Paul Walsh
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2nd victim sues, says Hotel Ivy staff knowingly aided Anton Lazzaro’s sex trafficking of teen girls
The woman is suing the onetime owners of the downtown high-rise where Lazzaro trafficked at least five girls in 2020.
April 2, 2025
Jailed University of Minnesota student from Turkey asks court to free him, restore visa
Doğukan Günaydin was apprehended outside his St. Paul home by ICE agents following the revocation of his visa over a drunken driving offense. He’s suing in federal court.
April 2, 2025
Plea deal: Brief jail time for woman who abused babies while working at Twin Cities day care
The charges against her and another woman allege that five babies were abused, one of them the daughter of a state representative.
April 1, 2025
Would-be Twin Cities liquor store robber who was thwarted by bat-wielding girl gets prison time
In-store video showed the 8-year-old girl repeatedly strike the perpetrator on the head, according to the criminal complaint.
April 1, 2025
DOJ wants death penalty for Luigi Mangione if convicted of killing UHC’s Brian Thompson
“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson ... was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi.
April 1, 2025
Woman killed in suspected hit-and-run in Twin Cities crosswalk is ID’d
The driver was drunk and had a loaded handgun with him in his SUV, charges say.
April 1, 2025
No prison for MN woman who cooked up twin-swapping scheme tied to deadly Amish buggy crash
The twin sisters conceived an identity-swapping plan after one of them crashed an SUV into an Amish buggy in southeastern Minnesota, killing two children. The sister who wasn’t driving has been handed a brief jail sentence and probation, but the other still faces charges.
March 31, 2025
Decades-long sentence for shooter who killed Minneapolis mom, injured toddler
The 21-year-old man from Savage pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges.
March 31, 2025
DOJ wants death penalty for Luigi Mangione if convicted of killing UHC’s Brian Thompson
“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson ... was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi.
April 1, 2025
Woman killed in suspected hit-and-run in Twin Cities crosswalk is ID’d
The driver was drunk and had a loaded handgun with him in his SUV, charges say.
April 1, 2025
No prison for MN woman who cooked up twin-swapping scheme tied to deadly Amish buggy crash
The twin sisters conceived an identity-swapping plan after one of them crashed an SUV into an Amish buggy in southeastern Minnesota, killing two children. The sister who wasn’t driving has been handed a brief jail sentence and probation, but the other still faces charges.
March 31, 2025
Decades-long sentence for shooter who killed Minneapolis mom, injured toddler
The 21-year-old man from Savage pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges.
March 31, 2025