Crime, Law and Justice

A fire ripped through a shooting range and gun shop in downtown Forest Lake Monday night, but everyone inside escaped without serious injury.
Grandson charged with killing Paynesville couple
A Paynesville, Minn., man has been charged with killing his grandparents who had taken him into their home.
Court reveals Pulse club gunman's dad was FBI informant
Lawyers for the Pulse nightclub shooter's widow said Monday that the government has revealed that his father had been an FBI informant for 11 years before the attack.
Homicide investigators are reviewing neighborhood surveillance video as they work to find the person responsible for a shooting that left one man dead and a juvenile injured near the Little Earth housing complex in Minneapolis.
The agency said in a Sunday statement that a suspect has been identified, and the Dunn County District Attorney is likely to file charges later in the week.
The Chisago County Attorney's Office said on Friday that a group of officers' use of deadly force was justified in the 2017 death of a North Carolina man.
Craigslist shuts down personals section after Congress passes bill on trafficking
Craigslist says it made the change because of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which is meant to crack down on sex trafficking of children. Free speech advocates are critical of FOSTA.
Maryland school shooting victim has died
"My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head, and took everything from our lives," Melissa Willey, the mother of 16-year-old Jaelynn, told reporters.