Crime, Law and Justice

Court dog Nova helps ease victims' trauma
Nova, a 6-year-old trained facility dog, recently made state history when she accompanied a young victim of sexual abuse as she testified on the witness stand. 
Minneapolis police have safely located the missing 4-year-old girl.
Lazzaro sex trafficking accomplice gets 3 years in prison
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the accomplice of sex trafficker Tony Lazzaro to three years in prison. Gisela Castro Medina, 21, admitted that in 2020 she recruited and groomed five girls to be sex partners for Lazzaro, 32, a one-time Minnesota Republican Party operative and top donor.
Demonstrators call for investigation into conditions inside Stillwater state prison
The gathering followed a peaceful protest put on by close to 100 incarcerated people on Sunday to decry reduced shower, phone and recreation time, as well as dangerously hot rooms and poor water quality. 
St. Paul police are investigating a homicide after a man was found lying in the street near the intersection of Sherburne Avenue and Mackubin Street on Sunday.