A Minnesota man was arrested in Iowa on Sunday, hours after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home and gunned her down alongside her new boyfriend. The woman’s child called 911 just after 4 a.m. and said Randy Thomas Zimmerman, 45, broke into their home and shot his mom, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies …
A 21-year-old Minnesota man reportedly admitted raping a 51-year-old woman on a Vadnais Heights street earlier this week, telling detectives he did so because “F*** it, since I’m a virgin.” Tristen Alan Leritz is charged with criminal sexual conduct in the the Tuesday night attack, which took place while the victim was taking a walk, …
A Minnesota couple has been charged with manslaughter after their 10-year-old daughter, who has autism, died wile she was “zipped up” in a broken safety bed for 10 to 12 hours without supervision. Heather Lynn Cross, 49, and Darcy Ronald Cross, 57, were also charged with contributing to the need for child protective services after …
A Minnesota woman is behind bars after she crashed her SUV into a watery ditch on Saturday, killing her 1-year-old son, who was apparently thrown from the vehicle and trapped under it. Investigators say Rachale Francine Peloquin, 28, was driving drunk at about 6:30 p.m. with her three children and an adult in the vehicle, …
A Minnesota man who previously served 18 months in prison for threatening to kill a federal judge was arrested that week for doing it again, this time in a 236-page “manifesto” called “How to Kill a Federal Judge.” According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, the investigation began on September 5 …
A Minnesota man has been charged with killing his sober living facility roommate in June with thallium after investigators discovered his multiple internet searches — and purchases — of the highly toxic metal. Stuart Hanmer, 35, faces a second degree murder charge, with intent but not premeditated, for the June 22 death of 33-year-old Cody …
Three adults were also wounded, and the gunman killed himself.
A shooting has been reported at a school in Minneapolis. I’ve been briefed on a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School and will continue to provide updates as we get more information. The BCA and State Patrol are on scene. I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this …
A Minnesota woman prayed that god “guide my bullets like you guided David’s rock” before she opened fire earlier this month on a neighbor she believed was “murdering and raping people” with her husband. The victim was hit by bullet fragments that lodged in her eye and brain, causing a brain bleed, according to a …
A Minnesota man has been charged with murder in the death of a former girlfriend with whom he had a child custody dispute. A criminal complaint says that 36-year-old Melissa Hunt, a mother of two daughters, pulled into a driveway in Kellog with injuries to her face, including missing teeth, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported. …
A Minnesota teenager was drunk and showing off a new noise modification on the exhaust of his pickup truck this week when he rolled the vehicle over, killing his classmate passenger. Izak Schermerhorn, 18, was charged in Thursday with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide in the crash that killed 18-year-old Blake Unger, who was …
A Minnesota mother has been charged with murder in the death of her 20-month-old son after a county coroner ruled his death a homicide. According to the Moorhead Police Department, 32-year-old Valerie Connie Zamora was arrested in Fargo, North Dakota, and is being held in the Cass County jail until she is extradited back to …
