Making the wrong choice is expensive. Under Minnesota law, violating a school bus stop arm is not a typical traffic ticket. It can lead to drastic changes to your driving privileges.

When a pursuit becomes too dangerous to continue, officers have a tool to end it forcibly: the Pursuit Intervention Technique, commonly known as the PIT maneuver.

The charges were filed after a confrontation outside an apartment on Quinwood Lane North where the man’s former partner had called 911 fearing for her safety.

When officers arrived, they found an adult man with multiple gunshot wounds and began lifesaving efforts until Saint Paul Fire medics took over. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

For a teenager with a provisional license, a relatively minor crash can trigger a "nuclear option" in Minnesota law that strips them of driving privileges until their 18th birthday.

Just like alcohol, there is a strict "Open Package Law" for cannabis in cars, and violating it is one of the easiest ways to turn a routine traffic stop into a criminal misdemeanor.

For decades, these special registration plates have been the visual hallmark of repeat DWI offenders in Minnesota. But the way police handle these impoundments has fundamentally changed.

St. Louis County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 7400 block of Laine Road at approximately 10:22 a.m. following a report of a medical emergency.

Authorities were dispatched to an area approximately five miles northwest of Meadowlands around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday regarding a snowmobiler who had been unable to leave the woods.

Crews were dispatched around 4:01 p.m. to a two-story house at 3600 Garfield Avenue and arrived to find smoke and flames coming from a first-floor window.

According to the sheriff’s office, the incident began around 8:56 p.m. on the 900 block of Golf Course Road after a 911 caller reported a man in the street yelling and carrying a large knife.

Police say they responded around 4:37 a.m. to the 6100 block of Quinwood Lane North where a resident reported that an adult male was outside knocking on a window.

A deputy arrived a few minutes later and found the crash involved an eastbound 2006 Mustang driven by an adult woman from Rochester and a westbound 2019 Toyota Tundra.

A GMC Acadia driven by 20-year-old Goay Gatluak Jikany approached from behind at a high rate of speed and struck the back driver’s side of the car.

While the intent to harm might be similar in two different altercations, Minnesota statutes rigidly categorize assault based on the physical outcome—specifically, whether a bone was broken, a weapon was displayed, or a permanent injury was inflicted.

For victims' families, the penalties for Criminal Vehicular Homicide often feel insufficient, yet prosecutors face a steep uphill battle to prove the "depraved mind" required for a murder conviction in a traffic incident.

"Theft" and "Robbery" are often used interchangeably in casual conversation, but in Minnesota courts, they are distinct crimes with very different sentencing guidelines.

When a violent death occurs in Minneapolis, Saint Paul or anywhere in Minnesota, the specific charge filed dictates the potential prison time.