A shelter-in-place order in Farmington, Minnesota, was lifted Tuesday night after police responded to a domestic assault incident near 188th Street West and English Avenue. One person was taken into custody and is expected to face misdemeanor domestic assault charges.

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 barricaded suspect was taken into custody Sunday night following an hours-long police incident at an apartment complex in Burnsville that began as an assault on Sunday, April 12, 2026, at the Stone Grove Apartments in the 2500 block of Williams Drive.

A serious crash involving a Farmington Police Department squad car responding to an emergency call left two people injured Monday evening, March 2, 2026.

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.

Law enforcement agencies from St. Paul and West St. Paul conducted a coordinated search Thursday evening after an armed domestic incident in St. Paul led authorities to believe the suspect had fled to an apartment complex in West St. Paul.

A Burnsville man accused of participating in a high-level fentanyl and cocaine distribution network spanning multiple counties has been arrested more than six years after prosecutors filed a sweeping set of first-degree felony drug charges.

Eagan Police responded to a report of a weapons incident Friday evening in the 4100 block of Rahn Road.

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.

The Minnesota BCA has released new information regarding last week’s deadly standoff in West St. Paul, identifying both the suspect who died and the officer who fired his weapon.

A tense armed standoff in a quiet West St. Paul neighborhood ended Wednesday evening when a wanted man was fatally shot by law enforcement after exchanging gunfire with officers for several hours.

Court documents provide new details following a major law enforcement operation in South St. Paul last week that led to the seizure of nearly 90 firearms, drugs, and ammunition.

A domestic violence call escalated into a tense twelve-hour standoff in Eagan on Sunday, June 15, ultimately ending in tragedy when the armed suspect took his own life.

A 51-year-old Hastings man has been charged with attempted murder and assault following a dramatic domestic violence incident and hours-long standoff in rural Dakota County on May 20, 2025.

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

On Tuesday afternoon, May 20, 2025, sheriff’s deputies and South Metro SWAT responded to a domestic disturbance involving a firearm in rural Dakota County.

A gathering of more than 30 people at River Bend Park on Sunday night quickly turned into a public safety scare when a witness reported someone pointing a firearm at another individual near the basketball courts.

Authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning at the Chancellor Manor apartment complex in Burnsville.

A Burnsville man has been formally charged with second-degree murder after allegedly stabbing the mother of his children to death in their townhome on Wednesday morning while two of their young children were inside.

An active police situation that began as a mental health crisis ended in tragedy Thursday evening in Burnsville, after a man was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.