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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

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced today that her office had secured a guilty plea from Deaje Anthony Mayfield, 20, of Flint, Michigan, with an agreement for a 495-month prison sentence.

Newly-charged cases also involve seizure of 14 pounds of methamphetamine, nearly 2 pounds of cocaine, and multiple firearms.

Dpree Shareef Robinson pled guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trinity Ottoson-Smith, a 9-year-old who had been jumping on a trampoline with friends, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced today.

Lavell Jacvon Piggie, 20, has been indicted by a Hennepin County Grand Jury on first-degree murder charges for killing two individuals February 10, 2022, after a suspected dispute over a significant quantity of missing narcotics, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary F. Moriarty statement on sentencing of Fernando Valdez-Alvarez