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CRIME & SAFETY
Rockville Man Sentenced for Fatal Crash on Highway 10
FOLEY (WJON News) -- A Rockville man has been sentenced for causing a crash that killed his passenger last August. A Benton County judge has sentenced 27-year-old Aler Gomez-Lucas to three years and five months in prison Friday. He gets credit for serving for just over a year in jail.
Waite Park man sentenced for attempted St. Cloud bank robbery
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A Waite Park man was sentenced Thursday to more than six years for an attempted 2021 St. Cloud bank robbery in which he took multiple hostages.Ray McNeary, 39, took five hostages at a Wells Fargo bank on May 6, 2021. The criminal complaint said he was speaking to a bank manager about potential fraud on his account, and became upset when the manager couldn't find his account.The manager hit the silent panic alarm and several customers fled the building, but five employees remained inside. McNeary then demanded $60,000 in cash from the vault.The complaint went on to...
Minnesota investigators ID baby found dead in box 35 years ago
SHERBURNE COUNTY, Minn. — Minnesota investigators on Thursday closed a decades-old case without filing charges.On April 23, 1989, a baby girl was discovered dead inside a box by the roadside in Santiago Township in Sherburne County.The case remained unsolved for more than 35 years as investigators were unable to identify the baby or her parents.Last year, Sherburne County investigators revisited the case with assistance from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the FBI.Investigators say they were able to use DNA to identify the mother, who, in interviews, admitted to concealing her pregnancy and the birth from her family. She...
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...
Man Found Incompetent to face Stearns County Arson Charges
ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- A man formerly of St. Paul who's charged with two separate cases of arson in Stearns County has been found mentally unfit to face the charges against him. Thirty-nine-year-old James Lund is accused of trying to light a woman's car on fire in the pharmacy...
Aug. 16 Sartell police blotter
If you have a tip concerning a crime, call the Sartell Police Department at 320-251-8186 or Tri-County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-255-1301, or access its tip site at tricountycrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers offers rewards up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a crime. July...
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