crime and courts

A 20-year-old Farmington man is in Dakota County jail this week facing multiple charges of possession of child pornography. Miles Jacob Kielas faces seven felony charges of possession of pornographic work involving minors after the Department of Homeland Security executed a search...

February 7 Permit, deer possession, 203rd Street West and Akin Road Recovered stolen property, 600 block of First St. February 8 Vehicle impound, tow, Pilot Knob Road and 183nd Street West Property damage accident, Tenth and Spruce streets February 9 Property damage accident,...

February 7 Permit, deer possession, 203rd Street West and Akin Road Recovered stolen property, 600 block of First St. February 8 Vehicle impound, tow, Pilot Knob Road and 183nd Street West Property damage accident, Tenth and Spruce streets February 9 Property damage accident,...

A Farmington father has been charged with malicious punishment of a child for allegedly shaking his 5-month-old son hard enough to land the child in the intensive care unit. The Dakota County Attorney’s office charged 29-year-old Thomas Patrick Anderson last week in connection...

January 31 Larceny, from auto, 600 block of Park Dr. February 1 Junk vehicles, 600 block of First St. February 2 Medical, address not available Runaways, juvenile, address not available February 3 Weapon offense, 5100 block of 183rd St. W. Order for protection, 20500 block...

A Farmington daycare provider pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter Thursday in connection with the 2012 death of a 3-month-old child left in her care. Kaiden Robert Staebell died July 31, 2012 after daycare provider Rebecca Lynn Graupmann, 46, left him to nap on her daughter’s...

January 24 Receiving stolen property, 600 block of First St. Property damage accident, 212th Street West and Pilot Knob Road Personal injury accident, 212th Street West and Flagstaff Avenue Larceny, from auto, 10 block of Eighth St. January 25 Property damage accident, 18200...

A pizza delivery driver was just trying to do a nice thing, but wound up having $140 stolen from his car in the process. The theft happened in the late evening hours of Jan. 24 when, according to Farmington police detective sergeant Lee Hollatz, a couple at Carbone’s was too intoxicated...

January 3 Property damage accident, 212th Street West and Flagstaff Avenue Drugs, possess/sale, small amount of marijuana, 20600 block of Flagstaff Ave. Civil matter, 19500 Municipal Dr. Domestic assault, 600 Oak St. Larceny, 1000 block of Eight St. Medical crisis, address not...

December 27 Damage to property, 18400 block of Pilot Knob Rd. Information, 300 block of Walnut St. December 28 Mental health, address not available December 29 Damage to property, business, Pilot Knob Road Suspicious circumstances, 1000 block of Honeysuckle Lane December 30 Theft,...

December 13 Property damage accident, 800 block of Denmark Ave. December 14 Suspicious circumstances, 19500 Municipal Dr. Lost property, Chippendale Avenue and Spruce Street December 15 DWI, third degree, refuse to submit to chemical test, 208th Street West and Akin Road Underage...

What could have been a routine traffic stop turned into a much bigger problem for a 20-year-old Burnsville woman Dec. 11 in Farmington. A Farmington police officer stopped Megan Elizabeth Weiss at around 10 p.m. that night after watching her fail to stop at a stop sign and pull out...