The Minnesota state senator arrested for soliciting prostitution from a police detective posing as a 17-year-old girl resigned his seat Thursday morning, less than an hour before the legislative body was set to take a vote on expelling him. Justin Eichorn, a 40-year-old married father of four who had served as a Republican senator since …
A Minnesota state senator arrested earlier this week for soliciting a minor for prostitution now faces additional charges from the county and federal jurisdictions. Justin Eichorn, a 40-year-old married father of of four, was arrested by Bloomington Police on Monday when he allegedly solicited an undercover officer instead of the 17-year-old girl he thought he …
A Minnesota state senator was arrested Monday and charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution. Justin Eichorn, 40, thought he was talking to a 17-year-old girl when he setup a meeting in Bloomington on Monday, but he actually set up the meeting with an undercover detective, Bloomington Police said in a statement. He’s been charged …
A Minnesota mom will spend less than four years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter after she and her husband refused to take their 9-year-old daughter to a hospital during a severe asthma attack. Prosecutors said Rachel and Anthony Modrow opted to put the girl into a steam bath and use “home remedies” instead …
A Minnesota man pleaded guilty this week to killing and dismembering two women he had been dating. Joseph Jorgenson, 41, pleaded guilty to the murders of 34-year-old Manijeh “Mani” Starren and 33-year-old Fanta Zayavong, KSTP reported. He is expected to be sentenced to two 40-year-prison terms, served concurrently, at his sentencing next month. Jorgenson was …
Two Minnesota homes owned by the family of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson were targeted Wednesday in what law enforcement described as a “swatting” incident Maple Grove police said the bomb threats came by email at about 7 p.m. the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. “No devices or suspicious items were located during the investigation,” a police …
A Minnesota man is accused of bursting into a hunting cabin and gunning down his 62-year-old father as he had dinner with friends and relataives. Kirk Edward Hazlett III, 31, was charged with two counts of second degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of first degree burglary in the death of Kirk …
A Minnesota man killed himself last week after gunning down his wife, his ex-wife, and his two children. Duluth Police were asked to conduct a welfare check Thursday at a home in West Duluth, where they found the bodies of 47-year-old Erin Abramson, Anthony Nephew’s ex-wife, and their 15-year-old son, Jacob Nephew, the Star Tribune …
A former Minnesota youth pastor has been allowed to enter a guilty plea to one count of sexually abusing a young girl. Jackson Gatlin, 36, entered Alford pleas to four other counts of raping children, which is an a arrangement that allows him to maintain his innocence but still be sentenced, WDIO reported. Police said …
A Minnesota man out of prison on parole after a 2008 murder is now wanted for shooting his pregnant wife to death and a carjacking that took place a short time later. Mychel Allen Stowers has a warrant out for his arrest for second degree murder, second degree murder of an uborn child, two counts …
A rising Thai pop star was shot and killed over the weekend by his cousin during a family gathering in Minnesota. Nichanon Kittikroekphon, 34 — who performs as Tswb Moua — recently moved to the United States and married his girlfriend, who was reportedly pregnant, according to the Facebook page Hmong is Beautiful. Lue Chang, 32, …
Authorities in Minnesota have upgraded to murder charges against an alleged drunk driver who rammed into a crowded patio seating area of a St. Louis Park tavern, killing two people. Steven Frane Bailey, 56, was already charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and nine counts of criminal vehicular operation for the September 1 …
