Created: March 10, 2021 06:35 PM
While Derek Chauvin s trial has grabbed the spotlight, a trial in Ramsey County went mostly under the radar.
This week, a mistrial was declared when a jury could not reach a verdict in the Anthony Trifiletti murder case. Investigators say Trifiletti shot and killed Douglas Lewis following a fender bender in St. Paul early last May.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS took a deeper look at what a mistrial is and what it means for a case moving forward. I ve tried at least over 250 felony trials and I think I ve had nine or 10 hung juries. you need a unanimous jury. So you need 12 jurors to convict or acquit, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput said.
Mistrial for Carver County man who fatally shot a motorist after a fender bender Man still in custody as prosecutors weigh pursuing a new trial. March 8, 2021 7:20pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Anthony Trifiletti, 25, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Douglas Cornelius Lewis, 39.
The jury got the case Thursday afternoon and concluded deliberations at 7 p.m. Friday after declaring it was hung, said Dennis Gerhardstein, spokesman for the Ramsey County Attorney s Office.
Trifiletti remains in custody with bail conditions unchanged. Gerhardstein said Monday that his office will decide in the coming days whether to pursue a new trial.
In 1980, a Minnesota woman and her 8-year-old daughter were kidnapped and held for 53 days. This is their story
Mary and Irv Stauffer sat down with Forum News Service to recall their tale of terror that happened 39 years ago.
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Mary Stauffer looks at a photo of the closet where she and her eight-year-old daughter were imprisoned after Ming Sen Shiue kidnapped them in 1980. The pair escaped after 53 days. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
HERMANTOWN, Minn. Days before Duluth native Mary Stauffer and her family were scheduled to leave for the Philippines on a four-year Baptist missionary trip, she took her 8-year-old daughter, Beth, to get a haircut in suburban St. Paul.
Police catch suspect in burglary at Gnome pub in St. Paul Career criminal also is suspected in 6 other recent break-ins, police say. February 12, 2021 1:30pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A man suspected of burglarizing the Gnome Craft Pub in St. Paul in late January and who is believed to be responsible for up to six other break-ins in recent months was arrested Friday.
Ramsey County deputies arrested Earl Robert Neal York, 57, who was sitting inside a vehicle on the 100 block of Acker Street after a St. Paul police investigator identified him as the person suspected of breaking into the Cathedral Hill pub on Jan. 24. The Ramsey County Attorney s Office charged York with third-degree burglary on Friday.