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Pregnant woman in SUV killed in Coon Rapids crash; charges filed against driver of other vehicle
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — A 20-year-old Mounds View woman is charged after a pregnant woman was killed in a crash Sunday night in Coon Rapids. Prosecutors say Makayla April Sua Richardson was driving under the influence when she struck an SUV near the intersection of Coon Rapids Boulevard Northwest and Springbrook Drive Northwest just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The passenger in the SUV has been identified as 26-year-old Melinda Thao. Court documents also revealed that Thao was five months pregnant at the time of the crash.
Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd's killing is moved to new prison months after stabbing
MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, was transferred to a federal prison in Texas almost nine months after he was stabbed in a different facility, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Chauvin, 47, is now housed...
Additional charges filed against Hudson teacher accused of contact with student
HUDSON, Wis. — A former teacher in Hudson, Wisconsin now faces a landslide of additional charges for her alleged relationship with a boy in her class. St. Croix County prosecutors added nine new criminal counts to the single charge of first-degree child sexual assault that 24-year-old Madison Lynn Bergmann was facing. Among the charges included in the amended complaint filed against Bergmann on Aug. 15 are child enticement, sexual misconduct by school staff, and use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.
Fatal shooting follows large fight in south Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police cleared a homeless encampment following an explosion of violence Monday that ended in a man's death. Officers were dispatched to the 3300 block of 3rd Ave. S. just after 5 p.m. on reports of a shooting and upon arrival found a 33-year-old man laying on the sidewalk. Police rendered aid to the victim until paramedics arrived to take him to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he later died of his injuries.
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