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Police arrest apparent leader of cultlike ‘Zizian’ group linked to multiple killings in the U.S.

Police arrest apparent leader of cultlike ‘Zizian’ group linked to multiple killings in the U.S.

The Zizians have been tied to the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland, a former Minnesotan, near the Canadian border in January and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California.
by The Associated Press

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Authorities say they have no indications yet that Sam Nordquist’s death was a hate crime

Authorities say they have no indications yet that Sam Nordquist’s death was a hate crime

Five people have been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Minnesotan Sam Nordquist in New York. Authorities found his body in a field and investigators say he was subjected to weeks of torture and abuse.
by MPR News Staff

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Gas station TVs throughout the Midwest will show missing Bemidji teen’s poster in attempt to generate leads

Gas station TVs throughout the Midwest will show missing Bemidji teen’s poster in attempt to generate leads

Jeremy Jourdain was last seen at a family member’s Bemidji home on Halloween in 2016. He was 17 at the time. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children partnered with gas station video company GSTV for a new campaign. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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New York police say Minnesota trans man was tortured for a month, then killed

New York police say Minnesota trans man was tortured for a month, then killed

New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing Minnesota man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field.
by The Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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Stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue recovered in pieces in St. Paul; suspect charged

Stolen F. Scott Fitzgerald statue recovered in pieces in St. Paul; suspect charged

St. Paul police on Friday announced the arrest of a man in connection with the theft of a statue of the author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The man is accused of cutting the statue into pieces, and trying to sell it to a metal recycler.
by MPR News Staff

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‘Just shoot,’ said Winston Smith before fatal exchange of gunfire with cops

‘Just shoot,’ said Winston Smith before fatal exchange of gunfire with cops

Winston B. Smith, who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in Minneapolis more than three years ago, raised a handgun in the direction of officers and said “just shoot” before apparently exchanging gunfire with them, according to video of the incident made public on Friday.
by Matt Sepic

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Minneapolis orders audit of police response in death of Allison Lussier

Minneapolis orders audit of police response in death of Allison Lussier

The Minneapolis City Council is requesting an audit of the police response to the death of Allison Lussier, an Indigenous woman found dead in her apartment a year ago. She had recently reported domestic violence; her family says police didn’t do enough to protect her from her abuser, or investigate whether he was involved in her death.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Feeding Our Future by the numbers: 4.4M documents, 90M meal claims and 1,200 subpoenas

Feeding Our Future by the numbers: 4.4M documents, 90M meal claims and 1,200 subpoenas

FBI agent Jared Kary testified that the search of the nonprofit’s headquarters, Aimee Bock’s home, and 25 other Twin Cities locations in January 2022 was the single largest law enforcement operation in Minnesota history and required the help of federal agents from around the country.
by Matt Sepic

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Hennepin County authorities investigating after drug-laced paperwork found in jail

Hennepin County authorities investigating after drug-laced paperwork found in jail

Law enforcement officials are investigating after an inmate at the Hennepin County Jail was allegedly caught with legal paperwork laced with drugs. A search warrant targets an attorney who met with the inmate.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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