Crime, Law and Justice

Teen gets 24 years for murder outside Richfield school
Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, 19, of Minneapolis, admitted in court to shooting and killing 15-year-old Jahmari Rice and wounding another 17-year-old last year outside the South Education Center in Richfield.
A transgender woman was violently attacked at a Minneapolis light rail station Monday morning, leaving her with a broken rib, collapsed lung and internal cranial bleeding.
Fohrenkam sentenced to 38 years in killing of Deshaun Hill
A jury convicted Cody Fohrenkam, 30, last month of shooting the 15-year-old in the back of the head after a brief exchange on a Minneapolis sidewalk a year ago.
Shooting in St. Paul kills 2, injures 3 others
On Saturday evening in the Frogtown neighborhood of St. Paul, a shooting left two people dead and three injured. The St. Paul police department says the suspect is still at large.
Duluth Police Chief Mike Ceynowa said the man, who was being arrested for felony threats of violence, charged at police with a knife.
A Cottonwood County jury convicted Ralph Leslie Apmann of murder in absentia on Feb. 14 after he didn’t show up for court proceedings.