George D. McIntosh, Jr., a level-three predatory sex offender who cut his ankle GPS monitor in Faribault and disappeared Monday, turned himself in at the Le Sueur County jail early Thursday morning, Fox 9 reports. Officials had issued a warrant for the arrest. He was released from prison under supervision on Aug. 30 after serving time for two third-degree criminal sexual conduct convictions, and he had been staying with his parents in Waterville.

Police arrested a Prior Lake man who was reportedly behaving erratically, which is putting it nicely. At one point, the police report says, the man began to "speak in tongues" and make noises "like a monkey." Then he threatened to attack an officer and said it would be like a raptor attack. South-metro blog Lazy Lightning has more ...

The Chicago-based Gangster Disciples gang is furious that St. Paul police last week killed Victor Gaddy, a leader of the Twin Cities chapter of the gang, KSTP reports. So the gang has threatened to kill a Minneapolis or St. Paul police officer in retaliation. Police have heard separate reports about the hit, and now all 1,400 officers in the two cities are on "high alert," KSTP says.

Andy Gannon had not been on the Interstate 35W bridge since the day it fell. After years of emotional healing and on the five-year anniversary of the collapse, he was determined to finish the journey he had started, the Star Tribune reports.