Minneapolis Police say they have arrested Vincent Mark Smith. Smith allegedly robbed three metro area Walgreen's this month, approaching store employees with a gun.
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A man allegedly pistol-whipped and robbed a woman in south Minneapolis. Then a bystander with a gun, and a permit to carry it, reportedly chased after him and fatally shot him. Police are investigating.
A sharp dresser with a cheap disguise robbed a Minneapolis bank in what authorities say is at least his fifth bank holdup in recent months. The most recent heist was Friday, shortly after noon at the Guaranty Bank at 1540 New Brighton Blvd., inside the Rainbow Foods store. He pointed a semiautomatic handgun at the teller, fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and remains at large.
The FBI says a man tried to rob a Bloomington credit union, but employees told him they didn't have any cash. Authorities are looking for the suspect.
Spring Lake Park police arrested a woman for animal cruelty after they say she threw three-week-old puppies at her boyfriend. Police say she threw the dogs out of a vehicle onto a parking lot pavement. They were uninjured. Police arrested the boyfriend, too, for allegedly breaking the woman's nose.
Two activists from Duluth and an 82-year-old nun were arrested Wednesday and charged with federal trespassing after they allegedly breached a high-security area in a Tennessee complex that stores and processes uranium. A government official said the protesters, who dubbed themselves Transform Now Plowshares, "put themselves at a high risk of losing their life" in the incident.
A former Olympic skier who is now running for parks commissioner in the west metro area was arrested in St. Paul. Police told the Pioneer Press that 43-year-old Matthew Laue was cited last week for a misdemeanor charge of soliciting a prostitute.
Police say family-owned jewelry stores from Alexandria to Faribault have been hit by a group of thieves who use a smash-and-grab technique. Breaking glass cases with crowbars and sweeping jewels into trash bags, the robbers are in and out in about a minute.
Law enforcement officials say that a manhunt has resulted in the arrest of a suspect who they believe robbed an America’s Best Value Inn and Suites early Monday morning and shot at a Rice County deputy. A woman suspected of being an accomplice was arrested earlier. A number of agencies were involved in the search for the man.
