The following stories appeared on Patch sites in Apple Valley-Rosemount, Burnsville, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Northfield and Shakopee. 

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Apple Valley-Rosemount

• Apple Valley Woman Arrested for DWI After Blowing .303 on Breath Test - Police say Carrie Jean Olson was clocked driving 78 mph in a 55 mph zone near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and that she admitted drinking.
• Man Charged with Beating, Strangling Rosemount Woman - Police say Samuel Bennett Achman repeatedly punched the victim and strangled her after the two argued about her current boyfriend.

Burnsville

• Burnsville Woman Charged with Stealing Prescription Pills from Eagan Senior Living Center - Catrina Deloris Elwell, 26, faces burglary and theft charges in connection with the alleged crime.

Eagan

• Eagan Man Blows .344 on Blood-Alcohol Test, Charged with DWI - Police say Jeffrey Thomas Peterson became belligerent after he was arrested, calling an officer names and smashing his handcuffs against a wall and door.
• Charges: Man Sells More Than 10 Grams of Cocaine to Police Informant - Nicholas Anthony Gangi, 44, allegedly conducted drug deals in Eagan and other locations in the Twin Cities area.

Inver Grove Heights

• Former Football Player and Fashionista Pleads Not Guilty to Bremer Bank Robbery - If convicted of the charge against him, Christopher Lemarque Miller, 27, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

Lakeville

• Man Charged with Fleeing Lakeville Police, Resisting Arrest - Police say Ryan Michael Hansen of Rosemount led them on a chase that reached 80 mph before he crashed into a tree.
• Farmington Man Charged with Sexually Abusing Lakeville Girl - Police say Jonathan Wayne Durbin had sexual contact with the victim beginning when she was 10 years old, and continuing until this past summer, when she was 17.

Northfield

• Dundas Man Charged with Repeatedly Abusing Rice County Jail Cellmate - Police say Jacob Peter Banks repeatedly beat the victim, forced him to drink his own urine and threatened to kill him and his family if he told anyone.

Shakopee

• Police: Child Left Valleyfair in Car Trunk - Witnesses called Shakopee Police after seeing a car leave the Valleyfair parking lot with a child in the trunk.