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CRIME & SAFETY
Le Sueur police chief exemplifies the American Dream
A SEAT AT THE TABLE The Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board is the government entity that sets regulations for training and licensing police officers. Gimenez Stier became a member in 2020, just after the murder of George Floyd, when Gov. Tim Walz expanded its oversight function and increased its membership from two to 17 people. It gave her a seat at the table during the most heated debates and significant decision-making that led to police reforms in Minnesota. In addition to expanding officer eligibility to legal residents, the board can now revoke the license of an officer...
State's 1st Latina police chief calls St. Peter home
From her office at the Le Sueur Police Station, surrounded by thank you notes and objects from her decades-long career, including a toy trooper cruiser still in the box that no one gets to touch, Pilar Gimenez Stier, a 1996 Gustavus Adolphus College graduate, answered the question, “Why did you choose law enforcement?”, with a smile. “When I was really young, I wanted to be Wonder Woman,” she said. The...
Warrant issued for man accused of stealing car in St. Peter
On June 4, the Nicollet County Fifth Judicial District Court issued a warrant for the arrest of a Minneapolis man suspected of stealing a woman’s car from a parking lot in St. Peter. Zakaria Abdi Hurshe, 31, is charged with two counts of felony theft for the taking of a motor vehicle and multiple financial transaction cards. Hurshe’s whereabouts are currently unknown. St. Peter Police received a report of the...
Walden hit-and-run driver facing up to 3 years in prison for crash that killed 21-year-old woman
Logan Kelly killed Cristiana Kovacs, from Montgomery, and seriously injured her boyfriend. The couple were on an e-bike when they were struck from behind on Route 52 in Walden.
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