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Minnesota Man Injured in High Speed Chase Dies-New Charges Filed
Becker, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Minnesota man is now facing more serious criminal charges for causing a horrific high-speed crash while he was allegedly high on heroin and trying to elude authorities in a stolen vehicle. The crash occurred on the afternoon of July 6 in central Minnesota shortly...
Montrose man, 21, admitted taking heroin before deadly stolen truck crash in Becker, charges state
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A 21-year-old Montrose man faces decades in prison in connection to a fatal crash involving a stolen pickup truck earlier this month in central Minnesota.The Sherburne County Attorney's Office says the man was charged with seven crimes following the multi-vehicle collision on July 7 in Becker: two felony counts each of criminal vehicular operation and fleeing a police officer, and a felony count of receiving stolen property.He is also charged with two gross misdemeanor counts of criminal vehicular operation.Court documents state the suspect admitted to authorities he had used heroin before the crash that gravely injured a...
Arrests, sentencings, fire calls for July 18
Wright County Sheriff arrests: • Joseph John Winkelman, 63, of Monticello was arrested in Monticello July 8 on a charge of third-degree DWI test refusal and two Wright County warrants for driving after license cancellation. • Brandon Jeffrey Karlis Bergmanis, 45, of Minneapolis was arrested in Monticello July 9 on a charge of driving after license cancellation. ...
Wright County Residents Involved in Weekend Traffic Crash in Aitkin County
A St. Michael family was involved in a Sunday auto crash in north-central Minnesota. The State Patrol reports that shortly after 1 PM, two pickup trucks collided on Highway 65 near McGregor in Aitkin County. Authorities say a Ford F350 pickup was southbound and began to slow to make a...
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