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    October 4, 2018
    Hastings mayor calls for patience throughout shooting investigation
    The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating an incident where a Hastings police officer fatally...
    news/crime-and-courtsOctober 4, 2018 - 2:26pm
    September 28, 2018
    Security breach affected 50 million accounts, Facebook says
    Facebook engineers discovered a security attack affecting nearly 50 million accounts, the social media network announced Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. The...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 28, 2018 - 1:22pm
    September 19, 2018
    Caycee Lynn Bregel, 25, of St. Paul, has been charged with 13 counts of animal mistreatment — one of which is a felony — after a May search of her rural Dakota County animal-rescue operation uncovered 64 dead cats and more than 40 other neglected animals. (Dakota County sheriff’s office photo courtesy of KSTP)
    Former animal rescuer charged with 13 counts of animal mistreatment
    Caycee Lynn Bregel has been charged with 13 counts of animal cruelty in the connection with the death and neglect of cats. Bregel, 25, a former...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 19, 2018 - 5:00pm
    September 12, 2018
    Extra enforcement leads to 1,369 drunken driving arrests in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL -- The arrest of one woman with a blood-alcohol content of 0.21 driving to a dentist’s office with her 3-year-old child in Alexandria...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 12, 2018 - 11:42am
    September 6, 2018
    Authorities from Pierce County and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were present Wednesday, Sept. 6, at a County Road BB property in the town of Gilman. Mike Longaecker / RiverTown Multimedia
    Suspected dogfighting, cockfighting operation discovered in Pierce County
    Animal rescues and arrests followed the discovery of an alleged dog- and cock-fighting operation where suspected drugs were also found last week...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 6, 2018 - 11:19am
    August 30, 2018
    Cayleb Seth Jones, 25
    Vikings wide receiver faces theft, domestic assault charges in Dakota County
    A Minnesota Vikings football player is facing a felony theft charge and a domestic violence charge stemming from an Aug. 28 confrontation at...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 30, 2018 - 2:33pm
    August 29, 2018
    Michael Lowell Germain and Heather Laverne Germain
    Not-guilty pleas entered in Goodhue ‘sex room’ case
    A Goodhue couple has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of criminal sexual conduct. A hearing in the case was held Wednesday, Aug. 29, in...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 29, 2018 - 3:05pm
    August 28, 2018
    Joe Atkins of Dakota Countyu (Courtesy of the Minnesota House of Representatives)
    Phone scammers preying on Minnesota Nice, but the key is don't answer
    INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn.—Foreign scammers have been hammering Dakota County, authorities say, preying on the Minnesota Nice culture where...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 28, 2018 - 8:58pm
    August 25, 2018
    Booking photo of Michael Anthony Herkal, 32, of Apple Valley, who is charged with first-degree assault against his infant son. (Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office)
    Minnesota man charged with murder of 13-day-old son
    Murder charges have been filed against an Apple Valley father accused of killing his 13-day-old son. Michael Anthony Herkal, 32, was originally...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 25, 2018 - 11:49am
    August 23, 2018
    Randal David Simmons (left) and Brian James Bowling both face criminal racketeering charges in Washington County. Submitted photos
    ‘Criminal enterprise’ leads to racketeering charges in Woodbury bust
    WOODBURY — A bust that began with man caught toting a mattress out of a JC Penney store opened a Pandora’s Box of stolen loot that two of...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 23, 2018 - 8:19pm
    August 21, 2018
    State Supreme Court sides with developer on improvement fees
    WOODBURY — The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Aug. 15 that Woodbury cannot charge a developer for future major roadway improvements outside...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 21, 2018 - 4:15pm
    August 14, 2018
    Booking photo of Michael Anthony Herkal, 32, of Apple Valley, who is charged with first-degree assault against his infant son. (Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office)
    Charge: Minnesota baby dies after abuse; father looked on Google for excuses
    An infant boy has died two days after his Apple Valley father was arrested on suspicion of child abuse. Michael Anthony Herkal, 32, told police...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 14, 2018 - 4:09pm
    August 1, 2018
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    Update: Counties report 911 services resuming after network outage
    Multiple reports state 911 network service has resumed following an outage around Minnesota Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Washington and Dakota counties...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 1, 2018 - 4:50pm
    July 13, 2018
    Joseph Paul Czeck
    Hastings man charged in fatal crash accident
    Joseph Paul Czeck was charged with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide on July 13 for the deaths of two women after a boulder became dislodged...
    news/crime-and-courtsJuly 13, 2018 - 3:32pm
    July 12, 2018
    Joseph P. Czeck, 33. Dakota County Jail photo
    Driver arrested in connection with fatal Rosemount crash involving boulder
    Investigators have taken into custody a Hastings man who police allege was driving the commercial vehicle that lost a boulder that killed a mother...
    news/crime-and-courtsJuly 12, 2018 - 12:02pm
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