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St. Paul police arrested 35-year-old David Saw on Sunday, Nov. 1, near the 200 block of Cottage Avenue after a report of streetlight copper theft, marking at least his seventh such arrest in about a year. FOX 9

Humberto Zeferino De Los Santos, 23, was charged Monday in Dakota County with felony leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, and his whereabouts remain unknown. FOX 9

John Nguyen Lutgen of St. Paul was charged in Hennepin County Monday with theft by swindle and check forgery for allegedly stealing about $28,000 from Minnesota Cannabis Services. FOX 9

Hennepin County officials denied a U.S. Department of Justice request to allow federal election monitors inside polling places for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election in Minnesota. FOX 9

Minneapolis police arrested and charged 30-year-old Jaquan Darrian Edwards with murder in the Oct. 3 fatal shooting on the Metro Transit Green Line. FOX 9

A federal judge on Sunday, November 1, 2026, ordered the U.S. government to return Nicaraguan national Kenis Gonzalez to Minnesota at government expense and found federal agents had no reason to detain him. FOX 9

Two adults were found dead in a North St. Paul home after officers responded about 12:45 a.m. Sunday to an assault call near 2nd Street North and 19th Avenue. FOX 9

John Searle, 55, now faces four additional felony charges tied to peeping incidents in Minneapolis' Como neighborhood, prosecutors said, and he is not currently in custody. FOX 9

Elmer Mitchell Fields, 57, a middle school teacher from Viper, Kentucky, has been charged in Washington County with one felony count of engaging in electronic communication describing sexual conduct with a child. FOX 9

Senior Trump administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and FBI Director Kash Patel, traveled to St. Cloud on Friday, October 30, 2026, to announce arrests of allegedly fraudulent Medicaid providers. Minnesota Reformer

Two brothers from Waller, Texas, were sentenced to federal prison for kidnapping a Minnesota family and forcing the transfer of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency. FOX 9

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charged conservative activist James O'Keefe and associate Cam Higby with felony identity theft and unlawful voting over an August 11 Minneapolis polling-place operation. FOX 9

Amiir Mawlid Ali, identified by police as a Minneapolis Muddy street gang member, was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for possession of a machine gun. FOX 9

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led 18 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief on Oct. 26 to preserve Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals. FOX 9

A Minnesota corrections officer was charged after authorities say they intercepted drug-soaked "beading paper" headed to an inmate at MCF-Lino Lakes on October 26. FOX 9

Federal prosecutors asked a U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to sentence Feeding Our Future ringleader Salim Said to 40 years in prison. FOX 9

Alex Pretti's parents held a news conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Oct. 27, saying they have received no direct communication or explanation from the federal government since their son was killed. Minnesota Reformer

The FBI has raised the reward to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of Liban Abdulkadir Sheikh, who is wanted in a 2002 Washington state murder and is believed to have ties to Minneapolis. FOX 9

Two St. Paul men were charged in Dakota County for a June 27 break-in at Eagan's DUCK! arcade that stole about $26,475 in rare Pokémon cards and collectibles. FOX 9