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Monday, November 4, 2024
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office today charged Earl Bennett, 40, with 3 counts of second-degree intentional murder in an Oct. 27 shooting at a homeless encampment in Minneapolis.
On the eve of an extremely consequential election, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office is committed to ensuring that people can vote freely and without fear of violence and retaliation.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Justin Lee Brun, 22, was sentenced Monday to 99 months after pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree aggravated robbery stemming from two separate carjacking incidents in 2021 and 2022.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Mayan Deng Mayan, 27, was sentenced Monday to 414 months in the fatal shooting of Birahim Gildersleve on Sept. 18, 2022, in Minneapolis.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Walter Lee Hill, 59, was sentenced Friday to 240 months for the fatal shooting of Donald Edmondson in his home last year.
Thursday, October 24, 2024
A Hennepin County grand jury indicted Maleek Jabril Conley, 26, on 13 charges related to a shooting that killed two individuals and injured two others.
Monday, October 21, 2024
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office today secured a guilty plea from Quintin Leon Hudson, 21, to one count of fleeing a peace officer resulting in death and one count of fleeing a peace officer resulting in great bodily harm.
Daniel Martez Walker, 32, was sentenced Monday to 480 months for the death of Reese Crenshaw on June 2, 2023.
Friday, October 18, 2024
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office secured a 150-month sentence for Antonio Lamar Brooks, Jr., 20, in the shooting death of Ka’Maih Johnson.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office secured a 67-month sentence for Romell Roshode Lewis, 22, on three counts of motor vehicle theft and one count of first-degree aggravated robbery.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
In its first use of the new law passed in 2023 allowing prosecutor-initiated sentence review, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office today asked the court to adjust the sentence of Jerome Nunn, a man previously sentenced to life in prison.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office will continue to prosecute the man convicted of killing Minneapolis teen Deshaun Hill Jr., following a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling today.