Authorities in Minnesota say a man was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife last week and reportedly confessed to the fatal shooting in an interview with police. According to KSTP, 46-year-old Matthew Lynn Jansen was charged with murder in the second degree at an appearance in an Anoka County court on Monday, three days …
A driver’s dash camera reportedly captured the tense moment when a 2-year-old girl in her car seat fell out of a moving vehicle in Minnesota. According to KMSP, motorist Chad Cheddar Mock was driving on Minnesota Street Monday morning when he spotted the toddler falling out the car from the rear driver’s side and landing in the middle …
Authorities in Florida released a trove of police photographs related to the investigation of Pamela Hutchinson’s homicide. As KSTP reported, the evidence was made public about four months ago and provides a glimpse of the evidence collected that led to the arrest of suspect Lois Riess, who is also accused of killing her husband in …
Authorities in Florida have arrested a Minnesota pilot on suspicion of attempting to board a plane with a loaded handgun in his suitcase. According to KNXV, the Lee County Port Authority handled the arrest of 54-year-old Brian Andrew Machtemes at the Southwest Florida International Airport on Friday. As police reports indicate, the suspect, who lives …
A Minnesota caregiver is facing criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing and impregnating a 37-year-old patient with brain damage. KSTP reported that the victim became disabled in 2014 after suffering a stroke and was staying at a group home for vulnerable adults in St. Anthony. It was there where she reportedly came into contact with …
Authorities in Minnesota are asking for the public’s help in locating a mother and five children—three of whom were reportedly last seen being taken from a Rose Creek home Saturday. According to the West Central Tribune, the Mower County Sheriff’s Office is working to locate Mateo Cooley, 10, Mollycia Cooley, 11, and Morgan Cooley, 16, who they …
ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — A man and woman in southern Minnesota are accused of dropping off a 5-year-old boy in the woods as punishment for wetting himself. Lynda Michel, 42, and Gregory Wilson, 32, were charged Friday in Nicollet County District Court with child neglect. Authorities say the boy is Wilson’s biological son and …
A Minnesota teen who took to social media Saturday to celebrate that he “made it” to his 17th birthday was reportedly shot and killed a mere hour after making the post. Chandra D. Payne, 38, told the St. Louis Dispatch that her son, Armond Latimore, asked her to get ice cream to go with his birthday cake. She …
A Minnesota teen is behind bars after police say he brutally attacked a family member on Friday, ripping the victim’s eyes out. NBC reports that 18-year-old Mahad Aziz is accused of gouging the eyes of his 74-year-old family member completely out of their sockets and busting out most of the victim’s teeth. When police arrived to …
A second-grader in Minnesota came to school Monday with a kitchen knife and slashed three classmates in what police called a random attack. Sauk Rapids Police Chief Perry Beise said the three students at Pleasantview Elementary School suffered “superficial wounds to the backs of their heads that needed to be stitched up.” The injured children, ages …
Authorities in Minnesota and beyond are looking for a woman they believe was responsible for two recent shooting deaths. According to WCCO, 56-year-old Lois Ann Reiss was initially wanted for questioning in connection with the March 23 death of her husband, David, in their Blooming Prairie home. Reports by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office indicate …
A Minnesota man is accused of murdering his elderly grandparents, who were beloved fixtures of their small town, the Star Tribune reports. Authorities on Friday charged 33-year-old Gregory A. Scheel with two probable cause counts of intentional second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Gloria and Wilbert Scheel. A cause of death has not …
