Hennepin County

A Hennepin County judge has denied a motion from the Bad Rooster for a temporary injunction against two sisters who claim funds from the Minnetonka-based food truck are used to “support a cult” that holds sway over their mother.

A Minneapolis man sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday for a brutal stabbing death earlier this year also filed a lawsuit claiming the Hennepin County Jail violated his medical privacy rights while in custody. 

It is difficult to imagine things getting any worse for disgraced Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson, who officially has only two more weeks left in office. And yet, here we are.   

With just a couple weeks left in office, Hennepin County's longest serving prosecutor Mike Freeman is opening up to FOX 9 about the highs, the lows, the tough decisions and the things his office got wrong over two decades.

An argument over marijuana left on a table led to the fatal shooting of a woman in a Minneapolis apartment on Thursday, according to court documents. 

A year after his drunk driving crash, a committee of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Thursday to censure Sheriff Dave Hutchinson after an outside investigation found he engaged in a pattern of harassment and workplace bullying. 

The 12-year-old driver who was arrested had a cast on his leg from a recent gunshot wound, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.

Sources close to Sheriff Hutchinson said County Attorney Freeman’s counsel played a pivotal role in the sheriff’s decision to go on medical leave May 18.  

Hennepin County prosecutors charged a 23-year-old man from St. Paul for his alleged role in a Minneapolis shooting that left one person dead in July. 

A 33-year-old man from South St. Paul faces felony charges after ramming into a squad car and crashing into several objects during a police chase in Minneapolis on Monday.

A teen has been acquitted on murder charges in the shooting of another boy outside a school in Richfield in February 2022, which sparked a panic for the community.

The attorney for a mom accused of killing her son, Eli Hart, is seeking to have her statements to investigators suppressed. 

A man and woman are charged with theft by swindle after allegedly falsifying timecards for hours that were never actually worked, while one also stole and resold government equipment.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about phone calls from individuals pretending to be law enforcement officers demanding money. Tonight, a reminder from authorities: "Cops don't call for cash."

A Minneapolis man is facing felony charges for allegedly pulling out a gun and threatening staff at an LGBTQ bar on Monday night. He was released into the custody of the U.S. Marshals on Thursday.

Authorities say a Minnesota woman wanted in connection to a fatal shooting in Minneapolis in March was taken into custody by Texas police on Monday. 

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said 11 people were taken into custody following the execution of a search warrant that uncovered illegal firearms and thousands of fentanyl pills.