A driver has been charged after prosecutors allege he was using his cellphone moments before a crash that caused an SUV carrying a woman and two children to overturn on Highway 7 in St. Bonifacius. Officers later reported finding the driver's phone open to a dating application, according to a Hennepin County criminal complaint.

Violent crime declined across Minnesota in 2025, with the state recording fewer murders, robberies and aggravated assaults along with substantial decreases in vehicle thefts and carjackings, according to newly released statewide crime data.

A man is facing three felony charges after prosecutors allege he threatened officers, swung a pointed object at one officer, attempted to grab another officer’s Taser and punched an officer during an arrest in Minneapolis.

A Burnsville man and registered predatory offender faces two felony criminal sexual conduct charges involving a 7-year-old child.

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.