Sentencing

2nd Shooter Pleads Guilty To Killing 5-Year-Old, Gets 28 Years

The second gunman responsible for the death of a 5-year-old boy who was shot while sleeping on his grandmother’s couch has been sentenced to 28 years in prison. Sixteen-year-old Julian Kijuan Lamar Anderson pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree intentional murder for the shooting on June 26, 2012, which killed Nizzel George.

2013/05/21

Plymouth Man Gets Probation For Impeding Prosecutor

A Minnesota man has been sentenced to one year of probation for obstructing a federal prosecutor in Iowa after his son was sent to prison in an animal terrorism case.

2013/05/16

(credit: Itasca County Sheriff’s Office)

Corrections Officer Sentenced To Prison For Sex With Inmate

A former corrections officer in northern Minnesota has been sentenced Monday for having sex with an inmate multiple times late last year, the Itasca County Attorney’s Office announced.

2013/05/13

Woman Sentenced In Gas Pump Skimming Case

28-year-old California woman has been sentenced for installing an illegal credit card skimmer in gas pumps in order to steal victims’ identities.

2013/04/08

(credit: Hennepin County Sheriff's Office)

Man Sentenced For Stabbing 2 Mpls. Park Police Officers

A man who ambushed and stabbed two Minneapolis park police officers has been sentenced.

2013/04/01

Man Sentenced For Murder In Grand Rapids Double Shooting

A 26-year-old Bovey, Minn. man has been sentenced for murder in a Grand Rapids double shooting.

2013/03/07

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

Teen Gets 28 Years In Shooting That Killed 5-Year-Old

Seventeen-year-old Stephon Shannon pleaded guilty in the murder of 5-year-old Nizzel George last week. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison at a Hennepin County Court hearing Tuesday morning.

2013/02/05

Man Gets 15 Years In Wife’s Totem Pole Death

A northern Minnesota man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the death of his wife who was crushed by a totem pole. Carl Muggli faced a possible life sentence if he had been convicted of first-degree murder.

2013/02/05

Fridley Man Enters Guilty Plea For Groping Girl, 11, At Wal-Mart

A 29-year-old man Fridley man charged with criminal sexual conduct for allegedly groping an 11-year-old girl at Fridley Wal-Mart has entered a petition for a guilty plea on Tuesday.

2013/01/23

MN Woman Gets Life In Prison For Ex-Husband’s Murder

A 39-year-old Minnesota woman who pleaded guilty to murdering her ex-husband and is suspected of also killing her boyfriend has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

2012/12/24

Red Lake Man Sentenced For Abusing 2 Young Girls

A 60-year-old Red Lake man has been sentenced for sexually abusing two young girls, according to the United State Attorney’s Office.

2012/12/10

Man Sentenced To 10 Years In St. Paul Park Standoff

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced for shooting at police officers during a standoff at his St. Paul Park home, according to authorities.

2012/11/14

Man Gets 6 Years For Throwing Vise Through Windshield

A 40-year-old Bloomington man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for throwing a vise out of his car that smashed the windshield of another car and seriously injured an Iraq War veteran.

2012/09/25