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Ex-Chief Hennepin County Public Defender Kassius Benson given probation for federal tax evasion
He admitted late last year that he failed to pay taxes withheld for employees of his criminal defense firm.
Sharon Lubinski, first openly gay U.S. marshal and longtime MPD leader, dies at 71
Lubinski came out in 1993 and later became one of the highest serving women in law enforcement nationwide.
Wednesday sentencing for St. Louis Park man who joined ISIS called off, to be rescheduled
Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, now 27, surrendered to Syrian forces in 2019 and has spent years providing valuable information about the inner workings of the terror group he once worked for.
Minnesotan will be sentenced for fighting for ISIS: 'I joined a death cult'
As federal authorities stopped groups of Minnesotans from traveling to ISIS territory a decade ago, Abdelhamid Al-Madioum escaped detection. His survival and return home was no less astonishing.
Suit: Staff at Anoka jail withheld opioid withdrawal meds from inmate who collapsed, was injured
A new federal lawsuit is taking aim at Anoka County and an embattled private for-profit health company contracted to provide services at the county jail.
Member of Highs gang given nearly 20-year sentence in federal racketeering case
Montez Brown, 32, was caught with 9,700 fentanyl pills, thousands of dollars in cash, and two firearms during an April 2023 arrest amid the ongoing federal crackdown on Twin Cities gangs.
Gustavus professor accused of fraud to remain jailed after threatening U.S. Attorney
A magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered the professor to undergo a mental health evaluation while in jail as his fraud case proceeds.
Gustavus Adolphus accounting professor indicted on fraud charges over embezzlement claims
James Anthony Kroger is accused of taking more than $690,000 invested by a business partner and using it on 'extravagant personal purchases' while laundering money and filing a sham bankruptcy claim to conceal the scheme.
FBI arrests Minneapolis man, 59, linked to bombing, vandalizing salon over consecutive years
Michael Allen Francisco allegedly confessed to setting off a bomb at the Studio 411 salon in Minneapolis in 2022 before returning to toss a brick through its window a year later.
Man arrested in probe of Inver Grove Heights bank robbery gets 10-year sentence for illegal gun possession
Deundrick McIntosh pleaded guilty to gun charges last year but his attorney said evidence linking him to robbery was "circumstantial."