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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Azzel Mickey Lee Foster, 31, was sentenced to 320 months in prison today after being found guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in a March jury trial in Hennepin County District Court. J
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Despite our belief in the victim survivor, we have decided to dismiss this case in light of the federal convictions of Mr. Kelly for which he received lengthy federal prison sentences and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
Monday, May 8, 2023
James Andrew Works was sentenced to 390 months in prison today after the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office secured his conviction in the first trial to come from the City of Minneapolis Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)
Friday, May 5, 2023
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced today that Demetrius Lamar Harris, 28, of New Hope, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Antonio Levar Moore, 37, of St. Louis Park.
Adam Pattishall, 22, of Saint Paul, was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for causing a fatal crash in May 2022 while driving under the influence of fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Former Minneapolis police officer Brian Cummings pled guilty to criminal vehicular homicide
Friday, April 14, 2023
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has charged four individuals in cases connected to an April 11, 2023, shooting in Brooklyn Park that injured three.
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Statement of the County Attorney on Attorney General decision to take cases
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the dangerous driving conduct observed by street racers during “takeover” events could be prosecuted as second-degree riot.
Monday, April 3, 2023
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced that today Desean James Solomon, 32, of Richfield, was sentenced to 438 months in prison after being convicted of murder in a drive-by shooting in a busy area of north Minneapolis on June 14, 2020
A Hennepin County jury convicted James Andrew Works in the first trial to come from the joint partnership of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis Police Department, Sexual Violence Center, and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension aimed at solving old sexual assault cases.
Friday, March 31, 2023
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty released the following statement after the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and City of Minneapolis announced they had entered into a court-enforceable settlement agreement related to an alleged pattern or practice of race discrimination by the Minneapolis Police Department