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'One Of The Safest Places On The Planet': Only 9 Arrests After Nearly 2 Million Came To Minnesota State Fair
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (264+ words) FALCON HEIGHTS, MN — The 2026 Minnesota State Fair closed out its 12 day run as one of the safest in years, with police reporting just nine citations and arrests, down from 16 last year. "The fair very may well be one of the…...
Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation Of Secaucus Sam's Club, Cops Say | Secaucus, NJ Patch
1+ week, 1+ day ago (134+ words) SECAUCUS, NJ — A bomb threat resulted in police evacuating a Sam's Club in Secaucus on Friday afternoon, police said. Police said that employees of the Sam's Club, located at 300 Park Place, received an anonymous phone call around 1:30 p.m. saying that…...
Property Manager 'Critical But Stable' In Minneapolis Attack, Family Says
1+ week, 1+ day ago (379+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Family members have identified Jan Elaine Peterson, 56, of Blaine, as the Shoreline Plaza property manager who was shot and wounded in Wednesday's mass shooting at the downtown Minneapolis apartment building. Richelle Bronson, who identified herself on a GoFundMe…...
Second Person Charged In Stolen Suni Lee Statue Case | Saint Paul, MN Patch
1+ week, 5+ day ago (334+ words) SAINT PAUL, MN — The Ramsey County Attorney's Office has charged a second person, Tamica N. Bazinet, 44, of Saint Paul, with felony receiving stolen property in connection with the theft of a bronze statue honoring Olympic gold medalist gymnast Suni Lee....
RivCo Man Who Preyed On Kids Sentenced to Federal Prison
3+ week, 1+ day ago (327+ words) RIVERSIDE, CA — A convicted sex offender from Riverside who communicated with a teenage boy, from whom he procured explicit images then shared with someone else, was sentenced Friday to 40 years in federal prison. Ricardo Francisco Aguado, 30, pleaded guilty in April…...
3 Killed In Execution-Style Hollywood Apartment Shooting, Suspect Arrested
3+ week, 3+ day ago (247+ words) HOLLYWOOD, CA — A 57-year-old man has been charged with killing three people inside a Hollywood apartment after ordering them to the floor at gunpoint and shooting them multiple times, authorities said. Patrick Kevin Spurlock was arrested Friday on the 6600 block…...
Eagan Officer Nearly Killed In Shooting, St. Paul Man Now Charged
3+ week, 4+ day ago (372+ words) EAGAN, MN — A St. Paul man is facing multiple felony charges after prosecutors say he fired a gun at one Eagan officer's head and pressed a handgun into another officer's torso during a domestic disturbance call last week. Adrian Ricardo…...
Sheriff's Office Seeks Info On Body Found In Mississippi River
3+ week, 5+ day ago (123+ words) HASTINGS, MN — The Dakota County Sheriff's Office is seeking information about Timothy Bryan Standish Jr., 40, who was found deceased in the Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights on Aug. 14. Standish was known to have lived in the Stevens Square neighborhood…...