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Alphonse Latrese Herron Jr. was arrested in a drug bust on Thursday and it is alleged he sold $20,000 worth of methamphetamine to an informant. (Dakota County Jail Inmate Search)
APPLE VALLEY, MN An Apple Valley man is facing charges after officers found approximately 13 pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl in a storage locker while arresting him in a drug bust, according to a Friday news release from the Dakota County Attorney s Office. Alphonse Latrese Herron, Jr., 34 of Apple Valley was charged with three counts of first degree aggravated controlled substance crime, the county attorney said.
The news release alleged that Herron intended to sell the drugs.
A 42-year-old Minneapolis man has been charged with second-degree murder after a man was found dead in a snowbank in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota earlier this week, according to the Dakota County Attorney's Office.
Longtime Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom announces retirement After 33 years in the role, James Backstrom plans to step down next month. January 8, 2021 9:21pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Dakota County s longest-serving county attorney announced Friday he is stepping down after 33 years in the role.
Attorney James Backstrom, who has been elected eight times since his first appointment in 1987, is resigning effective Feb. 27, citing ongoing health issues. Being a county attorney is not always an easy job. It comes with a lot of long hours and a lot of stress at times, but it also comes with a lot of fulfillment, Backstrom said. I could not have asked for a more important and meaningful career.
Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom retiring after 33 years
By FOX 9 Staff
Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom is retiring after serving as the county attorney for over 33 years.
(Dakota County Attorney s Office / FOX 9)
HASTINGS, Minn. (FOX 9) - Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom is retiring next month after serving as the county attorney for over 33 years.
In a letter to the Dakota County Board of Commissioners Friday, Backstrom announced his resignation as the Dakota County Attorney and retirement, effective Feb. 27. He said he was making the decision due to some health issues that have become worse in recent years.
Backstrom has spent nearly the entirety of his legal career with the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, beginning in 1977 when he was hired as a law clerk in the office’s civil division while still in law school. Following his graduation from William Mitchell College of Law, he was hired as an assistant county attorney and eventually promoted t