4 Indicted After Federal Officers Targeted During Protests
Four people have been indicted in federal court after allegedly threatening or injuring federal law enforcement officers following unrest in Minneapolis last month.
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Ecstasy Audacious Algerice Whitehead, 23, of Minneapolis, Rajah Lezarious West, 21, of New Hope, and Imani Nafisah Reid, 24, of Saint Paul, are each charged with second-degree assault.
The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man who died during the Feb. 10 use-of-force incident as 30-year-old Donald Felver III, of Duluth.
The crash happened at the intersection of 8th Street South and Park Avenue in Minneapolis, where police responded to a four-vehicle collision.
Andrew Jonathan Townsend, 30, is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon causing substantial bodily harm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
Abdirahim Ahmed Hassan, of Minneapolis, is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving force while armed with a knife. Prosecutors allege he sexually assaulted the woman and threatened her with a weapon.
The incidents happened around 4:10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, near eastbound Highway 10 and County Road 50 in Big Lake Township, followed by a second crash roughly 40 minutes later.
Ryan Andrew Frane, of Breezy Point, is charged with two counts of felony threats of violence, felony first-degree damage to property involving a public safety vehicle and misdemeanor domestic assault.
According to the criminal complaint, officers were dispatched after a woman reported that Joplin, identified as the father of her child, had attacked her and fled in a white Hyundai Tucson.
The criminal complaints filed Friday, Feb. 13, charge Jamaul Wendell Graham, 53, and Khalil Sheed Milton, 30, with promoting prostitution and engaging in the sex trafficking of an individual.
A federal grand jury returned indictments in four separate cases, including three tied to threats made after authorities say FBI-owned vehicles were vandalized and sensitive employee information was stolen and later posted online.
Columbia Heights police responded with assistance from Coon Rapids police, Fridley police and Allina EMS after reports that shots were fired inside the New York Gyro restaurant.
Robert Jones is charged in Hennepin County District Court with first-degree assault causing great bodily harm. According to the criminal complaint, Jones assaulted the victim while using a dangerous weapon.
Matthew John Keck, of Minneapolis, is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and felony domestic assault. Prosecutors allege Keck stabbed his brother during an argumen.
Police arriving at the scene found a 65-year-old man suffering life-threatening injuries. Saint Paul Fire medics transported him to Regions Hospital for treatment.
Darshawn Turner, of Minneapolis, is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon causing substantial bodily harm, assault causing substantial bodily harm and threats of violence.
The driver fled in a stolen vehicle and crashed into two other vehicles, leaving multiple people seriously injured.
The announcement came Thursday morning during a news conference in which the federal administration’s “border Czar” Tom Homan said a “significant draw-down” is already underway and will continue into next week.
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In a statement released this morning, BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said the FBI formally notified the BCA on Feb. 13 that it will not provide access to information or evidence.