A Minnesota judge has granted a restraining order against a former FBI agent turned consultant and speaker accused of assaulting Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek in Nevada.
Prosecutors have charged three Minneapolis day care centers with billing the state for more children than they serve. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said four people were arrested Tuesday as part of an investigation into fraudulent billing of Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program.
A Minneapolis man is charged with fatally shooting his wife and her 15-year-old daughter last Friday. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says 50-year-old Gonzalo Galvan is charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder.
A male nursing assistant at a Minneapolis nursing home has pleaded guilty to raping an 83-year-old woman suffering from severe dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Seventy-seven-year-old George Sumo Kpingbah of Brooklyn Center entered his plea Monday in Hennepin County court.
An Eden Prairie man has pleaded guilty to stalking a public radio host in Minnesota. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says 56-year-old Patrick Kelly pleaded guilty to felony stalking and terroristic threats Monday.
A Hennepin County committee has given preliminary approval to adding nearly 100 more child protection workers. The county's Health and Human Services Committee approved the proposal Tuesday. It goes before the full county board next month.