The Rosemount Police Department has officially launched a new drone program, joining a growing number of law enforcement agencies across the Twin Cities metro that are using unmanned aerial technology to support public safety operations.

What began as a routine traffic stop on Interstate 90 near Albert Lea escalated into a significant drug seizure Friday after a Minnesota State Patrol trooper discovered approximately 50,000 fentanyl pills inside a vehicle.

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.

Authorities were asking the community for help in locating a missing 7‑year‑old girl, Brynlee Nelson, in the Zimmerman area. She has since been found, and a suspect is in custody.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and the Farmington Police Department are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 19-year-old woman, Amy Plotts.

A suspect wanted in connection with a November shooting at the Maple Grove Benihana was taken into custody on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, during a high-risk warrant operation in Inver Grove Heights involving multiple law enforcement agencies.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating an officer-involved shooting in rural Cass County that left one sheriff’s deputy wounded and a male suspect dead Sunday afternoon.

A man with an active felony warrant was shot and killed Thursday afternoon after a pursuit and armed confrontation with law enforcement, according to a press release from the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office.

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 20-year-old Minneapolis man has been arrested and is facing charges of attempted murder following the Saturday, May 10, 2025, shooting at Kelley Park in Apple Valley that left a young adult with life-threatening injuries.

A man was fatally shot by police Wednesday afternoon, May 21, 2025, following a domestic assault call in Coon Rapids involving a knife.

An 18-year-old male is in critical condition after a violent altercation at an Apple Valley park escalated into gunfire early Saturday morning.

A 36-year-old Hudson, Wisconsin man has been charged with second-degree intentional murder in the shooting death of his 72-year-old roommate in South St. Paul, according to a press release issued Monday evening by Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena.

A massage therapist in Eagan is facing another charge of criminal sexual conduct after a new victim came forward, Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena announced this morning.

Dakota County Attorney, Kathy Keena, announces charges against Johnny Le, 32, of Richfield, Minnesota, following allegations that he sexually assaulted a client at his Eagan massage studio.

According to the Eagan Police Department, she was found and is safe!

The West Saint Paul Police Department is asking the public for help locating a missing 43-year-old man last seen on May 5th.

A Lakeville man has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder following the gruesome death of his sister and her unborn child, Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena announced on Thursday, January 9, 2025.

Mikayla Empey, the 22-year-old woman charged with third-degree felony murder following the fentanyl overdose death of Lenore Ann Richard, 65, in January 2022, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in December 2025 in this case.

A 22-year-old woman has been charged with third-degree felony murder following the overdose death of a South St. Paul resident in January 2022.