Crime, Law and Justice

Duluth police make arrest in synagogue fire
The Duluth Police and Fire departments will hold a press conference on the arrest and investigation into the fire Sunday morning.
Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson faces a test
Sheriff David Hutchinson ran on a platform that promoted transparency. But his office has yet to release the names of the officers involved in a deadly shooting last Saturday.
Actress Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in college admissions scandal
The TV and film star is the first parent to be sentenced in connection with the years-long, multimillion-dollar scheme. The case has resurfaced questions about college access, race and privilege.
‘Restorative circles’ launch in St. Paul for some first-time offenders
Under a new program, first-time offenders can resolve some minor crimes through talking it out in a restorative circle, instead of going to court, paying fines or spending time in jail.
For St. Paul’s first family, gun crime hits close to home. Again.
Even as St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III and his father were decrying the gun violence that left three men dead in nine hours in the capital city this week, police still had not located a handgun stolen from the elder Carter's car late last month, police and court records show.
Don’t ‘suck it up’ but talk it out: Cops get help for trauma
There’s been an explosion of interest in officer-wellness programs in Minnesota and across the country, including in one suburban Twin Cities police department.
R. Kelly a no-show in court on Minnesota solicitation charge
Singer R. Kelly was a no-show for an initial court appearance in a Minnesota case in which he is accused of offering a 17-year-old girl $200 to take off her clothes and dance in 2001.
In small Alaska city, Native women say police ignored rapes
As an Alaska Native woman, Susie thrives amid sub-zero winters in her village near the Arctic Circle. But Susie is afraid to return to Nome. The man who raped her, she says, is still there. Rape survivors and their supporters said the city’s police department has often failed to investigate sexual assaults.