A five-month-old baby girl who was reportedly abducted by a man in Brooklyn Center, has been found safe, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Community calls for change after 2 kids shot in the head
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) UPDATE: Less than an hour after this story was initially published, another child was shot in Minneapolis. Local activist Kay G. Wilson identified the victim as his 6-year-old granddaughter, Aniya.
Two children are fighting for their lives after both were seriously injured by gunfire wounds to their heads just two weeks apart in north Minneapolis.
Ten-year-old Ladavionne Garrett Jr. was in the back seat of his parent’s car on April 30. And 9-year-old Trinity Smith was with friends at a birthday party on Saturday.
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ST. CLOUD A predatory sex offender with a history of engaging in sexual contact and conduct with boys relocated to St. Cloud Tuesday, according to the St. Cloud Police Department.
Dwaine Robert Smith, 59, has a history of sexual contact and conduct with known male children, according to police. He moved to a residence in the 100 block of 12th Ave. North and has served his sentence.
Smith engaged in sexual touching and penetration, exposed himself to minors and used his position of authority and bribes to gain compliance, police said.
He was convicted on first degree criminal sexual conduct in January 2010 and served five years and nine months in prison at the St. Cloud Minnesota Department of Corrections, according to booking data from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Judge finds probable cause to move ahead with case against former officer Kim Potter By: CNN
By Adrienne Broaddus, Kay Jones and Rosalina Nieves, CNN
(CNN) A Minnesota judge ruled Monday that there is probable cause to support the case against Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April.
Potter is charged with second-degree manslaughter for the killing, during which she claimed she mistook her gun for a Taser. Potter, 48, had been with the Brooklyn Center Police Department for 26 years until her resignation two days after the killing, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
(The Center Square) â After another weekend of violence, Mayor Jacob Frey pushed for a safety plan to stop widespread violence, which has been rampant for more than a year. This must mark a turning point, Frey said. The ultimate goal is to make all Minneapolis neighborhoods safer.
Frey released a
14-page model for community safety and accountability days after six people were shot, including a 9-year old girl shot in the head while playing with friends on a trampoline at 8:30 p.m.
Immediate actions include:
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo is in conversations to bring in additional Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators to increase the Minneapolis Police Departmentâs (MPD) investigative capacity, particularly for gun crimes.