Cobb family blasts calls to take trooper case from Moriarty's office
The family asked Gov. Tim Walz not to reassign the case and to allow Moriarty to prosecute the case like any other murder.
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The family asked Gov. Tim Walz not to reassign the case and to allow Moriarty to prosecute the case like any other murder.
Attorneys for a Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot a man during a July 2023 traffic stop allege in court filings that an expert whom the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office hired told prosecutors that the officer’s use of deadly force was justified. Trooper Ryan Londregan, 27, is charged with murder, manslaughter and assault in the death of Ricky Cobb II.
Londregan is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter for shooting Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop on I-94 in Minneapolis on July 31.
Following opposition from a media coalition and defense attorneys, a Hennepin County judge denied prosecutors' request to temporarily restrict public access to court records in the deadly force case against Minnesota state trooper Ryan Londregan in last summer's shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II. District Judge Tamara Garcia issued her decision Wednesday on the motion filed two weeks ago by ...
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