Crime & Safety

Regional Roundup: Fatal Shooting, Bank Heist, Prom & The Marriage Amendment

Catch up with the top stories from around the southeast metro area.

Woodbury

The one-vehicle crash, in which a juvenile female was also injured, occurred at the 5800 block of Sunny Hill Drive in Woodbury at about 4:40 p.m. Thursday.

Mendota Heights

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Henry Sibley High School students and their dates made a stylish entrance to prom May 4 at the Great Hall in St. Paul.

Apple Valley

On Sunday evening, Apple Valley resident Carl Anthony Tatum, 48, was fatally shot by Apple Valley Police Officer Tommie Booth after Tatum allegedly shot a gun at Booth during an investigation of domestic violence between Tatum and his girlfriend at their house.

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Inver Grove Heights

Christopher Lemarque Miller, 27, has been charged with second-degree aggravated robbery in connection with yesterday's robbery of .

Eagan

Eagan may not have a hospital, but the city is next in line for a hybrid medical facility that owners say will combine the speed and pricing of an urgent care clinic with emergency room capabilities.

Lakeville

Authorities are still searching for a Farmington man accused of assaulting his Lakeville girlfriend and her 7-year-old son.

Burnsville

For one Dakota County couple, the struggle for "Freedom to Marry" predates the Minnesota Marriage Amendment by over four decades. 

“It’s déjà vu. This is sheer ignorance and pride—just like 45 years ago,” said Thea Harriday, an Apple Valley resident who met her husband, an African American, over 43 years ago.

At the time, less than a decade had gone by since the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional in 1967 (Loving v. Virginia). 


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