Anoka County News & City Coverage

A Anoka County Sheriff's Office overdose investigation in Blaine has led to a third-degree murder charge against a Mounds View woman accused of supplying fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine to a Blaine man who later died from an overdose, according to an Anoka County District Court criminal complaint.

Emergency crews responded Wednesday evening to the area of the Chaska Bridge after reports of a person in the Minnesota River near Highway 41 in Chaska.

An adult woman was critically injured in a shooting Saturday night in Fridley while driving near Interstate 694 and University Avenue Northeast, according to the Anoka County Sheriff's Office.

A Carver County man is facing a first-degree burglary charge after he allegedly entered an attached porch of a Chanhassen residence while the homeowners were inside, according to a criminal complaint filed in Carver County.

A 23-year-old man has been charged in Carver County in connection with a crash that allegedly left multiple people injured in Waconia.

A 76-year-old man has been charged in Carver County with two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a child under the age of 14, according to a criminal complaint.

A 61-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges in Carver County following an undercover child solicitation investigation, according to a criminal complaint filed against JOSEPH ALAN PLANTE. The complaint also states that Plante reported working timekeeping for wrestling events associated with the Minnesota State High School League.

A 36-year-old paraprofessional at a Burnsville charter school faces seven felony counts after he allegedly arrived at a prearranged location in Chanhassen believing he was meeting a child for sexual contact, according to the charges

A man has been charged in connection with a double homicide that left a woman and a 5-year-old child dead early Wednesday in Circle Pines, according to a criminal complaint filed in Anoka County.

According to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, multiple law enforcement agencies responded at approximately 12:52 a.m. Wednesday to a residence near the 9300 block of Ryan Place in Lexington on a report of a shooting.