The Douglas County attorney has filed four misdemeanor charges against Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson after crashing his squad car near Alexandria, Minnesota early Wednesday morning.

Hutchinson is charged with one count each of fourth-degree driving while impaired, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 within two hours, and carrying a pistol under the influence of alcohol. Hutchinson was served a summons at Alomere Hospital in Alexandria this afternoon.

Two juveniles are dead and three others are injured after crashing their vehicle during a high-speed chase in northeast Minneapolis early Thursday morning. Police say the vehicle was taken in an armed carjacking about 8 hours earlier.

Robbinsdale police spotted a vehicle matching the description of the carjacked vehicle near County Road 81 & Abbott Avenue and initiated a pursuit. Dispatch audio obtained by MN CRIME revealed the vehicle had been traveling at speeds in excess of 90 MPH before crashing near Lowry Avenue Northeast & Hayes Street.

The trial of former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter began its first full day Wednesday, Dec. 8, with opening statements given and two witnesses called by the prosecution.

Potter is facing first-degree and second-degree manslaughter charges after fatally shooting Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021. The former officer has stated she intended to draw her Taser but drew her firearm instead, firing one round into Wright as he attempted to flee.

Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson, 41, was involved in a single-car crash early this morning near Alexandria, according to a media release. It is being investigated by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota State Patrol as a DUI.

"I made the inexcusable decision to drive after drinking alcohol and I am deeply sorry. As the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in Hennepin County, I am held to a higher standard. I regret the choice I made and apologize to the citizens I serve, the staff I work with, and the friends and family who support me," Hutchinson said in a written statement.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the man shot by officers last Sunday evening in Mounds View as Noah Douglas Kelley, 21, from Saint Paul. Kelley died at Hennepin Healthcare due to multiple gunshot wounds.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said two officers discharged their weapons at Kelley after responding for a report of shots fired and an armed robbery near 2537 County Rd I.

A male suspect was critically injured after an alleged violation of an order for protection, a vehicle chase with police and ensuing standoff inside a vehicle in Forest Lake on Sunday afternoon.

A prison inmate serving time for attempted first-degree murder will be serving at least six and a half more years in prison after stabbing a correctional officer with a handmade shank. Inmate Adrian Dominique Bell, 31, was already serving more than 13 years in the Stillwater prison for shooting a man seven times in an attempt to kill him back in 2012.

A man was fatally shot Saturday night in a residential area of the Payne-Phalen neighborhood on Saint Paul’s east side, bringing the number of homicides in the city this year so far to 34, which matches the record set in 1992. The city also matched that number in 2020, with a total homicide count all year of 34.

A 44-year-old man from Willernie faces two felony charges after an incident on Sunday morning resulting in a SWAT team callout. According to the criminal complaint, around 1:42 a.m., officers were dispatched to a residence on Wildwood Road in Willernie and a caller reported that Travis Terry Emerfoll was threatening other people inside the home with a knife. Deputies observed Emerfoll holding a large silver knife, he refused to comply with officers and barricaded himself inside the house, documents say.

Exclusive video released to MN CRIME shows the stolen squad car dash camera video from a wild pursuit and eventual crash last August in St. Louis County. Joshua Harjamaki, 21, stole the sheriff’s office patrol squad car from out front of the county courthouse in Virginia about 10:20 p.m. August 2nd.

Maplewood firefighters responded to an apartment fire on the 500 block of Skillman Ave E on Saturday afternoon. Residents reported smoke on the first floor and evacuated the building. Firefighters determined an apartment on the first floor had caught fire.

Emergency crews in Arden Hills responded to a two-car crash near the intersection of Highway 96 and Hamline Ave. N. around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies arrived and found one vehicle with heavy damage, and a person apparently ejected from the vehicle, with CPR being performed by a bystander. A second injured person was also located, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.

A Farmington man has been charged with three counts of 2nd-degree murder, accused of shooting his brother and father in the head, then bludgeoning his mother to death inside a home earlier this week.

Just after 6:30 PM on Monday evening, the White Bear Lake Fire Department, along with departments that make up the North Suburban HazMat Team responded to the 4000 block of Otter Lake Rd in White Bear Township for a suspected chlorine leak at a water pumping station.

Several shootings left at least five people injured in Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 14, including on the 800 block of Franklin Ave. E., where officers recovered dozens of bullet casings after three people were shot.

A shootout between multiple people inside a popular bar in the West Seventh neighborhood of Saint Paul left a young woman dead and at least 14 others injured early Sunday, Oct. 10. Initial scanner dispatches of EMS, firefighters and police responding to the area around 12:15 a.m. described a chaotic scene just west of downtown Saint Paul. The gunfire reportedly erupted inside the Seventh Street Truck Park, an indoor food truck space and bar at 214 7th St. W.

Police have identified the man suspected of stabbing his girlfriend in Bloomington earlier this week, putting her body in a dumpster and leading officers on a pursuit into south Minneapolis with their child in the vehicle.

Ahmed Abdilahi, 23, is currently being held at the Hennepin County Jail and on Wednesday was formally charged with intentional 2nd-degree murder and one count of fleeing a peace officer.

Abdilahi is scheduled to make his first appearance Thursday.

The suspect apprehended overnight after an armed standoff that lasted several hours south of Hastings is identified in booking records as Brian Lusk, 38, being held on suspicion of 2nd-degree assault and 1st-degree damage to property.

The Saint Paul Police Department is now taking the lead role in investigation of four gunshot victims found dead in an SUV in rural Wisconsin earlier this month after information revealed that the murders occurred in Saint Paul.

Police were called just before 8:30 to a ShotSpotter activation in the 500 block of 49th Avenue North. While units were en route, they were notified of a crash on I 94 at 49th Avenue North. There, police found a vehicle that had crashed down onto I 94 from 49th Avenue North. The man inside had at least one gunshot wound. Officers initiated CPR before paramedics pronounced the man deceased.