Matt Sepic

A former Homeland Security agent is expected to spend years in federal prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to sexually exploiting a teenage girl and producing videos of the abuse.

Ramsey County prosecutors on Wednesday charged a self-described “right wing libertarian” in connection with a summertime vandalism spree in St. Paul that targeted LGBTQ+ Pride flags and anti-Trump signs in St. Paul.

A TikTok user reported the post to the FBI. Investigators say they connected the poster’s TikTok account to a Comcast internet address whose subscriber lives in St. Paul’s North End.

A federal grand jury has indicted former Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jonathan Weinhagen on charges of stealing $200,000 from the organization, including $30,000 that the Chamber put up as reward money following the shootings of three children in 2021.

A Ramsey County judge denied former Anoka County Judge John Dehen’s request to legally change his first name to “Judge,” calling the move misleading and made in bad faith.

In a federal lawsuit, a former Carleton College student says that a campus dance instructor groomed and sexually assaulted her. The alleged victim, who’s named as Jane Doe in the complaint, alleges that salsa teacher Don Smith continually pressured her for sex before attacking her at his home in 2021.