Two Burnsville parents are facing multiple felony charges after Dakota County prosecutors alleged a young child endured repeated abuse over a period of more than two years before a welfare check led to a criminal investigation.

Ibrahim Ali Mohamed pleaded guilty to first-degree assault in the 2025 Kelley Park shooting in Apple Valley. The attempted murder charge will be dismissed.

Farmington resident Mehdi Badaoui has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree attempted murder for repeatedly stabbing his wife during a violent domestic assault in April 2025.

A four-year independent review into the 2004 murder conviction of Philip Randall Vance has concluded with no recommendation to overturn the verdict, according to a newly released report from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Conviction Review Unit.

A Lakeville man is facing multiple felony charges in Dakota County related to allegations involving the sexual exploitation of very young children, according to a criminal complaint filed in district court on January 30, 2026, and is connected to the BCA investigation in the 17100 block of Dysart Place earlier this week.

A Burnsville man already facing serious felony charges for a violent New Year’s Day assault in Burnsville is now charged in a separate Lakeville case involving an alleged late-night garage intrusion and indecent exposure incident, according to newly filed court documents on Monday.

Burnsville Police have arrested and the Dakota County Attorney’s Office has charged a 23-year-old man in connection with a violent New Year’s Day assault on an elderly woman along a park trail near Crystal Lake West, an incident authorities say raised serious public safety concerns and represents an escalation of troubling behavior.

A Farmington man has been charged with second-degree intentional murder in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend inside a Castle Rock Township home on Christmas Eve.

A Burnsville man faces serious felony charges after investigators say he defrauded more than a dozen homeowners across the south metro by taking thousands of dollars in deposits for tree services he never completed.

A 50-year-old Rosemount man has been charged with two felonies after allegedly attacking and terrorizing a woman who was out for a walk near Parkview Elementary School in Lakeville.

The Burnsville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in an expanding investigation into Teodros Raymond Pluntz, 19, who has been criminally charged in two separate cases involving the sexual abuse of minors, coercion, and the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

A 46-year-old Lakeville woman has been charged with two felony counts of theft by temporary control after investigators say she misused tens of thousands of dollars in funds from two local gymnastics booster clubs she managed for several years.

A Dakota County grand jury has returned an indictment charging 48-year-old Jason Philip Filas of Burnsville with first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of 32-year-old Danielle Grace Warren.

A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to state prison for a 2023 Apple Valley burglary, while a separate Inver Grove Heights burglary case against him was dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

A Dakota County woman is facing felony charges after allegedly stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from a Target store in Apple Valley.

A Dakota County grand jury has indicted Jacob John Audie, 36, of Hudson, Wisconsin, on one count of first-degree premeditated murder and one count of second-degree intentional murder in the April shooting death of his 72-year-old roommate, Michael Maurice Schille.

A Twin Cities man is facing a first-degree felony controlled substance charge after investigators say he sold more than 100 grams of fentanyl to an undercover officer during a series of controlled buys this summer.

Philip Jedidiah Wong, 27, of Little Canada, Minnesota, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the October 2023 murder of 53-year-old Jianqin Zhang, a woman from China, at an Eagan hotel.

A Burnsville man has been charged with second-degree intentional murder in connection with the death of a Faribault man whose body was discovered at Interlachen Park earlier this year.

The Girlfriend of the suspect wanted in connection with the stabbing death of 21-year-old Daniel Isaac Aguilar, who was found dead on a sidewalk in Apple Valley in the early morning hours of July 6, 2025, has been charged with aiding an offender in connection with the fatal stabbing.