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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Police Continue to Investigate Fatal Shooting in West St. Paul

No new information was released by police on Saturday.

Follow Inver Grove Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter West St. Paul police continue to investigate Friday night’s shooting death of a West St. Paul man. Published reports say police released no new information about the incident on Saturday. The deceased man had yet to be identified. According to the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press, police found the man wounded in the driveway of a home in the 900 block of Ohio Street at about 8 p.m. Friday. The man was transported to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he died. This is the first homicide in West St. Paul since 2004, West St. Police Police Chief Bud Shaver told the Pioneer Press. Click on the headline below to read more about the shooting: • Man…

Friday, January 11, 2013

Man Found with Gunshot Wound in West St. Paul Driveway Dies

West St. Paul police were investigating a fatal shooting late Friday night, according to published reports.

Follow Inver Grove Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter West St. Paul police were investigating a fatal shooting late Friday night, according to published reports. The Star-Tribune and Pioneer Press were reporting Friday night that officers found a man with a gunshot wound in a driveway in the 900 block of Ohio Street at about 8 p.m. Friday. The man later was declared deceased at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, according to both publications. No one was in custody late Friday night.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

IGH Man Charged with Cocaine Possession, Three Misdemeanors

West St. Paul Police arrested Darnell Louis Frazier, 29, on a traffic stop last April.

Follow Inver Grove Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter A 29-year-old Inver Grove Heights man arrested on a traffic stop by West St. Paul Police last April is accused of having a baggie containing cocaine in his pocket. Darnell Louis Frazier has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, as well as three misdemeanor traffic crimes, as result of the traffic stop. According to a Dakota County criminal complaint released last week: Frazier was pulled over in West St. Paul on April 21 for allegedly driving after suspension. He also was wanted on a warrant from Anoka County. The West St. Paul officer placed Frazier under arrest, then searched him. The officer allegedly found two $…

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Predatory Offender Accused of Living in IGH, West St. Paul Without Notifying Authorities

Jennifer Marie Vanwagner of West St. Paul was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a juvenile male in Chisago County.

Follow Inver Grove Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter A 29-year-old woman required to register as a predatory offender is accused of living in West St. Paul and Inver Grove Heights since August without notifying authorities. On Monday night, Jennifer Marie Vanwagner of West St. Paul was being boarded on $30,000 bail in the Ramsey County Jail. Vanwagner—also known as Jennifer Marie Hultman—was charged in Dakota County on Dec. 7 with one count of felony failure to registered as a predatory offender. If convicted, she could be punished by between one year and one day to five years in jail and a fine of between $3,000 and $10,000. According to a Dakota County criminal complaint released Dec. 7: …

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