GRAND MARAIS, Minn. – A Finland man who pleaded guilty to Felony Murder in May has received his sentencing from a judge at the State District Court in Grand Marais. Kirk Bigby Sixty-three-year-old Kirk Bigby received his sentence of 12 1/2 years in prison for the murder of 35-year-old Marcus Lee Roberts outside of the Bluefin Bay Resort in Tofte,…
LOGANVILLE, Wis. (AP) – Authorities in southern Wisconsin say a 10-year-old boy fatally shot his 14-year-old brother while playing “cops and robbers” with a rifle they didn’t think was loaded. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a shooting at a home south of Loganville. A statement from the sheriff’s office…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – A fatal heroin overdose that took the life of a 25-year-old Superior man last year has turned into a homicide case. According to the criminal complaint, the suspect, 22-year-old Nathan Birkholz of Superior, knew he was selling a mix of heroin and fentanyl that was the strongest any of his users would ever get their hands on….
ASHLAND, Wis.-Ashland police made an arrest earlier today in an alleged assault that occurred Thursday at Lakeshore Drive West. A 24-year-old man is accused of fighting with another man at that residence, which eventually led to a victim lying unconscious in the street after getting kicked in the head. The suspect also had a felony warrant out for his arrest…
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. – St. Louis County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an assault at a bar in Mountain Iron just before 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 8, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. When officers arrived on scene, they located a woman inside the bar with a stab wound to the left side of her stomach. She was…
Jacob White WALKER, Minn. – A Remer, Minnesota man has been sentenced to 12 year in prison for two sexual conduct cases involving minors, according to Cass County Attorney Christopher J. Strandlie. Jacob John White, 32, was sentenced for committing Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree, which will run concurrently with one year in jail for Criminal Sexual Conduct…
Nathan Birkholz SUPERIOR, Wis. – A 22-year-old Superior man has been charged with First Degree Reckless Homicide after his alleged involvement in the overdose death of Neil Christianson in Nov. 2016, according to Douglas County District Attorney Mark Fruehauf. Nathan Birkholz allegedly delivered a substance which contained heroin and fentanyl to Christianson, which resulted in his death. The criminal complaint…
Joshua Stewart DULUTH, Minn. – On Thursday, August 3, the Duluth Police Department Sex Crimes, Violent Crimes, and Financial Crimes Units arrested a 35-year-old male after investigators became aware of a conversation occurring between the male and a female minor over social media. Thirty-five-year-old Joshua Stewart was subsequently arrested after making arrangements with the female, he believed to be 14-years-old,…
A theft in Superior has some people hoping for answers after a community fundraiser box was broken into. Nearly 7,000 people came out to annual Billings Park Days in Superior last weekend, that’s a higher attendance than normal. Organizers however got a big surprise when they found one of the donation boxes to raise funds for next year’s events was…
Jesse Bonacci-Koski VIRGINIA, Minn. – A 24-year-old Hibbing man is facing charges for his involvement in the fatal fire that killed an 11-month-old boy on Aug. 2. Jesse Lee Bonacci-Koski was charged in State District Court in Virginia on Monday with four counts, including second degree manslaughter. According to the criminal complaint, the 11-month-old boy, identified as Bentley Joe…
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (KMSP) – A group of state and national politicians gathered Sunday to see for themselves the damage caused by an improvised explosive device at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington just one day earlier. The blast went off during morning prayers around 5:00 a.m., shocking those gathered with plumes of smoke coming from a window near the…
Saturday August 5th, It was day 8 of the missing Duluth couple Ron and Mary Tarnowski. Saturday hundreds gathered at the Tarnowski home in hopes that a search party would bring them home. “We are not giving up hope. We’re keeping our heads held high, we’re going to be strong, and we’re going to bring mom and dad home. But…
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The Muslim American Society of Minnesota says that someone threw an explosive device that started a fire in the imam’s office at a mosque near Minneapolis. The society said in a statement that attendees extinguished the fire at Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington. Police say the explosion was reported at about 5 a.m. Saturday and there…
DULUTH, Minn. – A car versus bicycle crash sent one person to the hospital shortly after 1:00 a.m. Friday morning. When Duluth police responded to the 2300 Block of London Road, officers made observations that the driver of the vehicle showed signs of impairment from alcohol. The bicyclist was taken to a local hospital with a head injury and remains…
ST. CLOUD, Minn.-Escaped inmate Keanu Major, 22, of Bemidji, has been arrested after going on the run Friday. He was located at about 8 p.m. Tuesday in a St. Cloud apartment complex. Major escaped from custody while being treated at a hospital in Bemidji after getting injured in some altercations in the Beltrami County Jail. Major was able to escape custody…
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) Police in Mendota Heights say a woman was found dead in an office building near where authorities searched an assisted living center for an armed suspect. Police Chief Kelly McCarthy says the woman was found in the Mendota Heights Business Center about 2 p.m. Saturday. Authorities believe she was killed by the man police were looking…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minneapolis police say one person has died in a shooting on the city’s north side. Officers responded to a 911 call of the shooting on Plymouth Avenue North on Friday night. Police found a man who had been shot in the head. The victim was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he died. The name of the…
CARLTON, Minn. – A man accused of a murder on the Fond du Lac Reservation says he’s guilty. 33 year old Wayne Bosto pled guilty to second degree murder charges in Carlton County court Friday. Bosto was accused of killing John Korby last December. Bosto was also charged with being a felon in possesion of a firearm. Bosto will be…
Keanu Major, 25 BEMIDJI, Minn. (KMSP) – A code red alert was issued Friday morning for an escaped inmate last seen in Bemidji, Minnesota. Police are asking for the public’s help in locating 25-year-old Keanu Joseph Major, who was last seen in the northwest part of the city in leg shackles and a waist belt with restraints and an orange prison jumpsuit. Major…
RICE LAKE, Minn. — Here’s the latest on a house fire in Rice Lake that law enforcement officials are calling “suspicious.” St. Louis County Sheriff Deputies responded to a call from East Calvary Street in Rice Lake around 10:15 pm Wednesday night. The deputies were first on the scene and put out a small with a fire extinguisher. Fire crews…
DULUTH, Minn. – The Duluth Police Department reports that just after 12 p.m. Thursday, an officer was taking a report of a stolen vehicle over the phone, when the vehicle reported stolen drove by. The officer managed to stop the vehicle when the four occupants fled on foot. All occupants of the vehicle were located. The driver was arrested for…
BEMIDJI, Minn. – Around 4:30 a.m., Monday July 24, the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Department received a call that two adult females had been robbed at gun point outside a residence in the 5200 block of 15th Street NW in Grant Valley Township outside of Bemidji. The 911 caller indicated that one of the females was in the process of exiting…
HERMANTOWN, Minn.-Two suspects were arrested at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hermantown’s Mills Fleet Farm in a shoplifting incident. A 26-year-old male suspect was found with a loaded handgun concealed in his waistband, along with a hypodermic needle which tested positive for a controlled substance. He has been arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possessing a pistol with a controlled…
DULUTH, Minn.-Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire today at a residence on Calvary Road, which left no one injured. Firefighters and deputies were called to the scene at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday at 3912 East Calvary Road. Smoke alarms could be heard at the property, as smoke poured out of the windows at the residence. A small fire was knocked down…
M.P. King | State Journal MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Madison police are among a growing number of law enforcement agencies using drones to investigate crimes and track down offenders. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the Madison Police Department has used its new drone team five times since June. Its two drones weigh between five and 10 pounds each and have…
Justine Damond, Fox 9 MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – A newly unsealed search warrant details the evidence the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has gathered about what led up to the fatal officer-involved shooting of Justine Damond in southwest Minneapolis on July 15. Damond was shot and killed by Minneapolis Police Officer Mohammed Noor, who was in the squad car with his partner, Officer…
ELLSBERG TOWNSHIP, Minn. – A criminal investigation is underway after a late-night boat ride for four friends on a lake in St. Louis County turned fatal. Ann DeLanghe, 54, of Burnsville, Minn., died from her injuries after being ejected from the boat, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. Her husband, Ernest, was also a passenger. His condition was…
The Oshkosh Correctional Institution, seen June 2, 2017 after lockdown went in effect the day before. (WLUK) OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) – Corrections officials say three security employees are recovering following an attack by an inmate at the state prison in Oshkosh. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says the attack happened Thursday evening at the medium-security Oshkosh Correctional Institution. Injuries on…
Hibbing, Minn. The Hibbing community is doing their part to combat the opioid and meth problem in St. Louis County. Hundreds came out to hear from multiple agencies that deal with the problem head on. A panel consisting of representatives from St. Louis county public health, local law enforcement, attorney’s and even addiction survivors were on hand tonight. The panel…
ASHLAND, Wis. – A seven month investigation that started with an Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) tip, has led to the arrest of a male, according to the Ashland Police Department. Detectives from Ashland PD and the State of Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation executed a search warrant at an Ashland residence, resulting in the arrest of a 29-year-old male….
CHICAGO (AP) – An Illinois sheriff’s office said Wednesday that it has identified a Minnesota runaway as one of the victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said in a news release that the remains of a person whose body was found under the crawl space of Gacy’s Chicago area home in 1978 were those…
Justine Damond, Fox 9 MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – The Minneapolis Police Department has released the 911 transcript of the call Justine Damond placed on the night of July 15, just minutes before she was shot and killed by officers who responded to the call. Damond called 911 twice that night to report a possible sexual assault near 51st Street and Washburn…
DULUTH, Minn. – The police shooting of an Australian woman in Minneapolis this week continues to make international headlines. During the incident, the police officer’s body camera was not recording as the fatal shot was fired, raising questions about what the policies are when it comes to police body cameras. Duluth Police Department policy is that officers wear body cameras…
MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – The family of Justine Damond made their first public comments in Sydney Tuesday after their daughter was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer over the weekend. John Ruszczyk, Justine’s father, said the family is still trying to come to terms with what has happened. “Justine, our daughter, was so special to us and to so many others,”…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. – Hermantown Police responded to an alarm at a car dealership located in the 4700 block of Miller Trunk Highway around 5:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Hermantown Police Department. When officers arrived on scene, they discovered forced entry into the business, but no one was located in the building during the search. Investigators collected evidence, and found…
JULY 18, 2017- Authorities in Hibbing are seeking the public’s assistance as they continue to investigate the death of Brian Nelson. Investigators are interested in speaking to anyone who may have had any contact with Nelson between Saturday evening July 8 through Monday July 10. The investigation is ongoing at this point, and authorities indicate that they believe this to…
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Minnesota to speak to state and local prosecutors. Sessions was expected to address an annual gathering of district attorneys from around the country in Minneapolis on Monday afternoon. Sessions has pitched a tough-on-crime mentality as President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice. He has…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
Ahman Green GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green has waived his preliminary hearing on child abuse charges in Brown County Circuit Court. The 40-year-old Green was in court Tuesday on accusations he struck his 15-year-old daughter in the head in a dispute over household chores last month at his Green Bay area home….
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…
HARRIS, Minn. (AP) _ Authorities say a carjacking suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting in east-central Minnesota and his young daughter who was in the car is safe. The Chisago County Sheriff’s Office says law officers fired shots after the suspect was found outside the town of Harris on Monday. The man died at the scene. The carjacking was…
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…
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…
