The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been sued after it set up a fake Facebook account using personal information and photographs that it took from the smartphone of a woman who was arrested in a cocaine case. According to an article published by NBC news’ website, the hope of the DEA was to trick her… Read more »

A woman has been cited in St. Paul for driving while impaired after police say she crashed into a St. Paul fire station. As reported by the St. Paul Pioneer Press, there were no injuries in the accident, though the West Seventeenth Street station sustained damage. The woman told police that she was driving west… Read more »

A grand jury has indicted eight people on charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin in Minneapolis. These individuals are believed to be part of a drug ring that is known as “The Crew,” according to federal prosecutors. The Associated Press reports the eight individuals are believed to have brought heroin from Chicago to Minneapolis, selling… Read more »

The driver of a car in a hit and run accident that critically injured a young man in South Minneapolis has been charged with criminal vehicular operation and second-degree DWI. In an article published by the Minnesota Star Tribune, it appears that just minutes after police said a man ran over another man, the driver was… Read more »

According to an article published by the Star Tribune, Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies now carry the heroin antidote that can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose and save lives. The antidote is a drug that temporarily counteracts the potentially lethal painkiller or heroin overdose. A new Minnesota state law now says that first responders… Read more »

DWI is a crime that is aggressively pursued in Minnesota because of the dangers that it poses to society. Fortunately, statistics show that Minnesota roads were safer in 2013. A new study by the Department of Public Safety showed that impaired-related traffic deaths dropped by nine percent over 2012. This does not mean that there… Read more »

Theft is common all over the U.S. And as reported by the Star Tribune, in one Twin Cities theft case, a bicyclist tipped off police when they noticed someone riding a series of high-end bikes. After investigating the tip the police found 44 stolen bicycles stashed up to the rafters in a house in South Minneapolis. The… Read more »

The St. Cloud Times reports that while different parts of Minnesota have seen increases in heroin-related crimes, the drug of choice in Central Minnesota is still meth. The number of felony drug cases in Stearns County increased 35 percent between 2012 and 2013. There were a total of 560 felony drug cases filed during that… Read more »

A man has been arrested after he was allegedly driving while under the influence of alcohol. After the traffic stop, he fled police officers in Cottage Grove. According to the Cottage Grove Police, officers responded to a call that stated an elderly man hit a rock and ran over a curb on 80th Street. The… Read more »

The Minnesota state Court of Appeals has ruled that a card that permits an individual to use medical marijuana in another state cannot escape a drug charge in Minnesota. As reported by the Minnesota Star Tribune, in 2011, the defendant was stopped for speeding in Itasca County by a Minnesota state trooper. The officer spelled marijuana… Read more »