Two men are charged with stealing a woman’s purse during a robbery in Columbia Heights.
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A 35-year-old St. Paul man is charged with assault in Andover after an altercation between a divorcing couple.
The Anoka-Champlin Fire Department has hired former Plymouth Fire Chief Richard Kline as interim chief while the Fire Board seeks a new round of applicants for the position of full-time chief.
Two Blaine men face charges after police arrested them for methamphetamine crimes.
A Spring Lake Park man faces multiple charges after allegedly shooting at law enforcement during a standoff at his home July 6. The incident was his second standoff with officers in less than two weeks, according to the charges.
The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office said this week it will not enforce Gov. Tim Walz’s mask mandate.
A head-on crash on Viking Boulevard in Nowthen left one driver dead and another seriously injured Thursday, July 23.
Three men are charged in a July 13 home invasion in Fridley.
An 18-year-old Minneapolis man is charged with a July 3 burglary in Ramsey.
A 26-year-old Minneapolis man is charged with drunken driving in Fridley after police allegedly spotted him driving over 90 mph.
A 64-year-old East Bethel motorcyclist died in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 65 and Viking Boulevard in East Bethel Wednesday, July 22. The Anoka Count Sheriff’s Office has identified the man as Michael Thomas McCauley.
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A head-on crash on Viking Boulevard in Nowthen left one driver dead and another seriously injured Thursday, July 23.
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Severe weather struck Blaine, Columbia Heights, Fridley and Spring Lake Park Saturday evening, July 18, when rain, hail, a tornado warning and lightning strikes hit the area.
Roberto Lino Hipolito, 71, pleaded guilty Tuesday, July 14, for accidentally causing a car fire last summer at the Fridley Walmart, which resulted in the death of 6-year-old Ty’rah White and injured Ty’rah’s 9-year-old sister Taraji White.
An Andover woman died after attempting to help a motorist requiring medical attention in Princeton last Friday.
A 31-year-old Minneapolis man is charged with causing $1,000 in damage to a vehicle in Ramsey July 3.
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Former Anoka Middle School for the Arts theater director Jefferson Fietek has been charged with sexually abusing four boys in the last decade, as recently as 2019.
A 38-year-old Long Lake man was arrested in Andover after allegedly breaking into a home.
A 17-year-old Coon Rapids teen has received a 22-year prison sentence for murdering a man during an attempted robbery in Minneapolis last year.
A 27-year-old Robbinsdale man was linked to a June 12 robbery in Fridley by fingerprints on tobacco products.
A 27-year-old man was arrested after causing a scene at an Anoka pool June 28.
A 50-year-old Spring Lake Park man who fired multiple shots at law enforcement is in custody after a standoff Monday, according to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office.
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A man died after being ejected from a vehicle in a crash in East Bethel late Sunday, July 5.
A 38-year-old Columbia Heights man is charged with property damage after vomiting in a police car.
A 45-year-old former Ramsey man received a stay of imposition for breaking into a Ramsey woman’s home.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested after reportedly stabbing two juveniles in Ramsey.
A Fridley man was shot and killed Tuesday, June 23, in a homicide in the Webber Park neighborhood in north Minneapolis.
Multiple suspects have been arrested after a Columbia Heights robbery Sunday, June 28.
Officers arrested a man Friday, June 26, in Spring Lake Park after a standoff following a domestic incident.
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A former staff member at Anoka Middle School for the Arts is accused of multiple sexual assaults in the last decade, as recently as last year.
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The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office has identified the Andover man who apparently shot himself after a standoff with Anoka County SWAT Wednesday, June 24, as 50-year-old Chad Allen Thorstenson.
The remains of a Wisconsin woman who went missing more than three years ago were found in Blaine after a Rochester man was charged last week with her murder.
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A man is dead after a SWAT standoff during which an Andover house burned to the ground the morning of Wednesday, June 24.
A Spring Lake Park man died after being shot in the head during a fight in Minneapolis Sunday, June 14.
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A 33-year-old Andover woman faces federal charges in the destruction of a St. Paul car rental building during the unrest after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
A Fridley man was arrested last week after allegedly pointing a gun at another man in Spring Lake Park and using “racial words.”
Anoka police are investigating a reported armed robbery, assault and auto theft that led to a car chase Monday afternoon.
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The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office used smoke and tear gas to disperse a crowd at Lake George Regional Park in Oak Grove Friday.
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A 19-year-old Ramsey woman is one of three charged in federal court in relation to the burning of a St. Paul business.
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle Wednesday, June 3, in Columbia Heights.
Multiple law enforcement agencies busted a massive street racing event in Blaine Friday, May 22.
A 35-year-old Coon Rapids man died in a vehicle fire after a high-speed collision in Minneapolis Monday, June 8.
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