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Lakeville police arrested Burnsville, Minnesota man on suspicion of drunk driving. The same man reportedly was arrested on felony DWI charges in late June after allegedly speeding in Eagan. The man reported was out on bond in the prior DWI case when officers claim that he 22-year-old sped out of the Valley Lake Park parking lot November 3.
Law enforcement in Western Minnesota accuse a 27-year-old of felony fleeing and gross misdemeanor drunk driving, among other offenses, after he allegedly ran his pickup truck into a home in Morris, Minnesota November 2. A police officer claims that he made a traffic stop of a vehicle the man was driving. The officer claims that he believed the man was driving drunk.
One 24-year-old man accused of aiding in the rape of a teenage girl has pled not guilty in a Ramsey County court. According to police, the man, who they claim is part of a gang, was allegedly part of a plot for nine men to rape the victim. The man, however, said that although he knew members of the gang and what sorts of things they do, he is not a part of the gang.
Despite pleading guilty in the case, a 25-year-old man from Rochester was still given a stiff sentence inside federal court recently. The man, who pled guilty to robbing three different McDonald’s restaurants, was sentenced to 14 years behind bars.
A curious news story is coming out of Ramsey County after a Cottage Grove man was recently charged with tax evasion. What makes the story so interesting, however, is that he had previously been charged with embezzlement and the tax evasion charges are stemming from the money that he allegedly took from his former employer, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. This case raises some questions about just how appropriate the tax evasion charges are.
Earlier this fall we covered the story of the Minnesota State Mankato football coach who was charged with child pornography after an information technology employee found videos on his work cellphone. The videos allegedly showed his three children naked and playing and led to very serious criminal charges. Today, a Blue Earth County judge dismissed all charges against him.
Far too often, people who make sex crime allegations have ulterior motives. Such motives include everything from a desire for publicity or notoriety to seeking advantage in a child custody dispute or even vengeance.
This blog has previously mentioned the high degree of evidence that the state of Minnesota must prove to be able to convict someone of a crime. Not only must there be evidence, but the evidence must be credible and must be lawfully obtained. If it is not or if there is insufficient evidence to prove a suspect committed a crime beyond a reasonable doubt, the state will lose and the suspect will be acquitted of any wrongdoing.