Arcadio Carrera-Flores, age 36 of Mexico, is our Minnesota Man of the Day for November 22. He has been indicted on three criminal counts in federal court, involving a firearm,…
Firomsa Ahmed Umar, age 30 of Fridley, was indicted in federal court today on four arson-related counts relating to two incidents last month at a Minneapolis ice cream parlor. He…
From KARE-11 News, Activists want answers after ICE raid on St. Paul business. KARE reports, The Immigration Defense Network (IDN) gathered at Bro-Tex Inc., a paper and textile company located…
Jose Salud Botello-Vargas of Mexico is our Minnesota Man of the Day for November 20. He appeared in court this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis to be…
Call him Ismael. The Minnesota Man of the Day for November 19 is Ismail Chupin-Higuera, age 27. Chupin is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown St. Paul to…
Israel Jose Amaya-Romero, of Mexico, is our Minnesota Man of the Day. The other two contestants this Tuesday have previously earned Minnesota Man honors and are thus ineligible for repeat…
Tomas Valencia-Ramirez takes Minnesota Man of the Day honors in a hard-fought, five-way contest. Valencia (a/k/a Rufino Ramirez) appeared this afternoon in federal court in downtown St. Paul, charged with…
Following recent elections in Minneapolis for all 13 City Council seats and for the Mayor, renewed debate over public safety in the city has been a point of discussion in…
Allan Fernando Flores-Lemus is our Minnesota Man of the Day, and he arrives with a trigger warning. Flores, age 37, was indicted yesterday in federal court on seven counts of…
Recent violence reflects a changing landscape in Mankato A murder on Sunday morning, followed by a drive-by shooting into a house on Monday evening, has rattled the normally peaceful city…
Jamal Osman, Minneapolis City Council Member representing Ward 6, was carjacked last night in South Minneapolis. There have been few details released, but in a written statement, Osman stated that…
Carlos Guillermo Aragon-Baez is our Minnesota Man of the Day. He has been charged in federal court with one count of illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien. Aragon, aged…
Two recent arrests of young men who had used guns to commit violent offenses expose a criminal justice system that is failing to see the big picture and consequently failing…
When Tou Thao walked out of a federal prison today, it no doubt marked the end of a nightmare that fell over him five years ago. Thao was one of…
Another crime story soon to be disappeared. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Halloween overnight shooting kills one, injures two in Dinkytown. For those who don’t know, Dinkytown is the small…
Marlon Irias-Duarte is our Minnesota Man of the Day. On Friday, Irias made a first appearance in federal court having been indicted back in May on a felony count of…
Minnesota’s oldest ju-jitsu school World of Self Defense is a ju-jitsu “dojo” located a few blocks west of the Veterans Administration Hospital in South Minneapolis. It’s a second-generation martial arts school…
BREAKIING NEWS: From the New York Post, 29-year-old anarchist arrested for alleged $45K hit on Pam Bondi: FBI. It looks like I’m going to need to launch an “Area Man” series alongside…
Charged with five counts of wire and bank fraud, Jonathan Weinhagen made his first appearance this afternoon in federal court in downtown St. Paul. He was released on bond. You…
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) awarded four Minneapolis police officers as joint recipients of the IACP Officer of the Year award for 2025. The announcement came today…
Jose Alberto Arroyo-Sotelo is our Minnesota Man of the Day. Dramatic scenes played out up in Fridley and Brooklyn Park earlier this month, when Arroyo was taken into custody by…
On October 16, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) released its annual Legislative Report highlighting 2024 crime data. The following is a short summary of the report focusing on…
Minneapolis, known as the “City of Lakes,” will no longer host the Aquatennial, which has been its signature summer event since 1940. It’s also pulling the plug on the popular…
Nicolas Lopez-Juarez appears to be heading back to Guatemala after his felony conviction yesterday in federal court in downtown St. Paul. Lopez had earned Minnesota Man of the Week honors…