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A Minnesota teenager had a record of skipping school. According to the St. Peter Herald, law enforcement caught up with the young man a few months ago at a soccer practice and arrested him in front of his peers and coaches. After violating his probation again, the young man was sentenced to spend three weeks at a correctional facility.
In 2012, more than one-quarter of fatal traffic accidents in Minnesota were alcohol-related, according to the state’s Department of Public Safety. Mothers Against Drunk Driving rated the state poorly in terms of having countermeasures in place in order to reduce drunk driving, despite the fact that there were 5,000 fewer DUI arrests last year than the year before.
Police in Virginia busted through the home next door to a 17-year-old. According to NBC 12, the teenager pulled out his cellphone and stood on his own porch, videotaping as law enforcement handcuffed suspects in front of his house.
Two twelve-year-old girls stabbed their friend 19 times in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The girls lured the victim, also 12, to the forest. The victim crawled to the road and was found by a bicyclist. The bicyclist then called 911. The girls had been working on their plan for months.
In 2013, a Minnesota home caught on fire. According to the Morrison County Record, the owner of the home, a 63-year-old man, was arrested and charged with arson. In January, a four-day trial resulted in a 60-month prison sentence, which the man appealed.
Meri Woods was convicted of downloading child pornography ("child Porn") in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She tried to frame her husband by downloading the photographs of child porn. She downloaded 40 pictures of child porn on the home computer and then turned it into the police.
In late March, snow melted around two explosive devices on a playground in Waseca, Minnesota. According to KARE 11, a detonated device was found inside a stuffed toy just a few days later. Then in April, a neighbor called law enforcement because a teenager kept going in and out of a storage unit.
When a man was born 24 years ago, he tested positive for a number of substances including marijuana, cocaine and alcohol. According to the StarTribune, he was abandoned by his mother and grandmother and was placed in foster care. At 10 years old, he sexually abused his developmentally delayed sister of the same age.
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