Crime, Law and Justice

St. Cloud asks voters to approve $43.5 million for new fire station
Fire Chief Matthew Love said the new station will add firefighters and equipment to a growing part of St. Cloud and help improve response times throughout the city.
Man charged in 2 shootings near Minneapolis encampments, suspected in 3rd
A Bemidji man is facing charges in connection with two shootings Wednesday — including one fatal — near two Minneapolis homeless encampments. Joshua Anthony Jones, 36, is also suspected in a second fatal shooting early the same day.
Three more plead guilty as Feeding Our Future case hits 2 year mark
Two years after the first indictments were unsealed in the the huge Feeding Our Future case, three more people connected to the defunct nonprofit pleaded guilty this week for their roles in an alleged $250 million scheme to defraud government child nutrition programs.
Moorhead police seek clues 10 years after homicide of college student
Moorhead police are still seeking clues in the homicide of 18-year-old Tom Bearson a decade ago. The Sartell native was attending college in Fargo when he was killed.
9 Minnesota prison workers exposed to unknown substances have been hospitalized
The Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater in Bayport was put under lockdown as officials raced to assess how far the substances may have spread throughout the prison. Officials had not identified the substances or their source as of Thursday.
Minneapolis City Council approves expansion of ShotSpotter
The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday extended a contract for ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, amid debate over whether or not it makes the city safer. It’s a smaller expansion than law enforcement requested; the council says this will give the city time to collect more data on the technology’s impacts.
Black Minneapolis residents bear heaviest mental health burden after George Floyd’s murder, new research finds
“Often in epidemiological studies, advantage, say, wealth or socioeconomic status will often serve as a buffer against health problems. But we don’t find that here,” said coauthor Ryan Larson, an assistant professor of criminology at Hamline University.