Sarah Nelson
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Sarah Nelson is a reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune.
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Final defendant pleads guilty in plot to bribe juror with $120,000 during Feeding Our Future trial
Said Farah was one of five people indicted in the bribe attempt that unfolded as the federal meal fraud trial came to a close.
August 21, 2025
Federal court hears arguments in lawsuit over Minnesota high school transgender athlete policy
The lawsuit was filed in May on behalf of metro-area high school softball players.
August 20, 2025
Assassinations place Vance Boelter’s religion in the spotlight
He was steeped in a thriving strain of Christianity. For some, the alleged assassin is a symbol of the growing politicization of faith.
August 17, 2025
Former Gustavus Adolphus College professor pleads guilty to wire fraud
James Anthony Kroger was charged with embezzling more than half a million dollars invested by his business partner into a company they helped manage.
August 14, 2025
Nursing Lake Elmo mother released from jail as immigration case proceeds
Antonia Aguilar Maldonado had been in custody since July 17. A federal judge ordered her release from ICE detention.
August 13, 2025
Boelter pleads not guilty to federal indictment in lawmaker shootings
He’s charged in the slaying of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the shooting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
August 7, 2025
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Abdiaziz Farah, ‘top’ participant in Feeding Our Future scheme, sentenced to 28 years
Farah owned the Shakopee restaurant Empire Cuisine and falsely claimed to serve 18 million kids, prosecutors said.
August 6, 2025
Feeding Our Future defendant pleads guilty to wire fraud; 50th conviction in sprawling case
The pandemic-era fraud case has seen just over 70 defendants.
August 4, 2025
Federal judge denies early probation release for ex-police officer in George Floyd case
J. Alexander Kueng kneeled on George Floyd’s back during the arrest that turned fatal and ignited citywide protests.
August 1, 2025
![Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng, left, and his attorney Thomas Plunkett arrive for sentencing for violating George Floyd's civil rights outside the Federal Courthouse Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in St. Paul, Minn. ]](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/CCF3QR32V3HH2P4RWXJUOZXFYI.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Feeding Our Future defendant arrested at Twin Cities airport pleads guilty to wire fraud
Hibo Daar was arrested by federal agents in late May at MSP airport before she boarded plane to Dubai.
August 1, 2025
Girls volleyball coach sentenced to 33 years in prison for sexually exploiting players
Dorian Christopher Barrs pleaded guilty last year to two counts of producing child pornography.
July 23, 2025
Jury convicts Minneapolis Highs gang members in final major racketeering trial
Federal racketeering trials against another Minneapolis gang are scheduled to begin next year.
July 23, 2025
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