Rochester man sentenced to probation for March threats
The 48-year-old man was convicted of two felony charges and four additional felonies were dismissed at sentencing in Olmsted County District Court Wednesday. 1:35 pm, Dec. 23, 2020 ×
A Rochester man was ordered to be placed on electric home monitoring for 60 days as part of his sentence on a felony threats of violence charge.
Ricardo Jaime Rivera, 48, was sentenced Wednesday morning in Olmsted County District Court to five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to two charges of threats of violence-reckless disregard terror.
In handing down the sentence, Judge Lisa Hayne ordered a stay of imposition for Rivera. As part of his probation, Rivera must also write a letter of apology to the victim and attend domestic abuse counseling/treatment as directed by his probation agent.
Former massage therapist pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct charge
The 53-year-old man admitted he touched a woman s intimate parts without her consent while giving a massage in October 2019. 7:18 am, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
A former massage therapist was sentenced to two years of probation Monday and told he must register as a predatory offender after he admitted he sexually assaulted a massage client.
William Scott Nevala, 53, pleaded guilty in Olmsted County District Court on Monday morning to a gross misdemeanor charge of fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct-nonconsensual sexual contact. Nevala had originally been charged with felony fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct-massage or bodywork for hire.
Photo by Chris Rogers From left, Winona County Board of Adjustment (BOA) members Wendy Larson, Philip Schwantz, Cherie Hales, Larry Greden, and Rachel Stoll considered the Daley Farm expansion in 2019. The BOA members are at the center of a lawsuit challenging that decision. Judge sides with Daley Farm: The rules were clearly broken (12/21/2020)
The Winona County officials who denied the Daley Farm’s feedlot expansion were clearly not impartial, Olmsted County District Court Judge Kevin Mark declared today. The judge has not yet issued a final ruling on what to do next, and he hinted that he may not support the Daley Farm’s request for de facto approval of the expansion. However, on the case’s central issue bias the judge sided with the Daleys in a strongly worded decision, breathing new life into their years-long, controversial quest to expand the county’s largest dairy farm and rebuking Winona County officials for cr
Sentencing in Rochester killing of Iraqi refugee pushed back to 2021
Sao Yim Jr.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 1:16 PM
Updated: Dec 18, 2020 1:17 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The final act in a 2018 murder case has been pushed back to early 2021.
Sao Yim Jr., 27 of Rochester, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday for the fatal shooting of Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf. That has now been rescheduled for February 8, 2021, in Olmsted County District Court.
Al Haddf, a refugee from Iraq, was found shot to death on March 12, 2018, in the 2800 block of Charles Court NW in Rochester. Yim pleaded not guilty to 2nd degree murder and possession of a firearm after being convicted of a crime of violence. He was found guilty in October 2020.
Rochester man arrested in connection to indecent exposure incidents
The 19-year-old is alleged to have done this at least eight times between Sept. 6 and Dec. 14. 4:20 pm, Dec. 18, 2020 ×
Zacharia Ahmed
A 19-year-old Rochester man was arrested at his place of employment Thursday evening after police said they had enough information to prove that he exposed himself to at least eight people over the last four months.
Zackaria Ahmed was arrested on suspicion of 16 charges including felony stalking, felony fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and seven misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure.
Ahmed was arrested about 6:15 p.m. Thursday at his place of employment and taken to the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center.