crime and courts

A Farmington man driving drunk on his motorcycle in Elko New Market struck and killed a 24-year-old woman Sunday, Sept. 25 around 2:30 a.m. and then fled the scene. Matthew Keely Hartley, 33, has been charged with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide, including operating a...

June 24 Vulnerable adult, no address listed Park over 72 hours, 18300 block to 18400 block of Embers Ave. Background check, 19500 block of Municipal Dr. Personal injury accident, Chippendale Avenue and Elm Street Disorderly conduct, no address listed Disturbance, 4400 block of 199th...

Farmington police activity for the week of June 10-16.

A Minneapolis man has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle after police found the pickup truck he was driving parked in a Farmington gas station around 1 a.m. June 12. According to a complaint filed this week in the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, police ran the license plate...

Farmington police activity for the week of June 3-10.

A Farmington man has been charged with domestic assault after reports he got into a fight with his girlfriend early on the morning of May 29. According to a complaint filed last week in the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, Randy Lee Eidsness, 45, got into a fight with his girlfriend....

It’s going to take longer than expected for a former Wisconsin police officer to face charges in Minnesota for his role in the 2013 death of Farmington resident Laura Jean Simonson. Steven Zelich was expected to plead guilty last week to two charges of hiding a body in Walworth...

A 19-year-old Farmington man has been charged with breaking into several cars the night of April 20 and taking items including a GPS unit, a laptop computer and a 13-round magazine loaded with ammunition. Farmington police arrested Dominic Rundles after a resident reported hearing...

A 46-year-old Northfield Man has been charged with violating a domestic abuse no-contact order after he threatened a woman in Eureka Township. According to a complaint filed last week in the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office received a call May...

Farmington police activity for the week of May 27-June 3.

Farmington police activity for the week of May 20-26.

Farmington police activity for the week of May 13-19.