A Saint Paul man found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder was sentenced to more than 36 years in prison on Friday. Robert Lee Baker, 30, was found guilty by a jury in April 2022.

A 26-year-old woman appeared in a Washington County court earlier this month to face two charges of criminal vehicular operation after she allegedly struck an Oak Park Heights police squad car on Highway 36 near Stillwater Blvd. last December.

A Stillwater corrections officer and an inmate have been indicted for their alleged roles in a methamphetamine distribution organization within the Stillwater prison. Faith Rose Gratz, 24, a MCF-Stillwater corrections officer, and Axel Rene Kramer, 34, an inmate who is serving a 288-month sentence for 2nd-degree murder, conspired with each other to distribute meth within the prison.

Saint Paul police are investigating the city’s 20th homicide of the year after a man was found fatally stabbed in the North End neighborhood Monday. Officers were called to an apartment building on the 100 block of Winnipeg Ave. just after 5:30 p.m. for a reported assault.

Police arrested three suspects and recovered four firearms outside the Brooklyn Center Sun Foods, 6350 Brooklyn Blvd., around 8 p.m. Friday after an armed carjacking and ensuing vehicle pursuit. Brooklyn Park police said the victim was pistol-whipped by one of the suspects during a carjacking on the 7600 block of Jolly Ln.

Plymouth police are investigating after a 28-year-old man was found fatally shot in a vehicle outside a gas station Thursday night. Police were called to Sami’s Stop near Hwy. 169 & 36th Ave. N. around 8:20 p.m. after gunfire was reported in the area.

Saint Louis County authorities have taken a man into custody on a 3rd-degree murder charge after a woman’s fatal overdose last year. Cordaro Demario Ware, 32, is being held at the St. Louis County Jail awaiting a court appearance.

Saint Paul police say a homicide investigation is underway after a welfare check Friday night led to the discovery of a man dead from a gunshot wound in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood.

Surveillance video shows part of a gunfight at a student housing co-op on the University of Minnesota campus early Saturday morning that left a 15-year-old boy shot in the leg.

A Kansas man found guilty earlier this month of five felonies including rape and aggravated kidnapping was arrested Friday in Woodbury, Minn. with help from the US Marshals and a Washington County SWAT team after he barricaded himself inside a home.

Authorities have confirmed the body of a young boy was found inside of a vehicle on Friday morning after a traffic stop near Shoreline Drive & Bartlett Avenue in Mound. Orono police, who patrol the city of Mound, said that around 7:10 a.m. Friday, they received a report of a suspicious vehicle. A 911 caller reported seeing a silver car, driving on a rim and with a back window smashed out.

The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have announced an arrest in the 2003 death of a newborn baby boy who was found in Lake Pepin in 2003. The woman—Jennifer Lynn Matter, 50, of Belvidere Township—was recently identified through DNA as the child’s mother.

A suspect fleeing from the scene of gunshots fired toward a residence in Bloomington led officers on a pursuit that ended in a crash off Hwy. 77 at Cliff Rd. in Eagan early Thursday evening. The gunshots were reportedly fired on the 8500 block of 2nd Ave. S., with a vehicle seen leaving the area at a high rate of speed to the south.

The State Patrol and Minnesota BCA are teaming up with Minneapolis police in addressing continued violent crime, adding visible patrols in the city and additional investigative resources. The effort is in response to a significant rise in gun-related crimes, carjackings and other violent crimes, the Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.

The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office says a man was arrested after a woman was found dead inside a residence on Smith Road in First Assessment, north of Brainerd on Thursday morning.

A driver was killed and a passenger injured after they were shot by officers during a traffic stop in central Minnesota early Thursday evening. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says its agents and crime scene personnel were on scene and investigating the shooting near Bowlus, Minn., in Morrison County.

A 51-year-old Eagan man has been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after allegedly firing gunshots inside a townhome last weekend. Randall John Reeverts is facing the felony charge after an incident that started around 8 p.m. Sunday, April 24 at a townhome complex on Blue Jay Way in Eagan. Multiple 911 callers reported hearing gunfire.

A Carver County man and former substitute teacher was sentenced last week to 40 years in prison and 25 years of supervised release for his role in a years-long sextortion scheme and producing child pornography.

A man was killed in a shooting late Saturday night in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. Witnesses said a fight at a bar just before midnight nearby led to gunfire near Lagoon Ave. & Girard Ave. S.

A suspect wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a driver in Maple Grove last weekend has turned himself in to authorities. Maple Grove police confirmed that a 30-year-old man is now being held on probable cause murder for the shooting, which took place Easter Sunday, April 17 shortly before 3 p.m.