November 10, 2022 Minnesota county at center of George Floyd protests elects first ever Black sheriff, new top prosecutor Minnesota's Hennepin County, which saw Minneapolis-area racial justice protests since the killing of George Floyd, elected Mary Moriarty as top prosecutor and Dawanna Witt as sheriff.
November 3, 2022 Minneapolis woman charged with laundering money for fentanyl trafficker 'mastermind' behind realtor's murder Minneapolis woman Phouvanh Keokaythinh is charged with laundering money and running an illegal marijuana farm for fentanyl dealer Lyndon Swarn, convicted in Monique Baugh's murder.
October 28, 2022 Ilhan Omar drops tens of thousands on private security following calls to defund, dismantle police Ilhan Omar, a defund police supporter who backed dismantling and replacing the Minneapolis PD, recently dropped tens of thousands of campaign cash into private security services.
October 24, 2022 Ex-Minneapolis police officer Kueng pleads guilty in George Floyd killing J. Alexander Kueng, a former Minneapolis police officer, pleaded guilty on Monday to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.
October 23, 2022 Ellison denies knowing anyone who supports defunding police despite own support for replacing police force Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison claimed that he didn't know anyone who supports the "Defund the Police" movement despite previous support for replacing police.
October 23, 2022 Minneapolis struggles to recruit police in wake of George Floyd's murder City officials in Minneapolis are struggling to boost recruitment for police departments, which have been left vacated in the aftermath of the police-involved murder of George Floyd.
October 18, 2022 Minneapolis city subcommittee approves police request to contract social workers A Minneapolis city council subcommittee approved the police department's request to contract social workers in their offices, with the goal of improving responses to 911 calls.
October 15, 2022 Minnesota man accused of trying to murder his ex-girlfriend while out on bond: court documents A convicted felon in Minnesota is accused of attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend while out on bond from a previous domestic assault case,
October 14, 2022 Minnesota court receives 1st round of guilty pleas in $250M scheme to defraud federal meals program Fifty people in Minnesota were charged in a scheme to defraud a federal meals program for $250 million. One of the program's employees admitted to taking more than $1.3 million.
October 12, 2022 Minnesota man ordered out of stolen car found with 100 fentanyl-laced pills stuffed in socks, coat: police Minneapolis-area man Qadar Mohamed Aden was ordered by police out of a stolen vehicle and allegedly possessed more than 100 fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills on his person.