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South St. Paul Man Now Faces 1st-Degree Murder In Woman’s Stabbing Death

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 58-year-old South St. Paul man now faces both first- and second-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of a 45-year-old woman last Friday, the Dakota County Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.

Thomas Michael Luby was indicted late Wednesday by the Dakota County Grand Jury with a new charge of first-degree murder in the death of Kelly Ann Anderson, also of South St. Paul. He was initially charged with second-degree intentional murder on Aug. 10.

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 will be making his first appearance in court on the indictment on Sept. 14, 2015 at 9 a.m. in Hastings. He’s currently being held in the Dakota County Jail in connection with the previous complaint filed


St. Paul Man, 18, Accused Of Shooting Good Samaritan In The Chest

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An 18-year-old St. Paul man has been charged with allegedly shooting a Good Samaritan in the chest earlier this month.

Treheem Smith, who was arrested Tuesday, faces attempted second-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 2, 2015 incident.

Smith is accused of shooting a man who jumped out of a car to stop an assault on a vulnerable person at a light rail platform.

“This is a tragic case of a man who is shot coming to the aid of a crime victim,” Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said. “Our thoughts, prayers and good deeds as a community should be focused on his recovery. We will do everything in our power to seek justice for the victim.”

Authorities say investigators were able to identify two juvenile assailants involved in the incident, one of whom identified Smith. The two juvenile males, ages 14 and 15, have since pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated robbery.

The victim remains at Regions Hospital. Surgeons needed to fix a lacerated liver and had to remove part of his pancreas, stomach and colon.

Charges: St. Paul Man, 30, Randomly Attacked Pedestrian With Knife

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 30-year-old St. Paul man is accused of a randomly assaulting a person with a knife last week, according to charges filed in Dakota County.

Darell Deandray Johnson faces second-degree assault in connection to the Sept. 16, 2015 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, a male victim was walking toward his residence at 494 Carol Avenue in St. Paul when a man emerged from some bushes, grabbed the victim in a bear hug and began to slash the victim with a knife.

The victim fell to the ground and kicked the man attacking him. The man continued to slash the victim several times on his face and body with the knife until the victim got free and the man fled.

The victim suffered a number of cuts to his face, arms and legs, but none of the cuts were severe enough to require stitches.

When the victim described the attacker, police realized they had encountered the man before. They determined the man was Johnson and the victim selected Johnson among a photo array, the complaint said.

After Johnson’s arrest, he gave police different accounts of his whereabouts during the time of the incident. At one point he said he was involved in an altercation with a light-skinned black male near the Dorthy Day Center, but the other man produced a pocket knife so he walked away. Johnson denied carrying any weapon for protection or any other reason, the complaint said.

If convicted, Johnson could face up to seven years in prison and/or a $14,000 fine.

Student Charged With Attempted Murder In S. Dakota Shooting

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A teenage student has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a South Dakota high school principal who was lightly wounded in the arm, authorities said Thursday.

Lincoln County State’s Attorney Tom Wollman said Mason Buhl, 16, is charged as an adult on one count each of attempted murder and the commission of a felony while armed with a firearm. Buhl is accused of confronting Harrisburg High School Principal Kevin Lein with a handgun in his office Wednesday morning and firing a single shot that left the principal with a flesh wound.

Buhl is scheduled to make his first court appearance on the charges, which carry maximum penalties of 25 years in prison, on Thursday afternoon in Canton, Wolman said. He added that state law requires him to charge a 16-year-old as an adult when the felonies are class 2 or above.

Buhl, a junior, was tackled after the shooting by Assistant Principal Ryan Rollinger, and Rollinger and the school’s activities director held him down until sheriff’s deputies arrived. No one else was hurt, and students were sent home after the incident. Lein was discharged from the hospital Wednesday afternoon after a short stay.

Buhl’s father told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he doesn’t know what led his son to the shooting. He said his ex-wife, with whom his son lives, called to tell him that their son had been arrested following the shooting. He said his son’s been quiet over the past year.

“Something’s just going on inside of him and he’s just mad at everybody, I think,” Rodney Buhl said. “I don’t know what would’ve made him do something like this.”

He didn’t say where his son got the handgun, but said that he and his son would regularly target shoot outside and that his son had taken gun safety courses. Wollman would not say where the student got the gun.

The school has about 635 students from Harrisburg and other communities. Harrisburg, a town of about 5,000 residents, sits 10 miles south of Sioux Falls.

Classes resumed Thursday, and Lein and Rollinger returned to the job “not on my accord but on their accord,” said superintendent Jim Holbeck.

The two administrators called a school assembly to express how grateful they were to be able to stand in front of the students again.

“They wanted to be there,” Holbeck said. “They wanted to make sure that the kids saw they were safe.”

Lincoln County Sheriff Dennis Johnson praised school administrators and law enforcement officers for preventing further tragedy. Asked what can be done to keep guns out of schools, Johnson said militarizing the hallways with metal detectors with armed guards is not the answer.

“We can’t have that. That’s not our society,” Johnson said. “That’s certainly not our state. That’s certainly not Harrisburg.”

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Moorhead Man Charged With Chasing Deer On Boat Until It Drowned

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MAHNOMEN, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Moorhead man with animal cruelty and chasing a wild animal with a motor vehicle for allegedly chasing a deer with a pontoon boat until it drowned.

Fifty-five-year-old Steven William Timm was charged in Mahnomen County on Tuesday with two misdemeanor counts stemming from an incident on Tulaby Lake on Sept. 6. Witnesses told a conservation officer they saw a man chase a swimming buck with a pontoon boat until it died.

The Department of Natural Resources incident report says Timm told the officer he was trying to steer the deer back to shore, not hurt it.

Timm’s first court appearance is set for Oct. 29.

A man answering the phone number listed for Timm in the incident report denied he was Timm and hung up.

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Aitkin Co. Man Faced Domestic Violence Charges Before Killing Deputy

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Official documents paint a dark picture surrounding the circumstances that led 50-year-old Danny Hammond to St. Cloud Hospital, where he shot and killed an Aitkin County investigator over the weekend.

Hammond killed 60-year-old Steven Sandberg, who had been assigned to monitor him overnight Sunday. Authorities say Hammond got hold of Sandberg’s gun and shot him several times.

Responding officers used a stun gun to shock Hammond, and he died shortly after, likely from cardiac arrest.

Court documents filed last week in Aitkin County show that Hammond had a long and troubled relationship with his wife, who says he tormented her for 25 years.

Instigators say that his wife told him she was leaving him on Oct. 10. In response, Hammond locked the doors and removed the handles from the windows of their rural Aitkin County home.

He reportedly said that they would be together until “death do we part.”

His wife told authorities he forced her to eat food laced with rat poison. She said that when she tried to escape, Hammond dragged her back inside the house by her hair.

She said Hammond forced her to spend the night next to him, while he played with a loaded pistol, pointing it at himself and at her.

The next morning, she said Hammond let her go to her father’s house. There, her father called 911, and authorities, including Sandberg, took her statement.

Prosecutors revealed on Monday that Hammond was facing 11 felony charges in connection with tormenting his wife.

Oct. 12, Hammond was found near death inside his home of an apparent suicide attempt.

He was rushed to St. Cloud Hospital where deputies, including Sandberg, monitored him closely.

Then came Sunday, when Hammond shot Sandberg and died shortly after.

In a statement, Hammond’s wife said she is praying for Sandberg’s family.

“My son and I are so very sad over the terrible circumstances of Deputy Sandberg’s death,” the statement said.”Our foremost thoughts are for his family. Please, please, know that our prayers are not for my son and I, but are for the family of Deputy Sandberg.”

Man Charged With Murder In Shooting Of St. Paul Woman

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A man now faces murder charges in the weekend shooting death of a 24-year-old mother in St. Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood.

Alvin Bell, 24, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Sarah Wierstad, court documents filed in Ramsey County show.

Wierstad was shot around 8 p.m. Sunday near her home at the intersection of Beaumont and Bedford streets, officials say. An autopsy showed she suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the heart.

According to a criminal complaint, witnesses told authorities that multiple gunshots were heard in the street and two vehicles sped off from the area immediately after the shooting.

When checking on Wierstad’s young daughter shortly after, police noticed that purses and shoe boxes appeared to be out of place in Wierstad’s otherwise tidy apartment.

Later, after police obtained a search warrant, investigators found a cut in the window screen near Wierstad’s kitchen.

Officers also took fingerprints from her window, and when running the prints against those in the Midwest Automated Fingerprint Identification Network, they found the prints matched several belonging to Bell.

Investigators also found that surveillance video captured the two vehicles seen leaving Beaumont and Bedford after the shooting.

Those cars — a Chrevolet Suburban and a Toyota 4Runner – went to Minneapolis gas station about a half hour after the shooting, and surveillance video showed Bell trying to pay for gas with Wierstad’s credit card.

Two days later, police arrested Bell, as well as a woman named Michelle Koester.

Koester told authorities that she and Bell were in Wierstad’s neighborhood at the time of the shooting. While she said she saw Bell in the street that night, she denied seeing Bell with a gun, the complaint states.

Koester has yet to be charged in connection to the case.

If convicted of the second-degree murder charge, Bell faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.

Officials say Bell has two prior violent crime convictions: one for aggravated robbery and another for attempted aggravated robbery involving a firearm.

Inver Grove Heights Woman Accused Of Shooting At Cops During Standoff

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 50-year-old Inver Grove Heights woman faces several charges after she allegedly shot at police officers during a weekend standoff, according to charges filed in Dakota County.

On Friday, Kathryn Mielke was specifically charged with three felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in connection to the Oct. 22 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, a friend of Mielke’s was worried after receiving strange text messages from her and hearing rumors of her losing her job, so she went to Mielke’s home on the day of the incident.

There, the friend allegedly found Mielke sitting on the couch with a gun on a table in front of her and an empty bottle of alcohol nearby. In addition to telling her friend to leave, Mielke also mentioned that she wanted to be with her deceased son.

The complaint said the friend then managed to take the gun away from Mielke after a short struggle. Mielke then went for her gun safe, but her friend stopped her from getting another gun. After pacing up and down the house, Mielke pushed her friend, who still had the gun, outside. The friend then called 911.

When officers arrived and attempted to talk with Mielke over a sound system, she could be heard yelling “go away!” and refused to answer any commands by officers. Then, at one point, officers observed her opening the front door and yell “go away!” Soon after, the first of eight gun shots were heard.

Officers reported that some of the gun shot rounds were fired in their direction.

In response to the shootings, the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office’s MAAG team was called to the scene, a lockdown was advised at a nearby school and bus route were diverted.

Without providing additional details, the complaint says MAAG officers were able to safely take Mielke into custody using “less than lethal” methods. She was then taken to a nearby hospital where she was treated and released.

According to the complaint, Mielke told officers in a statement that she had been drinking heavily, felt a “rage in her head” and wanted to commit suicide. She admitted that her friend took one of her guns, but that she had another one, so she retrieved it and loaded it.

After loading the gun, Mielke told officers that she was “ready to shoot” and initially said she didn’t remember shooting the gun. However, she later admitted to shooting the gun twice and that she yelled at the officers to go away, the complaint said.

Officers later confirmed that eight shots had been fired from the gun. Six shots went through the front window and two bullet holes were found in the wood about the front window.

If convicted, Mielke faces a maximum sentence of seven years in prison and/or a $14,0000 fine.


Minn. Archdiocese Doesn’t Enter Plea Over Handling Of Abusive Priest

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota archdiocese and prosecutors both made conciliatory statements Thursday after an initial hearing on criminal charges against the church over its handling of an abusive priest, and the judge said she understood the two were engaged in talks.

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis didn’t enter a plea or send any leaders to appear at the brief hearing. Ramsey County Chief Judge Teresa Warner told Assistant County Attorney Tom Ring and archdiocese defense attorney Joe Dixon that she understood that discussions or negotiations were continuing, but gave no details. She scheduled the next court date for Nov. 30.

The archdiocese faces six gross misdemeanor counts of child endangerment for allegedly turning a blind eye to repeated misconduct by Curtis Wehmeyer, a now-imprisoned former priest at Church of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Paul, who was convicted of molesting two boys in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin.

Prosecutors say top church officials failed to respond to “numerous and repeated reports of troubling conduct” by Wehmeyer, dating back to when he entered seminary in 1997 until he was defrocked in March.

Both Dixon and Ring declined to comment after the hearing.

But County Attorney John Choi issued a statement saying the archdiocese “has begun to demonstrate a spirit of reform” since the charges were filed. He said prosecutors would continue to press the case.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda, for his part, said in a separate statement that he’s grateful for the opportunities the archdiocese has had to work with the county attorney’s office toward the goal of making sure children are safe in their communities, schools and parishes.

Each of the six criminal counts filed in June carries a maximum fine of $3,000. Prosecutors also filed a civil petition then that asks a court to order the archdiocese to stop failing to protect children. While the two matters are technically separate cases, the court is handling them together.

At a separate hearing Thursday in federal bankruptcy court in Minneapolis, a judge granted the archdiocese an extension to file its reorganization plan from Nov. 30 to May 31. The archdiocese had cited the large number of claims filed against it for sexual abuse by clergy as a factor.

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Charges: 2 Prior Lake Men Set Fire To Historic Eagan City Hall

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities say a grudge against Eagan officials led to two men setting fire to the Historic Eagan City Hall.

The Dakota County Attorney’s Office says Michael Duane Damron (also known as Wade Duane Arvidson), 52, and Wynn Donald Arvidson, 50, have both been charged with first-degree arson in connection to the Sept. 8, 2013 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, Damron was upset with Eagan officials after unsuccessfully suing Eagan and Inver Grove Heights for $12 million. The Damron/Arvidson family believed police had taken items belonging to them during the course of a 2006 criminal investigation into multiple thefts.

Authorities say Damron has a history of writing threatening letters to various officials and vandalism against entities he’s upset with.

On Sept. 3, 2013, the city hall was set on fire at 4:30 a.m. DNA evidence from feces found near the scene connected Wynn Arvidson to the crime, and home surveillance video from the two men’s home show the men talking about starting fires and shows them leaving a couple hours prior to the arson, the complaint said.

If convicted, both men face up to 20 years in prison and/or a $20,000 fine.

Charges: Friend Hid Laura Schwendemann’s Body After She Died

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 21-year-old Starbuck man is accused of hiding the body of his friend, Laura Schwendemann, after she died from a possible drug overdose, according to charges filed in Douglas County.

Nickolas Ryan McArdell faces one gross misdemeanor count of interference with a dead body in connection to the Oct. 14, 2015 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, McArdell admitted to driving around Douglas County while injecting methamphetamine and smoking marijuana with Schwendemann, 18.

At one point, he said he messed with Schwendemann by pretending they were being chased by police as he drove. He said she then “freaked out” and he needed to calm her down couple times. The second time, however, she began to breathe heavily before she stopped breathing, the complaint said.

He told police that he checked her pulse and she didn’t have one, so he drove three or four miles to a cornfield. That’s where he left the body, the complaint said.

The next morning, he called several people asking them if they had seen Schwendemann.

Authorities say McArdell initially told police that Schwendemann and he had been injecting meth and driving around Douglas County, but that he blacked out and couldn’t remember what happened.

On Oct. 18, a multi-agency search by land and air ensued. Schwendemann’s body was discovered on Oct. 26.

An autopsy of Schwendemann did not reveal evidence of any other cause of her death aside from methamphetamine ingestion.

On Oct. 31, McArdell admitted to hiding her body, the complaint said.

If convicted, he faces up to one year in jail and/or a $3,000 fine.

Charges: Wis. Woman, 22, Sold Fake Drugs To Informant

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PLYMOUTH, Wis. (AP) — A 22-year-old Wisconsin woman faces three felony charges after police say she sold dog food as heroin and aspirin as a painkiller to an informant.

Megan Meyer of Plymouth is charged with two counts of imitation of a control substance and one count of bail jumping. She could face up to 12 years in prison because she was on probation at the time of her arrest.

A criminal complaint says a Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department investigators discovered the fake drugs after a confidential informant purchased them during a controlled buy in November.

Initial testing on the drugs was inclusive. The criminal complaint says Meyer eventually confessed to selling the informant crushed up dog food as heroin and an aspirin tablet as Percocet.

Court documents don’t list an attorney for Meyer.

She’s due in court Wednesday.

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5 Charged In Dakota County Identity Theft Ring

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HASTINGS, Minn. (AP/WCCO) — Five people have been charged in Dakota County in a suspected identity theft ring that authorities believe impacted more than 150 victims.

Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom says the suspects made initial court appearances Thursday where substantial bail amounts were set.

The five men from Las Vegas were arrested after trying to use stolen credit card information to buy thousands of dollars in gift cards from an Eagan Sam’s Club. Investigators say the manager got suspicious and told Eagan police a group matching their description had just bought another $7,000 in gift cards an hour before at the Apple Valley Sam’s Club.

Backstrom says one man told authorities the group flew to Minnesota recently. Backstrom’s office has charged 14 cases like it in 2015 and he suspects it’s part of a broader ring. The people use cloned credit cards containing stolen numbers but are in their own name. When arrested, the men had $21,000 in gift cards.

The victims are from Minnesota and beyond.

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Charges: Red Wing Woman Stole Ring From Hospice Patient, Pawned It

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 24-year-old Red Wing woman is accused of stealing a wedding ring from a hospice care patient and pawning it, according to charges filed in Goodhue County.

Erin Kyla Russell faces one felony charge of theft in connection to the July 2015 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, Russell stole the ring from a patient, who is always in a sleeping state and was unable to communicate, at St. Brigids at Hi Park. She then allegedly pawned the ring at the Red Wing Pawn Shop.

During the investigation, Russell was identified in the pawn shop’s surveillance video. In it, she was seen wearing her name tag while selling the ring, the complaint said.

When confronted by health workers and police, Russell denied knowledge of the ring and told police she did not want to speak to an officer at the time. She was then arrested.

If convicted, Russell faces up to 5 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.

2 Charged In Craiglist Robbery, Shooting At Walmart

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two men in their early 20s have been charged in connection to a Craigslist transaction that turned into a shooting outside of a Shakopee Walmart Tuesday.

At about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Shakopee Police say one of the suspects met with the victim at the entryway of the Walmart for a cell phone transaction. One of the suspects, while holding the phone, fled to the parking lot to a van waiting with the other suspect.

Police say the victim chased the suspect, and the suspect turned around and pointed a gun at the victim, who darted behind a shopping cart and pulled out his weapon, which he had a permit for. The victim fired at the suspect as he jumped into the van, and the suspects fled.

The store was briefly put on lockdown as a result of the incident.

On Thursday, the suspects — who are now in custody — were identified as 21-year-old Mohamed Mohamud Hassan of Eden Prairie and 20-year-old Abdimalik Ahmed Aden of Minneapolis.

Now, both face felony charges of simple robbery and second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.

If convicted, both could face up to 10 years in prison on the simple robbery charge and up to seven years in prison on the assault charge.


Charges: Maplewood Man Stole Cell Phone From 9-Year-Old’s Hands

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 19-year-old Maplewood man faces a charge accusing him of stealing a cellphone from a 9-year-old girl’s hands in St. Paul earlier this month, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.

Dejuan Quashon Montgomery faces one count of theft from person in connection to the Jan. 5 incident.

According to police, the incident happened near the intersection of Grotto Street and Edmund Avenue at about 3:30 p.m.

St. Paul police spokesman Steve Linders says the victim was at the corner to pick up her little sister from the school bus when the man – now identified as Montgomery — walked by, circled back and grabbed her phone.

Montgomery then allegedly said, “Ah ha! I have your phone!” as he ran away. A store on the corner caught an image of Montgomery.

According to the criminal complaint, the victim’s mother contacted police on Jan. 8, saying an unknown woman stopped by her house and returned her daughter’s stolen cellphone. The woman said that her son, DJ, had stolen the phone. She said DJ was currently on probation and has mental health issues.

Later, police received information that the man caught on surveillance images was possibly Montgomery. After talking with his parole officer, police talked with Montgomery in person at the group home where he is currently residing.

During the interview, Montgomery admitted to taking the phone and said he tried to give it back but she wasn’t there, the complaint said.

Montgomery has a prior felony conviction of possession of a firearm by an ineligible person.

He is not in custody at this time.

If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.

Twin Cities Bus Driver Accused Of Inappropriately Touching 5-Year-Old Boy

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 52-year-old Eagan man is accused of inappropriately touching a 5-year-old boy he picked up from daycare, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.

Charles Edward Glover faces one felony count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection to the incident, which occurred in the summer of 2015.

According to the criminal complaint, St. Paul police responded on Jan. 20, 2016, to a terminal sexual conduct report that occurred at Mounds Park during the summer.

The complaint says that the 5-year-old victim reported to authorities that a man who picked him up from daycare pulled down his shorts and touched him inappropriately.

Based on the description the victim gave, authorities were able to identify the bus driver as Glover, who worked for Twin City Transportation.

Glover was arrested on Feb. 1.

Glover has previous child crime-related accusations, including allegedly touching a 10-year-old boy inappropriately and having child pornography on his computer. In both cases, criminal charges were not pursued.

If convicted, Glover could face up to 25 years in prison and/or a $35,000 fine.

South St. Paul Mother, 31, Charged In Death Of Infant Daughter

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 31-year-old South St. Paul woman is charged in the death of her infant daughter, after she fell asleep with the girl and allegedly suffocated her.

According to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, Jessica Lee Grass is charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter in connection to the June 17, 2015 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, police were called to Grass’ residence where they found her deceased 5-month-old baby, Vaida Rose Grass, lying on top of a bed near a pillow.

Grass initially told police that she laid her baby down on the bed and laid down with her briefly before leaving the child in the bed. However, she later changed her story and told police she had in fact fallen asleep with the baby and may have rolled on her, the complaint said.

Grass also admitted to using methamphetamine, Xanax and alcohol the day prior. A blood test confirmed the controlled substances were still in her system at the time of the infant’s death.

An autopsy confirmed the infant died of positional asphyxia.

“This appears to be another tragic example of the extreme danger of co-sleeping with an infant, the danger of which is even more extreme when the co-sleeping adult is under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said.

Jessica Grass’ bail has been set at $75,000 without condition and $25,000 with conditions. Her next appearance in court is scheduled for May 10, 2016.

Charges: Waite Park Man Shot, Nearly Killed In His Own Driveway

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 54-year-old St. Cloud man is accused of shooting another man in the chest – critically wounding him – after a confrontation in the victim’s driveway Monday evening.

Herbert Campbell faces felony charges of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault in connection to the March 20 incident.

According to the criminal complaint, officers were patrolling an area on the 200 block of Waite Avenue in Waite Park at around 10 p.m. when a woman screamed and ran into the street in front of a house. When officers arrived, they found a man lying on the ground with the woman kneeling next to him screaming.

Officers also encountered Campbell standing nearby holding a gun, the complaint said. When he was ordered to the ground, Campbell allegedly said he was 54 years old and “too old for this s—t.”

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was losing consciousness. While being taken to the hospital, the victim stopped breathing and needed to be resuscitated. Authorities say his injuries required extensive medical intervention and he remains hospitalized. On Tuesday, police said that the victim is in stable condition and should survive his injuries.

According to the complaint, officers learned that the two men were at the end of the victim’s driveway conversing before the incident. While talking, the victim allegedly made several statements about Campbell shooting him. The woman then began leading the victim away from Campbell, but heard a pop and saw the victim fall to the ground grabbing his chest, the complaint said.

Campbell allegedly then told the woman “see what he made me do?” Authorities say the victim was shot from only a few feet away.

The woman told police that the victim did not have a weapon nor was he aggressive toward Campbell. Officers observed no injuries on Campbell.

The complaint says Campbell declined giving a statement and a .22-caliber handgun containing one spend round casing was taken from him.

If convicted, Campbell faces up to 20 years in prison on both charges.

All 6 Arrested In Bloomington Shooting Charged With Murder

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Hennepin County officials announced Tuesday that all six suspects arrested in last week’s fatal shooting in Bloomington have all been charged with burglary, assault and murder.

Earlier in the week, charges came down against three of the suspects: 19-year-old Megan Cater, of Lakeville, 20-year-old Noah Peterson, of Lakeville, and 20-year-old Briana Martinson, of Prior Lake. They were charged with two counts of second-degree murder, one count of burglary and one count of second-degree murder.

On Tuesday, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said the three other suspects – 20-year-old Tarrance Murphy, 33-year-old Maurice Verser and 20-year-old Alec Streit, all of Minneapolis — face the same charges.

bloomington shooting mug shots All 6 Arrested In Bloomington Shooting Charged With Murder

(From the top, left to right: Megan Cater, Briana Martinson, and Noah Peterson. From the bottom, left to right: Tarrance Murphy, Alec Streit and Maurice Verser)

The six are accused of killing 19-year-old Corey Elder last Thursday night in his apartment, which they ransacked in search of drugs. According to a criminal complaint, Verser fired the shot that killed Elder, with the bullet nicking his jugular, shattering his spine and fracturing his skull.

A woman who lived with Elder was also assaulted. The criminal complaint says either Verser or Murphy pointed a gun to her head before Corey was shot right before her eyes.

Cater and Martinson planned the burglary to steal Elder’s drugs, the complaint states. The two women then recruited Peterson and Streit, who then recruited the other two men.

The six made final plans in the parking lot outside Elder’s apartment building. Four of them – Cater, Martinson, Verser and Murphy – would enter, while Peterson and Streit would remain in the car.

The six suspects were arrested over the weekend. Police say the gun used in the shooting and the stolen drugs were found in Cater’s car.

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