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New drug charge filed against Princeton man after investigation
An additional felony-level drug possession charge was added to a previously existing possession case that occurred earlier this month involving a man from Princeton. Following a months-long investigation by the Princeton Police Department and the Sherburne County Drug Task Force into reported drug sales, a search warrant was conducted at the residence where Robert Earl Paulson III, 33, of Princeton, resided in the 7600 block of Highway 95 in Princeton on Aug. 1, according to the criminal complaint filed in the Mille Lacs County District...
Man gets over 12 years for fatal 2023 South St. Paul shooting
HASTINGS, Minn. — A Cambridge man charged in the November 2023 shooting death of 26-year-old Avontae King was sentenced Friday to serve over 12 years in prison. Andrew Fisher, 20, will receive 265 days credit already served toward his 153-month sentence. The Dakota County judge imposed the sentence after Fisher pleaded guilty in May 2024 to one count of second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony.
Afternoon Headlines – August 16, 2024
>Cambridge Man Sentenced to 12.75 Years in Prison for 2nd-Degree Murder. (Cambridge, MN) — A Cambridge man has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison after pleading guilty in May to the second-degree unintentional murder of 26-year-old Avontae King of South St. Paul. On November 24th, 2023, 20-year-old Andrew Fisher and his co-defendant traveled to King’s house, grabbing a bag of marijuana and fleeing. All three men ran out of the house, then Fisher shot King and fled with his co-defendant. King was brought to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Fisher’s co-defendant, Tre Iglesias, next court hearing is September 9th in Hastings.
Mille Lacs County sheriff report: week ending Aug. 8
The following incidents were reported to the Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Office: Friday, Aug. 2 6:19 a.m. Criminal damage to property was reported on Dolphin Rd. in Princeton. 8:06 p.m. Responded to a vehicle accident in Milaca. 9:20 p.m. Responded...
Princeton man with Elk River tree service paralyzed after 30-foot fall while on the job
by Chloe Smith APG of East Central Minnesota/Union Times A Princeton man was paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a tree on a job site on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Michael Hanson, owner of Hanson’s Tree Service and Landscaping based in Elk River, was performing a routine tree climb on a job site when...
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