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• School employee pleads guilty to theft
  A former accounting assistant for the St. Paul School District pled guilty Friday to stealing more than $81,000 from his employer.October 30, 2009
• Man found guilty in attack on pregnant girlfriend
  A Hennepin County jury has found a man guilty for hiring a friend to attack his pregnant girlfriend.October 30, 2009
• Investor details $60M lost in alleged Petters scam
  Prosecutors in Tom Petters' fraud trial are using the bogus deal as an example of how Petters' alleged $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme operated.October 30, 2009
• Thief attempts to flee police by jumping into cold lake
  A Lakeville man who police say had been driving a stolen truck was treated at a hospital this week after he decided to run away from an officer by jumping into a lake, authorities said.October 30, 2009
• UW-River Falls beefs up security after racist vandalism
  School administrators at the River Falls campus of the University of Wisconsin are beefing up security, after racist graffiti was found in a school bathroom last weekend.October 30, 2009
• Governor honors reserve deputy killed on duty
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ordered that flags at the State Capitol complex be flown at half staff Friday in honor of Ramsey County Reserve Deputy Michael Wilken.October 30, 2009
• Gang Strike Force abuses prompt scrutiny of seizure laws
  Police in Minnesota can take and keep cash and property used in connection with some crimes. But the law that permits forfeitures is getting close scrutiny at the Capitol in the wake of the Gang Strike Force scandal.October 29, 2009
• Motorized La-Z-Boy seized in DUI stop to be auctioned
  The infamous motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair used by a man who was convicted of driving it drunk in northern Minnesota is going up for auction.October 29, 2009
• Minn. panels to look at criminal forfeiture laws
  Five legislative panels meet Thursday to examine Minnesota's laws on forfeiture and seizure of property involved in crimes.October 29, 2009
• Psychiatric hospital cited in incident with police officer's gun
  A state-run psychiatric hospital has been cited by the Department of Health for failing to provide a safe environment, following an April incident in which a patient on a locked unit grabbed a police officer's gun during an altercation.October 28, 2009
• Prosecutor: Petters tried to be 'corporate tycoon'
  Prosecutors have laid out for jurors how Minnesota businessman Tom Petters allegedly engineered a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of billions of dollars.October 28, 2009
• Jury selected in Petters trial
  A federal jury has been sworn in to hear the trial of Tom Petters, a Wayzata businessman accused of running a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme.October 28, 2009
• Man gets 90 days for exposing woman to HIV
  A 39-year-old man accused of exposing a Duluth woman to the AIDS virus without telling her has been sentenced to 90 days jail.October 28, 2009
• Sweat lodge victim's family holds Ray responsible
  The daughter of a Prior Lake woman who died after an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony says she wants to see the man who led it behind bars.October 28, 2009
• Dept. of Justice has dialogue on Indian crime, public safety
  Officials from the Department of Justice will be in the Twin Cities over the next two days to discuss public safety issues on American Indian reservations around the country.October 28, 2009

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