More than 250 law enforcement personnel carried out a large-scale operation Wednesday morning targeting two Brooklyn Center hotels following a yearlong investigation into suspected human trafficking, drug distribution and other criminal activity.

Two people have been charged in Dakota County after prosecutors allege a handgun was passed between them while officers attempted to detain them during a response to a reported fight in South St. Paul.

One person was hospitalized with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound after a shooting near American Boulevard and 30th Avenue South in Bloomington, Minnesota. Multiple people were detained as police investigated the Wednesday afternoon shooting.

A Hastings woman has been charged with a felony after prosecutors alleged she wrongfully received more than $35,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits over a period spanning more than three years.

A man has been charged with felony fleeing a peace officer after prosecutors allege he sped away from an Inver Grove Heights traffic stop and led officers on a roughly three-mile pursuit before police terminated the chase over public safety concerns.

A man has been charged with felony fleeing a peace officer after authorities allege he drove through a South St. Paul park, accelerated away from police and later attempted to flee officers on foot.

A 33-year-old man is facing a felony assault charge after prosecutors allege he stabbed a person in downtown Minneapolis before removing his clothing and being arrested naked near the scene.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with felony second-degree assault after allegedly stabbing a man multiple times near the University of Minnesota campus early Friday morning, leaving the victim with a collapsed lung, before police later found the suspect skateboarding at Eliot Park, according to a Hennepin County criminal complaint.

A 29-year-old man has been charged with fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct after prosecutors allege he had nonconsensual sexual contact with a woman at a West St. Paul residence.

A 22-year-old Lakeville man is facing a felony charge after prosecutors accused him of sexually abusing a child earlier this summer.

A 27-year-old man whose driving privileges were allegedly canceled as inimical to public safety is facing a felony DWI-related charge after a traffic stop in Lakeville where police say three young juveniles were also inside his vehicle, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dakota County.

A Dodge Center man faces felony burglary charges after DNA and cellphone evidence allegedly linked him to a 2025 break-in at the Rosemount Water Treatment Plant.

A Savage man faces attempted murder and assault charges after a September 2nd shooting on Utica Avenue left another man critically injured and prompted a large police and SWAT response.

Lakeville police are investigating after a man who was found suffering from an apparent gunshot wound Sunday evening later died at a hospital.

A man is in critical condition after a shooting on eastbound I-94 in Minneapolis. Police say the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle.

Three men were injured after authorities say two people exchanged gunfire in a Columbia Heights parking lot early Saturday morning.

An 18-year-old summer camp employee is facing a felony privacy charge in Washington County District Court after authorities allege he secretly photographed a child inside a bathroom stall during a summer camp program in Forest Lake.

An 18-year-old man is facing six criminal charges, including two felony kidnapping counts, after prosecutors allege he forced his 17-year-old girlfriend into a vehicle, drove her away from Hawley and later strangled her during an incident Wednesday in Clay County.

A 79-year-old man has been charged with felony second-degree assault after prosecutors allege he repeatedly rammed another vehicle in a Waconia parking lot and then drove toward a man standing outside the vehicle.

A 55-year-old man has been charged in Washington County after authorities allege he used another person’s identity to make two unauthorized cash withdrawals totaling $12,760 from the victim’s bank account.