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Friday, June 6, 2025
Frederick Leon Newell, 59, was sentenced Friday on one count of wage theft and one count of theft by swindle, following the first wage theft criminal conviction in state history.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office secured guilty verdicts on all charges against Derrick John Thompson, 29, for his role in a severe crash that killed five young women in 2023.