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Feds bust $21 million catalytic converter theft ring

Feds bust $21 million catalytic converter theft ring

Four Minnesota men appeared in federal court Tuesday on charges that they sold $21 million worth of stolen catalytic converters to buyers in at least four states.
by Matt Sepic

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Two killed, six injured when semi plows into slowed traffic along western Wisconsin freeway

Authorities say a semi that failed to slow for stopped traffic triggered a fiery pile-up crash that left two people dead and six others injured Monday evening along Interstate 94 in western Wisconsin.
by MPR News Staff

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Ex-MPD cop gets 15 days for assault during Floyd unrest

Ex-MPD cop gets 15 days for assault during Floyd unrest

A judge has ordered a former Minneapolis police officer to report to the Hennepin County workhouse next week to begin serving a 15-day sentence for kicking and punching a man in 2020.
by Matt Sepic

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Judge rejects plea deal in fatal carjacking case

A Hennepin County District Judge rejected a plea deal Monday afternoon that would have given a man accused of taking part in a fatal attempted carjacking five years of probation.
by Peter Cox

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Former Mayo doctor charged with fatally poisoning wife

Connor Bowman is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of his wife, Betty, who also worked at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
by Catharine Richert

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Why the innocent end up in prison

Why the innocent end up in prison

Imagine going to prison for something you did not do. MPR News host Angela Davis talks to an attorney with the Great North Innocence Project, which works to exonerate Minnesotans wrongly convicted of crimes, and with a Minnesota man who spent nearly seven years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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