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 …
An arrest has been made in the case of Delano, Minnesota, dog who was possibly held for ransom before he was shot to death. Bounty hunter Stew Peters told KMSP that an anonymous tip led them to arrest someone Friday morning in Minneapolis. The suspect is being held on suspicion that they made threatening calls like the …
A Minnesota man is accused of urinating in his female co-worker’s water bottle after the woman rejected his romantic advances. The Pioneer Press reported that deputies responded to a Perkins restaurant in Vadnais Heights last October and met with a 42-year-old female employee who alleged she was being harassed. She went on to estimate that her …
The man accused of kidnapping and murdering the dog is still at large
Authorities in North Dakota say a Minnesota man killed a priest he believed had sexually abused his girlfriend. According to Fox News, 42-year-old Chad Legare allegedly attacked Rev. Robert Wapenski last month. Reports indicate that weeks before the attack, the suspect alerted police to his girlfriend’s alleged rape by forwarding text messages. Legare and the …
A Minnesota home daycare provider is facing murder charges for allegedly shaking a little boy to death two days before he would’ve turned one. The Star Tribune reported that Sylwia M. Pawlak-Reynolds, 42, of Minneapolis, was charged Monday with two counts of second-degree murder for the July 16 death of Gabriel Cooper. Cooper lost consciousness while …
A Minnesota man who said he smacked his girlfriend’s toddler son in the face with a flip-flop “no more than five times” was sentenced to 40 years behind bars for the boy’s beating death. The Star Tribune reported Thursday that Quran J. Mitchell, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges in connection with Joshua Isaiah Lockhart Jr.’s …
