crime and courts

ST. PAUL — Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman announced that Gerard Leonard Roy, 56, of Prior Lake, has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to 82 months in prison for fraud and money laundering in connection with a series of construction companies he owned and operated....

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. — A South St. Paul elementary school teacher and his husband allegedly had sexual conduct with eight underage boys over several years, according to police documents released Tuesday. South St. Paul police closed their four-month investigation into teacher...

This is the second story highlighting the role of the Rosemount Police Department in uncovering the largest case of production of child pornography prosecuted in Minnesota. In the spring of 2015, officer Beth Richtsmeier of the Rosemount Police Department began following the online...

The Dakota County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the apparent suicide by hanging of an inmate which occurred at the Dakota County Jail. According to a press release, the inmate has been identified as Cameron Brian Leftwich, 37 years of age, who resided in Eagan. Leftwich was...

Cannon Falls police are seeking the public's help in locating a man suspected of attempting to abduct a 10-year-old girl. According to police, on Sunday, Oct. 9, at approximately 4 p.m., a man reportedly attempted to abduct a 10-year-old female from Lower Hannah's Bend Park in Cannon...