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Crime, Law and Justice

Child abuse images get Pine City man 29-year sentence

Child abuse images get Pine City man 29-year sentence

In court documents, prosecutors wrote that Caleb Vincent McLaughlin, 27, lied about his age and used multiple social media platforms to contact hundreds of girls between the ages of 11 and 17 and “used this scheme to successfully groom and rape minor victims for years.”
by Matt Sepic

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Grand jury indicts second man in freezing death of Indian migrants

Grand jury indicts second man in freezing death of Indian migrants

A federal grand jury has indicted a second man on human smuggling charges in connection with the death of a family who succumbed to exposure while trying to cross into Minnesota from Canada in subzero weather in 2022.
by Matt Sepic

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Oklahoma prosecutors will not press charges in Nex Benedict case

Oklahoma prosecutors will not press charges in Nex Benedict case

Nex, a nonbinary teen, died by suicide after a high school fight. The Tulsa County District Attorney says the fight was mutual and there's not enough evidence to press charges.
by Emma Bowman

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Attorneys in state trooper case clash over handling of use-of-force expert

Attorneys in state trooper case clash over handling of use-of-force expert

Attorneys in the case of a Minnesota state trooper charged with murder and manslaughter clashed in court Thursday over information disclosure and a use-of-force expert’s opinion, amid escalating controversy over the handling of the case.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Ex-Timberwolves staffer facing burglary charge allegedly stole hard drive with exec's sensitive data

Minnesota Timberwolves executive vice president of basketball operations Sachin Gupta had a hard drive with proprietary and sensitive information stolen from his office by a since-fired team employee, according to a criminal complaint filed in district court. 
by The Associated Press

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Otter Tail County jail license downgraded after denying food to inmate

A Minnesota Department of Corrections investigation found staff at the county jail in Fergus Falls withheld six consecutive meals from an inmate over more than two days in February.
by Kirsti Marohn

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