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Man Who Lied In Somali Terrorism Case Gets 2 Years

A man who admitted he lied before a grand jury investigating why young Somali men were leaving Minnesota to join a terrorist group in their homeland has been sentenced to two years in prison. Adarus Abdulle Ali pleaded guilty in 2009 to one count of perjury.

2013/05/16

Man Charged With Bomb Threats At Airport, Mall

A federal indictment accuses a 22-year-old man of making bomb threats at the Mall of America and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The indictment issued Tuesday charges Dana William Ashey with two counts of false information and hoaxes.

2013/05/14

Man Gets 20 Years In Somali Terror Investigation

Two men convicted in the government’s investigation into terror recruiting and financing for a Somali terrorist group are scheduled to be sentenced in federal court.

2013/05/13

Couple Sentenced For Health Care Fraud

A suburban Twin Cities couple has been sentenced in federal court for health care fraud.

2013/05/07

Minneapolis Woman Gets 11 Years In Sex Trafficking Case

A 34-year-old Minneapolis woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison in federal court Monday in connection with a case involving the sex trafficking of a minor.

2013/03/19

Robbinsdale Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Sell Cocaine

A 26-year-old Robbinsdale man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in St. Paul for conspiring to distribute approximately 249 grams of cocaine.

2013/03/06

Petters’ Associate Vennes Pleads Guilty

A former associate of convicted Minnesota businessman Tom Petters has pleaded guilty to lying to investors in a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme.

2013/02/01

More Than 4 Years In Prison For Investor Fraud

A federal judge in Minnesota has sentenced a Colorado man to more than four years in prison for scamming investors out of $7 million.

2013/01/30

Man Pleads Not Guilty In Synthetic Drug Case

A Texas man accused of selling controlled substances used to make the synthetic hallucinogenic drugs that led to the overdose deaths of two teenagers in the Grand Forks area has pleaded not guilty.

2013/01/29

American Indian Gang Trio Face Racketeering Trial

Three members of a violent American Indian gang are facing trial in what prosecutors say is one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country.

2013/01/22

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Man Gets 21 Years In Large Drug Trafficking Operation

A 45-year-old St. Paul man was sentenced to 21 years in prison in St. Paul federal court on Monday for his role in a large drug trafficking operation in Minnesota between 2005 and October of 2010.

2012/11/27

Defense: Case Against Somali Terror Suspect Faulty

An attorney for a Minnesota man accused of helping supply fighters to a terror group in Somalia says the government’s case is built on the testimony of corrupt witnesses.

2012/10/17

Minn. Witness Describes Early Al-Shabab Recruiting

A Minnesota man who spent two months with a terrorist group in his native Somalia told a jury Tuesday that another man on trial for allegedly helping funnel recruits to the group gave money to buy weapons for fighters.

2012/10/09

Albert Lea Man Sentenced For Child Porn

A 33-year-old Albert Lea man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for possessing approximately 5,700 images of child pornography as well as receiving a video containing similar material.

2012/09/04

Woman Gets Probation In Embezzlement Case

A 29-year-old woman was sentenced to two years probation in Minneapolis Federal Court on Monday for embezzling more than $25,000 from the Social Security office she worked at.

2012/08/07

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