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…
Two Minnesota Dads were due in federal court for sentencing this morning. It was a close contest, but Jovany Eligio Martinez-Simon takes the Minnesota Dad of the Day honors, owing…
Two Minnesota men pled guilty, back-to-back, to illegal immigration felonies in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon. The hearings were scheduled consecutively on the court calendar. The overlapping hearings…
Francisco Estrada-Deltaro is now a convicted federal felon, by his own admission. This turn of events may have come as a complete shock to local media consumers, The Minnesota Star…
In a press release issued today, the Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Joe Thompson, announced: Three Defendants Federally Indicted for Armed Robbery Spree That Shut Down Fairgrounds of the Minnesota…
From the U.S. Attorney’s press release: Carjacker Charged with Federal Crimes for Carjacking Spree that Killed Two Women and Injured a Child. David Zimmer wrote about the incident the day…
Eduardo Solis-Perez, age 32, is in custody, thanks to the work of the U.S. Marshals service. As recounted in a press release issued yesterday: Minneapolis man wanted for Prostitution of…
Diego Perez-Mejia, now aged 25, clocks in as our Minnesota Dad of the day. Originally from Guatemala, more recently he’s been billed out of Marshall, MN. [Fun fact: the name…
Catching up on news from last week, from KSTP: Man charged with fatal stabbing at bar in Windom sentenced to 15 years in prison. You may recall the tragic story…
Isabel Lopez, age 27, described in local media as a community activist, has been indicted on four counts of assault and resisting arrest, all related to the anti-ICE protests on…
The U.S. Attorney announced machine gun possession charges against two men in connection with the shootings at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis last month outside of the Wayzata High School graduation…
Ironies abound. The acting U.S. Attorney, Joseph Thompson, announced yesterday that two men were indicted on gun charges who had been employed by a Minneapolis-based violence interruption nonprofit called 21…
Hamza Abdirashid Said, age 20, was charged with three felonies arising from the Friday night shooting outside of the Wayzata High School graduation ceremony held at the University of Minnesota’s…
The Tri-County coroner (for Hennepin, Scott, and Dakota counties) has documented 26 homicides for 2025 year-to-date (though May 16). [The race recorded for the victim is as published by the…
German Adriano Llangari Inga, the illegal Ecuadorian immigrant accused of criminal vehicular homicide in a horrific drunk driving car crash last August, was released from Hennepin County jail this (Tuesday)…
German Adriano Llangari Inga, an illegal Ecuadorian immigrant, has been arrested and is being held in the Hennepin County jail. Llangari Inga is accused of drunk driving/criminal vehicular homicide arising…
[See below for an important update.] Two vehicular homicide cases in Minneapolis are making headlines this week. In an incident that occurred last Wednesday (April 30), Sophia Sullivan, aged 38,…
Three people were killed and two others wounded last night in the state’s largest city. It turns out that I wrote too soon the other day when I pointed out…
Our own David Zimmer first noticed the phenomenon over a month ago: Crime rates in the state’s largest city, in every single category, are down from 2024 levels, year to…
In light of newly available documents, I revisit a 2021 shooting case involving Liban Osman, the brother of Jamal Osman, Minneapolis city council member (DFL-Ward 6). The incident occurred around…
Convicted murderer Myon Burrell, whose commuted sentence was a cause celebre supported by Minnesota leftists, appears to be headed back to prison. He was originally convicted of a 2002 murder,…
Another day, another mass shooting in Minneapolis. This morning’s occurred in Dinkytown, the local neighborhood adjacent to the University of Minnesota’s flagship campus. This one caught the attention of local…
A one-man crime spree? Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced additional felony counts today against Joshua Anthony Jones related to an alleged crime spree in south Minneapolis on Wednesday, September…