A Minneapolis man faces first-degree assault charges stemming from allegations that he attacked his girlfriend's toddler. Eric Paul Boone, 22, is accused of beating the 21-month-old victim on Oct. 26 in Minneapolis. Investigators said the girl faces life as a possible quadriplegic and may need a permanent tracheotomy.

A Burnsville man is accused of punching a 13-year-old girl in the face during an altercation July 4. Jerome Ellis Cox, 50, has been charged with malicious punishment of a child after he allegedly punched the girl in the face twice when she got in-between Cox and a woman he was arguing with.

Sgt. David Clifford is accused of punching a Ramsey man outside a bar in Andover Saturday evening. Fox 9 says Clifford ran from the scene, but turned himself in Sunday afternoon. He is being held at the Anoka County Jail awaiting charges for first and third-degree assault. The victim is fighting for his life after undergoing two brain surgeries.

Police arrested a 39-year-old Iowa man after he allegedly struck the horse "in front of a very large crowd" outside Patrick McGovern's bar in St. Paul, according to the citation.