Police issue alert for missing 14-year-old western Minnesota girl who may be in Twin Cities
By FOX 9 Staff
(Minnesota BCA / Supplied)
(FOX 9) - The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has issued an alert for a 14-year-old girl reported missing in western Minnesota, who may be headed toward the Twin Cities metro.
According to the Minnesota BCA, 14-year-old Cienna Pittman was last seen Tuesday around 3:55 p.m. getting into a vehicle near her home in Benson, Minnesota. She hasn t been seen since.
Investigators say Cienna was last seen wearing a black North Face jacket, black Under Armour long sleeve shirt, and black leggings. Officers say she also has tattoos on her left arm, Honey written on her wrist, and stars on both of her front shoulders. She also has piercings in her nose, belly button, and two in her ears.
Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Swift County conviction challenged over evidence gathered without defense counsel present
Defendant argued that photographs taken of scratches on his arm following his first court appearance and without an attorney to represent him denied his right to counsel. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the photographs did not deny the defendant a fair trial, but two of the justices filed a dissenting opinion. 7:11 pm, Apr. 1, 2021 ×
Raciel Zalva Zaldivar-Proenza
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Swift County defendant for criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree.
Two of the chief justices filed a dissenting opinion in the decision released March 31.
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MADISON Lac qui Parle County sheriff’s officers responded to a 911 call reporting that a person in a home with a firearm was making personal threats around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Officers responded to a home located in Lake Shore Township between Madison and Louisburg.
Deputies evacuated one person from the home. A few hours later, a second individual was secured and taken into custody without incident, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.
The matter is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office. No charges have been filed at this time.
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The pandemic was by far the top story of 2020, but here are some other top stories of the year in west central Minnesota, as voted on by the West Central Tribune news staff.
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Case reports dating back to the mid-1970s were read by the Willmar Police Department Cold Case Review Team to help determine the primary suspect in the 1974 killing of Mabel Mae Agnes Boyer Herman this past July.
Erica Dischino / West Central Tribune file photo