A Dakota County jury has convicted a man of murder and assault in the May 2021 death of a woman at a Hastings hotel.

Initial investigation began when a witness walking her dog on December 26, 2022, discovered Kimberly Robinson’s body partially covered by snow near River Bluff Lane NW and West River Road NW in Cascade Township north of Rochester.

A 27-year-old inmate got an additional 15-year prison sentence this week for his role in abetting the assault of a correctional employee last year.

A Minneapolis man will spend more than 34 years in prison after being sentenced for second-degree murder tied to a 2022 fatal shooting.

Witnesses reported the victim was sitting at a card table, freestyle rapping, when Daniel Walker unexpectedly pulled out a black-and-purple handgun and shot him in the chest without provocation.

The incident occurred outside an apartment complex on Osborne Road NE in Fridley when the victim was engaged in a heated argument with the suspect’s sister near the building,

In addition to the prison sentence, Mohamed Jama Ismail, 51, will serve three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $47,920,514 in restitution, along with his co-defendants.

Officers were first called to a home on May 30, 2023 around 1:27 p.m. by a woman who said her brother, Dustin Lee Murilla, 35, had blocked the driveway and assaulted his girlfriend before speeding off in a white Lincoln Navigator.

A federal jury convicted Derrick John Thompson, 29, of one count of possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, one count of possessing a firearm as a felon, and one count of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

Marquise Trevone Hammonds-Ford, of Monticello, entered a guilty plea on Oct. 1, 2024, for one count of prohibited possession of a firearm. As part of the plea, more serious charges were dismissed.

Curtez Deshawn Graham, 29, was sentenced to an additional 15 years in prison on Tuesday for aiding and abetting first-degree assault of a correctional employee at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights.

A Red Lake woman has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for felony child neglect following the death of a child under her care, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota.

Prosecutors say 34-year-old Desean James Solomon, also known as “Black,” 44-year-old Michael Allen Burrell, known as “Skitz,” and 26-year-old Leontawan Lentez Holt, known by aliases including “Leon” and “Shotta,” were convicted on all charges.

Michael Lee Kurkowski was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to producing sexually explicit images of a minor and sending graphic messages about a plan to kill the victim’s parents, assault the victim’s sister and then murder her, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Robert Castillo, 41, was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison for stabbing his wife 20 times during a Bible study session in March 2023.

18-year-old Kyle Scott Hollister pleaded guilty to one count of criminal vehicular homicide and one count of criminal vehicular operation after a fatal crash in Woodbury on March 13, 2021 that killed an occupant, Garrett Bumgarner, 18, and left three others with serious injuries. Bumgarner was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was found ejected from the vehicle.