Criminal Defense

Nearly a full 18 years after a woman's disappearance, the authorities have arrested an individual whom they believe to be responsible. The woman's husband is now being charged with breaking criminal law by committing murder. The now 53-year-old Minnesota man denies...

A professor at St. Cloud University was recently arrested. The philosophy professor is accused of smuggling ivory elephant tusks as well as rhinoceros horns out of Minnesota and into China through the black market. He is accused of committing federal crimes and...

The personal and legal consequences of having a theft conviction on one's record can be devastating, as background checks are typically done by credit bureaus, landlords, colleges and employers. The future of a 31-year-old Minnesota man will be adversely affected if...

American Girl dolls are a collectible series of toys, and since they are collectibles, the dolls can be expensive. According to the Minnesota authorities, a husband and wife -- who were both former law enforcement officers -- initiated a scheme centered around...

A man and his wife were both recently sentenced in their white-collar criminal cases. The Minnesota couple was accused of serious theft crimes for allegedly bilking the state out of over $160,000 in public assistance. Both of them pleaded guilty to different charges,...

A serious snowmobile accident recently occurred in Maple Lake Township, and now one person has been arrested. The Minnesota man is accused of violating criminal law, leading to the fatal injury of his passenger. The 20-year-old driver will be charged with...

Being accused of a crime is a serious matter, one that can change the course of an individual's life. When someone is innocent of those charges, clearing one's name becomes a top priority. For one Minnesota man, an accusation of theft may lead to an extensive legal...

Few things are more distressing than an accident in which a Minnesota child is injured. Children are cherished within American culture, and the community cries out for justice when a child is harmed. Unfortunately, the incident that led to injury is often an accident,...

After a brutal assault in Fridley, four people were arrested under suspicion of being somehow involved. The Minnesota investigators suspect that as two men were leaving a bar, two other men came up and assaulted them. Two women who supposedly asked the victims for a...

The law states that people accused of crimes are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. As one Minnesota man has recently discovered, this doesn’t provide much solace to those who are jailed while the court system moves forward in an effort to determine...