Minnesota crime news

A Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy as part of a federal case targeting the Lows street gang.

Police who responded to “sounds of a child" coming from a van found a 9-year-old boy locked inside since 2024, “lying in a fetal position, naked, covered by a blanket on top of a mound of trash."

The 911 dispatch system in Edina and Richfield is back up after being briefly down on Saturday afternoon.

Police shot a suspect armed with a knife at Grand Central after multiple people were stabbed. Three victims are hospitalized in stable condition.

San Francisco police are investigating an arson attack at the North Beach home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman early Friday morning involving a Molotov cocktail.

Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Northern California last summer that killed seven people and injured two others.  The owner of the company was arrested at Walt Disney World in Florida, according to an arrest affidavit.

Authorities in Brooklyn Park say a missing 11-year-old girl has been located safe.

Authorities are searching for a man accused of being the "principal actor" in a Medicaid fraud scheme that defrauded Minnesota taxpayers out of nearly $11 million after he failed to appear in court.

A former Arden Hills day care worker is facing felony charges after she was reportedly caught on video striking a 3-year-old child and causing a bloody nose.

The Winona County Sheriff's Office is sharing updates on a ransomware incident.

A man who admitted to striking a wolf with a snowmobile, taping its mouth shut and showing it off at a local bar before killing it was sentenced to 18 months probation by a Wyoming judge.

Friday marks Day 69 in the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie. Nancy disappeared from her Tucson-area home on Feb. 1, and authorities believe Nancy was taken from her home against her will.

A beloved therapy dog assisting the Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s Office needs surgery after injuring both back legs, and the community is rallying to help the owner cover costs.

Ian Mitcham, who was arrested in 2018 in connection with the death of Allison Feldman, has been found guilty of murder, burglary and sexual assault.

A fire in St. Cloud's Westwood Elementary School was started by a 9-year-old boy, and Minnesota law states he is too young to face charges in juvenile court.

An Anoka County couple is being accused of defrauding more than $860,000 from publicly-funded programs.