Crime

Australian Woman Shot, Killed by Police in Southwest Minneapolis

Brett Bachman - FOX 9 KMSP

MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – A memorial for Justine Damond is growing near the spot where she was shot and killed by a police officer Saturday night, through information about what exactly happened in that southwest Minneapolis alleyway remains scarce. Justine Damond, Fox 9 Officials confirmed in a release Sunday, and later at a press conference, that a woman died as the…

Pennsylvania Murders: Killer Used Pig Roaster to Burn Bodies, Official Says

(FOX NEWS) – A man who confessed to killing four men who disappeared last week in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County and his suspected co-conspirator were hit with homicide charges Friday as gruesome details emerged surrounding the deaths. The charges comes on the heels of Cosmo DiNardo’s attorney saying that his client admitted to killing the four men and telling authorities the…

Two Arrested in July 9 Lincoln Park Shooting

DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police are investigating after a 34-year-old woman was shot in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The call for help came in at 2:36 a.m. Sunday around the 2100 block of West 6th Street. Officers arrived on scene to find the woman lying in the street with non-life threatening injuries. On Thursday, July 13, the Duluth Police Department…

Drug Activity Prompted Lockdown of Wisconsin Prison

The Oshkosh Correctional Institution, seen June 2, 2017 after lockdown went in effect the day before. (WLUK) OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) – Newly released documents show a nearly two-week lockdown at a Wisconsin state prison more than 50 miles southwest of Green Bay was the result of illegal drug activity involving dozens of inmates. WLUK reports that about 70 correctional officers…

Suspect in Times Square Crash Pleads Not Guilty

Richard Rojas (AP Photo)  NEW YORK (AP) – A U.S. Navy veteran pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder after he was accused of intentionally mowing down pedestrians on a Times Square sidewalk, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people. Twenty-six-year-old Richard Rojas, dressed in a beige jail uniform, mostly looked down at the defense table during…

Husband Charged with Wife’s Murder at Crystal, Minn. Home

FOX 9 - KMSP

Fox 9 CRYSTAL, Minn. (KMSP) – A Crystal, Minnesota man has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting his wife Wednesday night and then calling his son to tell him. According to the criminal complaint, Dennis Sandland, 56, called his son around 6:30 p.m. to inform him he shot his mother at their home on the 4800 block of Yates Avenue North. The son then called police….

Family Of Hibbing Homicide Victim Waits For Answers

No Arrests Have Been Made in the Death of Brian Nelson

A family waits for answers, following the homicide of a well-respected business owner in Hibbing. Monday the body of 60-year-old Brian Nelson was found inside his home, his residence is located behind business he owned, ‘The Bottle Shop.’ Police say he was violently killed, but no arrests have been made. His family tells FOX 21, they just want to know…

Snow on the Mind of a Thief in Bally Creek

COOK COUNTY, Minn. – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office received the report of a stolen snowmobile from Kirk’s Run Ski Trail in the Bally Creek area of Cook County. Authorities say the snowmobile was discovered missing on July 10, and the theft is believed to have occrred between June 26 and July 10. The missing snowmobile is described as a…

Officer Who Killed Castile gets $48,500 in Agreement

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota police officer acquitted in last year’s fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile will receive $48,500 as part of a separation agreement with the Minneapolis suburb of St. Anthony. Jeronimo Yanez, who is leaving the St. Anthony Police Department under the agreement announced Monday, also will be paid for up to 600 hours of unused…

Minneapolis Police Officer Shoots Woman’s Dogs

IRIS PEREZ - FOX 9

  MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – A north Minneapolis woman says she caught a Minneapolis Police Officer on video shooting her two dogs while responding to a burglary call at the residence Saturday night. Jennifer LeMay says her two Staffordshire bull terriers, Rocko and Ciroc, survived the incident–though both were injured and required extensive medical treatment. The officer showed up at LeMay’s house after her…

Attorneys in Slender Man Case Argue for Sequestered Jury

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) _ A judge in Waukesha County has heard defense arguments on why jurors should be sequestered during the trial of one of two teens accused of stabbing a classmate to impress a fictitious character called Slender Man. Lawyers for 15-year-old Morgan Geyser say a sequestered jury is needed because of the publicity surrounding the case. The judge…

Man Arrested in Connection to Submerged SUV

Vehicle was Part of Shipment Bound for North Dakota

SUPERIOR, Wis. – A Kentucky man was arrested in connection to an SUV found in Superior Bay Friday. 38 year old Anthony Bowles of Louisville was arrested Caledonia, Wis. for Obstruction. According to the Douglas Co. Sheriff, Bowles dumped a GMC Yukon bound for a dealership in North Dakota, in the water near Conner’s Point. Bowles and another man were…

1 Hospitalized After Shooting In East Hillside

DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police are investigating a shooting in the Central Hillside neighborhood. The shooting is believed to have happened around 5:50 p.m. Thursday on the 600 block of East 4th Street. That’s the location officers were told to look for a possible gun in the high grass by an apartment building across from the Whole Foods Co-op. This…

1 Hospitalized After Shooting In Central Hillside

DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth police are investigating a shooting in the East Hillside neighborhood. The shooting is believed to have happened around 5:50 p.m. Thursday on the 600 block of East 4th Street. That’s the location officers were told to look for a possible gun in the high grass by an apartment building across from the Whole Foods Co-op. This…

Trailer Storing Fireworks Stolen From Superior Small Business

A trailer filled with $4,000 worth of fireworks was stolen from a shed outside the store

SUPERIOR, Wisc. – An investigation is ongoing in Superior after $4,000 worth of fireworks were stolen from VP Wild Rice Company. Police say somebody broke in to a locked storage shed outside the store and stole a trailer filled with fireworks. The locally–owned business along E. 2nd Street relies on firework sales around the 4th of July to help carry…

Vandals Desecrate Jay Cooke Statue

DULUTH, Minn. – Some racially insensitive remarks have made their way onto a statue of Jay Cooke near Superior Street and Ninth Avenue East. It’s not known when vandals desecrated the statue as this point. We reached out to police earlier today, but haven’t heard back on whether there are any suspects in the case. Categories: Crime, News, News –…

Judge in Castile Case Supports Verdict

Officer Yanez was Acquitted of All Charges

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The judge who presided over the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer tells the jurors who acquitted him in the fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile that he supports them despite widespread public criticism of the verdict. Ramsey County District Judge William Leary III says in a letter to jurors that the criticism…

Poland Moves Toward Extraditing US Man in Nazi Case

98-Year-Old Claims He Wasn't Involved

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s special prosecutors say they have taken steps toward seeking the extradition from the U.S. of a Minnesota man they accuse of participating in a World War II massacre. The Associated Press had previously identified the man as 98–year–old Michael Karkoc, an ex–commander in an SS–led Nazi unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians –including…

Minnesota Man Faces 10th Drunken Driving Offense

He was arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Wisconsin State Patrol arrested a 47-year-old Minnesota man for drunken driving, which would be his 10th offense, if convicted. The Star Tribune reports that a trooper stopped Lawrence LaPole, of Rosemount, around 10:07 p.m. Tuesday in Elk Mound, Wisconsin. He was charged with drunken driving, failure to install an ignition interlock device, operating a motor vehicle…

Five Suspects in Grahek Murder Appear in Court

Not Known When Next Court Appearance Will Be

DULUTH, Minn.-All five suspects in the February murder of UMD student William Grahek made another appearance in court today. Deandre Davenport, 21, was charged earlier this year as the person who shot Grahek twice during an attempted robbery. 19-year-olds Noah Baker and Noah King both were also charged with second-degree murder in the case. 22-year-old Tara Baker is accused of…

Trial Set for Lincoln Park Murder

Suspect Has Already Plead Not Guilty

DULUTH, Minn-The suspect in a October murder case in Duluth was in court today. Aaron Humphreys, 43, had previously entered a not guilty plea in connection with his involvement in a shooting on the 2000 Block of West Superior Street. Eric Burns, 47, was killed in the incident. Humphreys is currently in jail on a $1 million bond. His trial will begin Jan….

Police Investigate Stabbing in Duluth’s Woodland Neighborhood

A 21-Year-Old Female Was Taken to Jail Pending Charges of 2nd Degree Assault

DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth Police are investigating a stabbing that occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Friday morning in Duluth’s Woodland neighborhood. Authorities responded to the 2200 block of Woodland Avenue after receiving a report of a 19-year-old male being stabbed in the leg. Officials say a 21-year-old female was taken into custody at the scene in connection with the stabbing. The male…

Hibbing Man Back in Court for Allegedly Molesting 5-Year-Old

Trial Set for July 5

HIBBING, Minn. – A 28-year-old Hibbing man was in court today after allegedly breaking into an iron range home last year and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Travis Turk is facing four felony charges in the case including criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. Travis Turk The girl’s mother woke up around 1:00 a.m. last May, when she heard screams…

Winter Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Meth Trafficking

Investigation was conducted in 2016

William Koch (Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office) SAWYER COUNTY, Wis. – A Winter man was sentenced in Sawyer County Circuit Court Thursday, for his involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy in Sawyer County in 2016. Fifty-three-year-old William Koch was sentenced to 15 years of confinement in prison and 13 years of extended supervision after his release, resulting in a total of…

Mastermind of Lottery Fraud Admits He Rigged Jackpots

Eddie Tipton, Sept. 2015 (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A former lottery computer programmer has pleaded guilty in Iowa to running a criminal scheme that allowed him to collect millions of dollars in lottery winnings in four other states. Former Multi-State Lottery Association security director Eddie Tipton on Thursday admitted that he manipulated the computer software he…

Complaint: Woman Blames Video Stunt for Boyfriend’s Death

Mona Lisa Perez HALSTAD, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota woman charged in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend told authorities it was a video stunt gone wrong. Monalisa Perez, of Halstad, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Pedro Ruiz III. According to the criminal complaint, the 19-year-old Perez told authorities Ruiz wanted to make a YouTube…

Glensheen Murders Relived Through Authors Of Best Selling Book

Will To Murder Writen By Three People Close To The Case

Duluth, Minn. Tonight the lead prosecutor in the Glensheen murders spoke out to dozens of curious minds on this 40th anniversary of the killings. It was a Ted–talk style format at the Figter’s building discussing the book “will to murder” the true story behind the crimes and trials surrounding the Glensheen killings. Now retired judge John Desanto was that lead…

FBI: Bones Are Not Those of Missing Wisconsin Boy

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) – The FBI has determined that bone fragments dug up from a yard 27 years ago are not those of a 5-year-old Wisconsin boy who vanished in 1983. (Photo: Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department files) Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Departing Inspector Jim Resseeuw tells USA Today Network-Wisconsin the bones were determined to have come from animals. That…

Not Guilty Pleas for Man Accused of Killing Deputy

Doug Nitek LADYSMITH, Wis. (AP) – Not guilty pleas have been entered on behalf of a man accused of killing a Rusk County sheriff’s deputy. Dan Glaze Forty-four-year-old Doug Nitek is facing 31 charges, including first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Deputy Dan Glaze. Nitek appeared in Rusk County Circuit Court Monday where his attorneys entered the pleas on…

52-Year Sentence in Homicide, Kidnapping, and Sexual Assault Case

BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) – The man accused of killing a woman in Bemidji and kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl in her care has been sentenced to 52 Jacob Kinn years in prison. Thirty-three-year-old Jacob Kinn earlier pleaded guilty to second-degree unintentional murder, kidnapping, and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Kinn testified he strangled Melissa Norby with a belt at…

London Road Driver On Sleeping Pills Before Fatal Crash

DULUTH, Minn. – Theresa Katzmark, 49, of Superior has pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide in the death of Donna Estrem, 62. According to the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office, Katzmark admitted she was under the influence of sleeping pills when she put her vehicle into drive instead of reverse before hitting and killing Estrem on East London Road. Sentencing is…

Glensheen Murders Still Intriguing After 40 Years

Mansion Staff Acknowledges, But Doesn't Focus on 1977 Killings

DULUTH, Minn. – Tomorrow marks the fortieth anniversary of the murders at the Glensheen Mansion in Duluth and interest in the high-profile killings is as high as ever. On June 27, 1977 Elisabeth Congdon and her nurse were murdered in her family’s estate, the Glensheen Mansion. The state convicted Congdon’s son-in-law of the murders, while her daughter, Marjorie Caldwell, was…

Projectile Hits Vehicles in Hermantown, Police Confirm Bullets

UPDATE 6/26 – The Hermantown Police Department has confirmed that the projectiles used in this incident were bullets. Bullet fragments were retrieved from three separate vehicles, according tot he Hermantown Police Department. The caliber or type of firearm used remains under investigation. Police believe that this was a random act, and states that no other incidents have been reported at…

Weekend Shooting Outside the Kro-bar in Brule

No injuries were reported

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Wis. – One man is in custody after a bar fight escalated into a shooting outside of a Brule bar, Friday night, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Courtesy: Douglas County Jail Deputies were called to the Kro-bar in Brule on Friday night just before midnight to the report of three people fighting. According to the release,…

Police Canines Show Off Their Skills

Official Certification Trials Featured At Least Eight Local K-9 Teams

HERMANTOWN, Minn- The K-9s were out in full force this evening, but not for the bad guys. It was all part of the annual United States Police Canine Association. K-9s from departments all over the region put on a free demonstration at the Hermantown High School football field. But those demonstrations were serious business for the K-9s and officers as…

Man Stabbed to Death in Madison

Victim was Pronounced Dead at the Scene

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Madison police say a 52-year-old man is dead after a stabbing in an apartment. Officers were called to a four-unit building on West Badger Road about 5:30 a.m. Saturday. The victim was dead at the scene. Police say he was stabbed multiple times. Madison Police Chief Mike Koval says authorities have detained a 27-year-old man described as…

Former Teacher Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Student

Joel Janke Will Serve Six Years in Prison

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP)  A former Chippewa Falls science teacher has been sentenced to six years in prison for the sexual assault of a student. Joel Jahnke had pleaded no contest to three felony counts, including second degree sexual assault of a child. The victim was 13 years old when she was assaulted. Jahnke admitted to touching the girl inappropriately…

Three Wounded in Twin Cities Shooting

Police Arrested Suspected Shooter

LITTLE CANADA, Minn. (AP)  Authorities say three people were shot and injured following an altercation in a Twin Cities suburb. The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened early Saturday morning near a restaurant and bar in Little Canada. Officers received one call about a report of a disorderly party and another call of a shooting in the area….

Carlton County Makes Major Meth Bust

CARLTON COUNTY, Minn.-Authorities have announced a major meth bust in Carlton County. Yesterday, various agencies came together to operate a sting where they bought one pound of meth from two suspects in Moose Lake. The suspects are 31-year-old Michael Marquardt and 38-year-old Christina Garza. Three other suspects were also arrested during the investigation.   Categories: Crime, News, News – Latest…

Escaped Gogebic Inmate Captured

BESSEMER, Mich. – After a manhunt, the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office is reporting escaped inmate Daniel Ferguson, 26, has been captured. He was reported missing at 9:50 p.m. on Monday, June 19. He was taken into custody at 2 p.m. today. He was hiding out at a residence in Bessemer. Officers acted on a tip to capture the suspect. His current charges…

2 Charged In Cloquet Dog’s Attack, Death

UPDATE 6-22-17: The owners of the three dogs that killed another person’s dog, pleaded guilty to criminal charges against them. As part of a plea agreement, the owners have agreed to euthanize their dogs, according to Cloquet Police. No further information was made available. CLOQUET, Minn. – Charges are now filed against the owners of three dogs accused of escaping…

Judges Affirm ‘Making a Murderer’ Confession was Coerced

CHICAGO (AP) — The confession of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” was improperly obtained and he should be released from prison, a three-judge federal appeals panel ruled Thursday. Brendan Dassey was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in photographer Teresa Halbach’s death on Halloween two years earlier. Dassey told detectives he helped his…

WATCH: Road Rage Incident Triggers Crash in Santa Clarita

Katie Tschopp - Fox 11

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (FOX 11) – An apparent road rage incident was caught on camera in Santa Clarita in a video that’s gone viral. The video was posted to Facebook showing a crash that appears to be caused by road rage on the 14 Freeway. The Facebook post reads, “Driving on the 14 Fwy just before the Eternal Valley Cemetery,…

Praying For The Men And Women In Blue

Ashland's Our Lady Of The Lake Catholic Church Hosts Blue Mass

Ashland, Wis. So far this year in the United States 47 police officers have been killed in the line of duty. That’s up 34 percent from this time last year. It’s a scary rise in statistics that some Northlanders are hoping to pray away. Tonight was the 9th annual emergency services blue mass to bless current departments and especially the…

Milwaukee Jury Finds Officer Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Sylville Smith

Dominique Heaggan-Brown listens to the statement he made to investigators after the shooting is read back to him in court on Friday, June 16, 2017 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)     MILWAUKEE (AP) – Sylville Smith (Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office via AP) A Milwaukee jury has acquitted a former police officer of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting of a black…