A 44-year-old Hastings man was arrested after allegedly discharging a firearm in the direction of his home on June 15. Jeffrey Michael Winter, 21 Meggan Dr., was charged with felony charges …
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6/27/24
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Kyle Steven Williams has been found competent to stand trial for the 2021 murder of Kelly Jo Marie Kocurek of Hastings. Attorneys for Williams dropped their objections to a competency report filed in …
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By John McLoone
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6/19/24
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A 40-year-old Rochester woman was arrested after a road rage incident June 9 that ended in Hampton. Elsa Linda Cabana, 40, Rochester, was charged June 11 with 5th degree felony possession of a …
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6/19/24
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Jack Joseph Ball, age 23 of Lakeville, was charged* today with two counts of murder in the second-degree in connection with the death of his 30-year-old sister, Bethany Ann Israel and her unborn …
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6/11/24
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Hastings Police and the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office were able to stop a vehicle attempting to flee law enforcement late Saturday May 11.
According to reports, K-9 Sonny and K-9 Officer …
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5/23/24
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the murder conviction against Camille Dennis-Bond for the deaths of Dalton Lee Ford and Tayler Nicole Garza, announced Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena. Ford …
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5/9/24
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Two people residing in Hastings were arrested by the South Metro SWAT Team Wednesday and charged with the New Year’s Eve shooting that left a boy critically wounded in St. Paul.
Kelci …
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2/21/24
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Attorneys for the man in custody for the 2021 murder of Kelly Jo Marie Kocurek of Hastings have filed an objection to a competency report order conducted by the judge in the case. Kyle Steven …
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By John McLoone
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2/14/24
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A Vermillion Township man convicted of second degree sexual contact with a victim under age 13 is being held on a 60-day sentence in the Dakota County Jail, which was scheduled to start Jan. 19. He …
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2/7/24
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A case against a Red Wing man charged in the 2021 murder of Kelly Jo Marie Kocurek of Hastings is on hold pending a competency examination. In March 2023, Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena announced …
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By John McLoone
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1/3/24
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Sean P. Melbourne, 45, Hastings, was charged on Oct. 5 in Dakota County Circuit Court with felony controlled substance crime in the 1 st degree – sale of cocaine or methamphetamine, 17 or more …
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10/12/23
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Robert P. Braun, 30, Saint Paul, pleaded guilty on Monday, Sept. 18 in Washington County Circuit Court to one count of aiding and abetting second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and was …
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9/28/23
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It was the first-ever public event in the ballroom at the The Confluence, the new hotel, restaurant and event space on the banks of the Mississippi River.
It will be hard for any future …
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By John McLoone
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9/8/23
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Luke S. Stringfellow, 39, Minneapolis, was charged in Dakota County District Court Aug. 7 with felony controlled substance crime in the first degree possession of cocaine/meth of 50 or …
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8/20/23
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Sakaria Osman Ahmed, 32, Burnsville, was charged in Dakota County District Court July 28 with felony murder in the second degree with intent – not premeditated. On Dec. 18, 2021, Eagan police …
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8/11/23
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Jonathon J. Faanes, 53, Saint Francis, was charged in Dakota County District Court July 28 with felony assault in the second degree with a dangerous weapon.
At 1:38 p.m. July 27, state troopers …
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8/11/23
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Andrew W. Hammett, 31, Hastings, was charged in Dakota County District Court Tuesday, June 27 with felony domestic assault by strangulation. On June 24, a report of a domestic assault at a residence …
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7/7/23
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A high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle spanning from Prescott to Interstate 494 led to the arrest of a 33-year-old Redwood Falls (Minn.) man, who had methamphetamine and fentanyl in the …
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6/29/23
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A high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle spanning from Prescott to Interstate 494 led to the arrest of a 33-year-old Redwood Falls (Minn.) man, who had methamphetamine and fentanyl in the …
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6/29/23
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An appeal was filed with the State of Minnesota Court of Appeals by attorneys for Camille Lashay Dennis-Bond, convicted in January for the deaths of two former Prescott residents.
The Conviction …
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By John McLoone
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6/22/23
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