Verdicts and Sentences

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (107+ words) ST. PAUL (KVRR) -- A man in Todd County, Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for committing six counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. 29-year-old Mervin Kauffman pleaded guilty to the six sexual assaults in June. The crimes happened…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (270+ words) Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Winona woman who was one of three people charged after a drug bust at a Rochester hotel this year has been sentenced. Court documents say the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office seized nearly 90 grams of methamphetamine,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (461+ words) ST. PAUL, Minn. — A man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death after fleeing to Kenya for nearly four years to avoid prosecution. Hudeife Muhamud Mire, also known as "Juice," 24, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (214+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Three men are facing federal charges for allegedly distributing large amounts of fentanyl across the region. United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen says Pierre Rasheem Fields, 42 of Minnetonka, Ray Eric Brasson, 36 of Minneapolis and Jermaine Young, 26 of Chicago…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (198+ words) Updated on: September 10, 2026 / 3:53 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota A 43-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to making threats toward Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth was sentenced on Thursday. According to court documents, Rachel Welsch of Hugo, Minnesota, left a series of voicemails…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (433+ words) ST. PAUL, Minn. — A man who ran a methamphetamine trafficking operation in southeastern Minnesota was sentenced to 20 years in prison. United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen says Erick Emilio Diaz-Aguilar, also known as "Homie," received the sentence for conspiracy to…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (416+ words) ST. PAUL — A former Minnesota State Patrol trooper was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison Tuesday, Sept. 8, for repeatedly sexually assaulting a toddler girl while recording the abuse and then sharing the videos with someone he met through the Telegram…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (166+ words) RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Rapid City man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation in western South Dakota and on the Pine Ridge Reservation. 40-year-old Gaylen Holy Rock was sentenced…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (312+ words) MINNEAPOLIS – U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said in a news release Tuesday that Jeremy Francis Plonski, 31, of Shakopee was sentenced to 324 months in prison and 180 months of supervised release for the production of child pornography and the distribution of child…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (359+ words) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A former Minnesota State Trooper was sentenced to 27 years in prison for producing and sharing videos of himself sexually abusing a child. Jeremy Francis Plonski was sentenced Sept. 8 before U.S. District Judge Kate M. Menendez. He pleaded guilty…...