Paul Walsh
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Twin Cities Suburbs
REI ‘actively working’ to nab serial shoplifter who hit 3 Twin Cities stores, 22 nationwide
Two former employees say REI policy has made it easy for thieves to get away.
March 18, 2025
St. Paul
Boy 14, not expected to survive gunshot wound to head; St. Paul police investigating circumstances
The family is exploring organ donation for St. Paul teen.
March 17, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs
Woman who was drunk when she killed expectant mom, unborn child in Twin Cities collision gets prison time
Defendant Makayla April Sua Richardson was not yet old enough to drink legally at the time of the crash and was not licensed to drive alone.
March 17, 2025
St. Cloud
Minnesota student’s passport held amid investigation of missing woman in Dominican Republic
St. Cloud State senior Joshua Riibe has remained in his hotel room under police surveillance when not questioned at the police station, his parents said.
March 16, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs
2 Minneapolis teens arrested, accused of two-month crime spree in Edina
The 17-year-olds eluded capture three other times while fleeing law enforcement, police said in describing some 30 incidents since January.
March 14, 2025
Minneapolis
Domestic abuser gets life for fatally shooting woman in her Minneapolis home
Six orders for protection and restraining orders were issued against Johnny Leroy Brown between 2001 and 2021.
March 14, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs
Teen sexually assaulted as many as 5 women on Twin Cities trail, according to charges
While Jeremiah Ellis is charged with assaulting three women on the same day.
March 13, 2025
St. Cloud
Family: ‘Sadness and pain’ as Minnesota student is ‘person of interest’ in woman’s Dominican disappearance
At this time, according to law enforcement, the St. Cloud State student is not considered a suspect.
March 13, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs
2 Minneapolis teens arrested, accused of two-month crime spree in Edina
The 17-year-olds eluded capture three other times while fleeing law enforcement, police said in describing some 30 incidents since January.
March 14, 2025
Minneapolis
Domestic abuser gets life for fatally shooting woman in her Minneapolis home
Six orders for protection and restraining orders were issued against Johnny Leroy Brown between 2001 and 2021.
March 14, 2025
Twin Cities Suburbs
Teen sexually assaulted as many as 5 women on Twin Cities trail, according to charges
While Jeremiah Ellis is charged with assaulting three women on the same day.
March 13, 2025
St. Cloud
Family: ‘Sadness and pain’ as Minnesota student is ‘person of interest’ in woman’s Dominican disappearance
At this time, according to law enforcement, the St. Cloud State student is not considered a suspect.
March 13, 2025