A jury will reconvene deliberating whether a former Minnesota officer is guilty of murder and manslaughter for the July 2017 shooting death of a dual U.S.-Australian citizen. Ex-officer Mohamed Noor, 33, was accused of fatally shooting Justine Ruszczyk Damond, 40, after she called 911 about a possible sexual assault occurring behind her home. Noor was …
Authorities in Minnesota say a 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his teen daughter. According to KIMT, the incident occurred earlier this week at the Rochester home of Steve Johnson and the 14-year-old girl. At around 8 p.m. on Monday, police say the suspect hit his sleeping daughter 14 times with a belt. …
Authorities in Minnesota say a 25-year-old Farmington woman was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after officers arrived at an animal rescue organization she reportedly operated out of her home. According to Fox News, Caycee Bregel’s residence was packed with more than 100 living and dead cats — but it was a 400-pound pig on …
Authorities in Minnesota say a young boy is being treated for multiple serious injuries after a stranger allegedly threw him over the third-story railing at the Mall of America in Bloomington on Saturday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 24-year-old Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda was arrested on suspicion of grabbing the 5-year-old and tossing him roughly 40 feet …
A Minnesota mother is speaking out after she says officials claimed the death of her son—who was reportedly found in an abandoned lot with multiple stab wounds to his chest three months after his disappearance—was a suicide. The Twin Cities Pioneer Press reported that Corhea Taylor learned of the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office’s determination regarding …
The daughter of a Minnesota police chief reportedly killed her two sons and took her own life in what appears to be a murder-suicide. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the bodies of Emma L. LaRoque, 28, and her two children, Shane Woods, 9, and Frederick York, 4, were found Monday afternoon in a home on the …
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 …
