lincoln, the complaint said.

After leaving the Hively’s house, Como says he and Hexum drove some distance away, burned the truck but kept the Lincoln for the day.

During the early morning hours of April 30, Como says he and Hexum decided they needed to destroy the evidence from the Hively residence, so they retrieved gas and returned to the Hively residence. There, they set the house, garage and car on fire, according to the complaint.

Hexum was arrested following the interview at his father’s residence, which is nearby the Hively residence. In his pocket at the time of the arrest was a digital camera subsequently identified as stolen from the Hively residence.

Hexum has denied any knowledge of the burglaries, murders or arson. He says he was in Marshall at a friend’s place when the incidents occurred.

If convicted, the three men face a maximum of 40 or more years in prison.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The 21-year-old son of an Elk River police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and older brother.

Chris Besser, who was remorseful in court Tuesday morning, faces two counts of second-degree murder. He waived his Miranda rights after being arrested, telling police he fatally shot 49-year-old Todd Besser and 27-year-old Blake Besser in their St. Michael home on Saturday.

According to a criminal complaint, Chris Besser surrendered to authorities shortly after the shootings at a nearby gas station. He told officers he “did it,” adding that he and his father weren’t getting along and he “just lost it.”

Wright County Attorney Tom Kelly said the two had a “strained relationship.”

In a statement to police, Chris Besser told officers that after getting into an argument with his father on Saturday evening, he brooded on the couch before grabbing a 30-30 lever action rifle from the gun cabinet and going to the basement. His father was down there, sitting at the computer, and Chris Besser said he shot him in the back of the head.

Later, when his older brother came home, Chris Besser said he shot him in the abdomen as the 27-year-old entered from the garage. Blake Besser called 911 before dying, and told authorities that his younger brother had shot him.

When asked why he killed his brother, Chris Besser told police he couldn’t leave a witness, the complaint states.

If convicted of both charges, Chris Besser faces a maximum sentence of 80 years in prison. He has a criminal history with convictions for marijuana possession, a traffic violation and a DWI. his next court date is set for 1 p.m. on May 22.

Bail was set for him Tuesday at $5 million without conditions, $2 million with firearm and drug restrictions.

The county attorney said officials are looking into the possibility of alcohol being a factor, but said after the shootings that Chris Besser was “coherent.”

Todd Besser was a 16-year veteran of the Elk River Police Department, and he remarried about a year-and-a-half ago. Recently, he worked as a school liaison officer in the Elk River School District.

His widow, Gwen Besser, was in court on Tuesday. She made a brief statement to reporters.

“All I’m asking for is prayer, healing, grace, and forgiveness,” she said.

The couple were living in Ostego. They met through work, Gwen Besser was a dispatcher in Sherburne County. Neighbors say Todd Besser would check in on his boys at his former home.

The funeral for Todd and Blake Besser is scheduled for Sunday. The public is welcome to a visitation at Elk River High School, which starts at 11 a.m.

A memorial fund has been set up in Todd Besser’s name at the Bank of Elk River, which is located at 633 Main Street.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Charges have been made against the three inmates who escaped from a New Richmond, Wis. correctional facility earlier this month.

Jesse Jamal Fairley, 26, Kyle John Peterson, 19, and Andre Lee Vance, 21, have each been charged with one count of escaping criminal arrest.

According to police, Fairly, Peterson and Vance escaped the St. Croix Correctional Facility on Wednesday, May 6.

Fairley was found at a residence on the 1600 block of Plymouth Avenue North. Minneapolis Police say he surrendered without incident. He awaits extradition back to Wisconsin.

Peterson was captured Friday morning in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and Vance was arrested about eight hours later in Madison.

These are new charges from the ones they were originally incarcerated for.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 54-year-old Dakota County man is accused of threatening his brother’s life and shooting at his truck in an argument over a tree, according to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office.

According to the criminal complaint, the county sheriff’s office dispatched deputies on June 6 to a residence in Douglas Township on the report of a man, later identified as Wayne Harris Dierke, who had allegedly threatened to shoot his brother and fired some shots.

Upon arrival, deputies contacted Dierke on the telephone and took him into custody without incident. While clearing his residence, deputies found several handguns and long guns in plain view.

Deputies then talked with Dierke’s brother, who said that when he came home earlier, Dierke was very angry about a small maple tree in their yard that had been cut with a knife. The brother said Dierke, who was yelling and holding a revolver, threatened to kill him and pointed the gun in his direction, according to the criminal complaint.

Then, as the brother was getting out of his truck, he said he heard a shot and believed Dierke was shooting at his truck tires or the ground. He said he then heard another shot in the air. He got back in his truck and said he could see Dierke pointing the gun at the truck tires. As he was leaving, he thought he heard another shot, the complaint said.

When he told Dierke that he was calling the police, Dierke allegedly responded, “OK, I’m getting loaded.”

The brother reported to authorities that he believed the gun his brother fired was a Sportman Model 99 .22 revolver, which holds nine shells and was found inside the residence. A deputy opened the gun’s cylinder and saw that there were seven rounds inside and two open slots. The deputy could also smell gun powder coming from the gun, the complaint said.

According to the complaint, a deputy took a Mirandized statement from Dierke, who said he got “red” during the incident — meaning he got so mad he couldn’t remember what happened.

Dierke is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, which is a felony. If convicted, he could face three to seven years in prison and or a maximum fine of $14,000.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 51-year-old Tennessee man has been charged with driving to Minnesota to purposefully illicit sexual conduct with a 13-year-old girl, the United States Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

Jeffrey Scott Evans was specifically charged with one count of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct in connection to the June 12, 2015 incident. He made his first court appearance Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in St. Paul.

According to the criminal complaint, on the day of the incident, Evans used a screen name, “taboolooking”, on a social media site called ChatHour.com to start chatting with another user he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. In the conversations, he indicated he wanted to text and email her and, if they liked each other, he would travel to Minnesota to meet her.

Later that day, Evans reserved a hotel room in Bloomington, authorities said. Two days later, Evans asked over text message if she could stay with him three or four days and not get in trouble. He then sent pictures of himself and described his car to the potential victim. He also sent text messages depicting sexual acts he wanted to engage in with her, the complaint said.

Then, on June 22, Evans was arrested after he arrived at the Bloomington hotel.

The case is a result of an investigation by the Homeland Security Investigations and the case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kevin S. Ueland.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Waseca teenager was in court Tuesday, and the main question under consideration was whether or not he should he be tried as an adult.

John LaDue was arrested last year after police say they found bomb-making materials in a storage locker. They also found his journal, which outlined plans to kill family members and attack his school.

LaDue faces six felony counts of possessing explosives. The more serious charges of planning to kill his family and his classmates were dropped.

LaDue, who is now 18, was 17 years old at the time of his arrest. That’s why the court is determining whether to try him as an adult.

For the entire morning Tuesday, testimony was heard from Katheryn Cranbrook, a psychologist who performs neutral evaluations for the county.

She testified that LaDue has a limited interest in developing relationships with anyone, he doesn’t show concern for the seriousness of the allegations against him, and he doesn’t believe he needs help.

From meeting with LaDue, reading his journal and going over evidence in the case, Cranbrook believes he poses a “significant risk of future violence.”

She recommended that LaDue’s case be certified to adult court. She said he requires extended intervention and monitoring, both of which he would be able to have in an adult prison setting.

After a day of testimony Tuesday, a decision was not made. However, the court has 15 days to come to a decision.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Bloomington man is accused of trying to grab a gun while violently resisting arrest Tuesday, according to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office.

Akili Malik Shakur, 37, faces one felony count of possession of firearm by ineligible person, and gross misdemeanor counts of possession of a pistol without a permit and obstructing legal process in connection to the June 30 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, an officer on routine patrol in Burnsville pulled over a car after observing that it had a broken taillight, driving abnormally slow and weaving within its lane.

After initiating a traffic stop, one of the officers made contact with the driver and learned he had an active warrant. The driver was then arrested.

A second officer could see that Shakur, the passenger, appeared to be extremely nervous, was sweating and was constantly looking around like he was looking for an escape route, the complaint said.

When Shakur was asked to step out of the vehicle, he voluntarily exited, but immediately began to run from police. The first officer was able to grab his shirt, was dragged for a few feet before Shakur fell to the ground, the complaint said.

The officers attempted to get a control of Shakur, but authorities say he was actively and violently resisting. At one point, Shakur attempted to pull his arms beneath his body toward his waistband and appeared to be digging for something. The officers had to ultimately Taser him to get him to comply, the complaint said.

After handcuffing Shakur, the officers rolled him over and found a small silver semi-automatic handgun underneath his body.

Shakur has a prior conviction for second-degree murder in Hennepin County in February of 1994. He was on supervised release after serving a 300-month sentence.

If convicted, his felony charge has a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and/or a $9,000 fine.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A woman charged in connection with the disappearance of Christopher Rossing is due in court Monday.

Rossing was last seen in August after drinking at a bar in Howard Lake. Witnesses say he was with Robert Nuttall that night.

His girlfriend, Gwen Butcher, told investigators that Nuttall and Rossing got into a fight. Nuttall ended up throwing Rossing into the back of their SUV, but Butcher says she didn’t see what happened after that.

Investigators found burned bone fragments across the road from where Butcher and Nuttall live in Hutchinson. However, Rossing’s body has still not been found.

Butcher and Nuttall both face murder charges.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 58-year-old South St. Paul man has been charged in the stabbing death of a 45-year-old woman last Friday, according to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office.

On Monday, Thomas Michael Luby was specifically charged with second-degree intentional murder in the death of Kelly Ann Anderson, also of South St. Paul.

According to the criminal complaint, Luby called 911 in the early morning hours of Aug. 7, 2015 reporting there was dead woman at his residence, saying she was dead “because I killed her.” He said he stabbed her in the neck in self-defense.

When officers arrived, they found Anderson’s blood-covered body lying face up on the living room floor with a large kitchen knife in her hand. She had visible wounds to her body and neck.

Luby, who was found with dried blood on him, was placed under arrest and taken to the South St. Paul Police Department where he was interviewed, the criminal complaint said.

Luby told police that he and Anderson had been drinking the prior evening when Anderson got mad at him for hiding the alcohol and stabbed him in the neck. Luby said he disarmed her and stabbed her lightly in the stomach and said she then passed out for a while. He said she again grabbed the knife when she woke up, but he disarmed her again and stabbed her in the mouth, killing her, the complaint said.

Luby told police he had no recollection of making the 911 call and denied placing the knife in Anderson’s hand after her death. The only injuries found on Luby were two small cuts under his chin.

“This was a violent attack that senselessly took the life of Kelly Anderson. Our deepest sympathy is extended to the victim’s family and friends,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said, adding that this is the county’s first murder charge in 2015.

Luby made his first appearance in in court Monday where his bail was set in the amount of $1.25 million without conditions and $1 million with conditions. His next court appearance is set for Aug. 24, 2015 in Hastings.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 25-year-old Shakopee man has pleaded guilty in May’s ambush on pedal pub.

Earlier this week in Hennepin County Court, John Davis Rock, Jr. pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. He was the last to face charges in the incident.

On May 23, 2015, witnesses say the group attacked the pedal pub in downtown Minneapolis with water balloons and squirt guns. Some of the passengers were off-duty Burnsville police officers. They held down the attackers until Minneapolis officers arrived.

Related: Disorderly Conduct Charges Dropped In Pedal Pub Ambush

As a result of the guilty plea, charges of assault and disorderly conduct involving fighting have been dropped. A 45-day jail term will not be served if Rock doesn’t violate the terms of his one-year probation, which include stipulations to not be convicted of a similar offense during that period.

Rock was also ordered to pay $395 in restitution.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 35-year-old Minneapolis man faces charges after he allegedly pointed a BB gun at Edina police officers, who then shot and wounded him, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

Colin Peter Reinsmoen is charged with illegally possessing a firearm and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, both felonies, in connection to the Aug. 8, 2015 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, officers responded to an Edina apartment for a welfare check on Reinsmoen, who has mental health issues.

Reinsmoen allegedly began threatening his parents with physical violence when they confronted him about getting help. They then called 911.

Before police arrived, Reinsmoen went back to a couch and covered himself in a blanket. When police arrived, he stood up with one of his hands in a clutched position covered by the blanket. Police asked him to see what was under the blanket, but he refused, the complaint said.

Eventually, Reinsmoen allegedly threw the blanket aside and raised his hand, which was clutching a handgun. He then pointed it directly at one of the officers, and both officers fired and struck him.

Reinsmoen was then arrested and police recovered the firearm, which was a black semi-automatic BB gun. He was taken to the hospital where he needed surgery, but is expected to fully recover.

Police say he has a lengthy criminal history, which includes controlled substance, simple robbery and domestic abuse crimes.

If convicted, Reinsmoen could face up to 15 years in prison for the illegally possessing a firearm charge and up to seven years for the second-degree assault charge.

The two officers were identified Wednesday as Keith Boerger and David Boosalis. They have both been placed on routine paid administrative leave, per department policy.

The incident is under investigation by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 27-year-old Shakopee man is accused of exposing himself to three young girls outside a Burnsville mall in June, according to charges filed in Dakota County.

J Patrick Michael Rowley faces one count of solicitation of a child to engage in sexual conduct and one count of indecent exposure (minor under 16 present with a prior conviction) – both felonies – in connection to the June 11, 2015 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, three female victims – ages 11 to 12 – reported to police that a man had exposed his penis to them outside the shopping mall. They reported that the man drove by them in his truck in such a way that they could see his penis.

The girls also reported that at one point, the man stopped the truck and said to the girls, “Hi girls, do you want some?” and masturbated in front of the girls, the complaint said.

Authorities say surveillance video from the mall was used to identify the truck driver as Rowley.

In 2007, Rowley was convicted of peeping in a window twice in Scott County. The same year, he was also convicted of indecent exposure in the presence of a minor in Scott County.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Hinckley man now faces murder charges in the death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son, whom he’s accused of severely beating last week.

Jonathan Michael Loun, 31, is charged with three counts of second-degree murder in the death of Dante Sears, court documents filed in Pine County show.

Sears was taken off life support not long after being hospitalized with injures associated with severe child abuse. The child was supposed to have celebrated his third birthday at the end of last week.

Sears’ mother told police that she found her son unresponsive last Tuesday morning after returning home from work.

She also found a note from her boyfriend, which read, in part: “He pissed on me and I snapped. I banged his head on the floor. He’s not okay. I’m so sorry.”

Emergency crews took Sears to Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis, where he was put on life support. It’s not clear when the boy died, but a fund was set up to help pay for his funeral expenses over the weekend.

Police arrested Loun on Tuesday in the woods near his sister’s home in Hinckley. He had self-inflicted stab wounds on his arms.

In total, Loun now faces six counts in the death of Sears. Along with the murder charges, he’s also facing two counts of assault and one count of malicious punishment of a child.