In a letter, Backstrom said he ll step down in February due to health reasons.
Credit: KARE Author: Jeremiah Jacobsen Updated: 2:39 PM CST January 8, 2021
HASTINGS, Minnesota Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom has announced plans to retire next month.
In a letter to county commissioners, Backstrom cited health issues as the reason for his retirement on Feb. 27, nearly two years ahead of the scheduled end of his current term on Jan. 1, 2023. While I look forward to my retirement, I am also saddened to be leaving my work for this great community after so many years of service, Backstrom wrote in his letter to the Dakota County Board of Commissioners.
Savage Man Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Prison For Arson Of Dakota County Government Building
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United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of FORNANDOUS CORTEZ HENDERSON, 33, to 78 months in prison for aiding and abetting arson. HENDERSON who plead guilty on August 26, 2020, was sentenced today by Judge Susan Richard Nelson, in U.S. District Court, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
According to HENDERSON’s guilty plea and documents filed with the court, HENDERSON and GARRETT PATRICK ZIEGLER
[1] (co-defendant) constructed multiple Molotov cocktails. In the early morning hours of May 29, 2020, HENDERSON and the co-defendant went to the Dakota County Western Service Center (the WSC ) located at 14955 Galaxie Avenue in Apple Valley, Minnesota. The WSC houses state and local agencies and organizations, including Dakota County court facilities, as well as a U.S. Passport center. HENDERSON admitted in his guilty plea that he chose the WSC as a targe