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Man pleads guilty to firing at White Bear Lake police officers, shooting one three times

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

A White Bear Lake man will receive a 19-year prison sentence after admitting this week to firing at four police officers through his apartment door in January, hitting one of them three times.Daniel Loren Holmgren Jr., 33, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer and three counts of first-degree assault on a peace officer in connection with the Jan. 24 shooting.Daniel Loren Holmgren Jr. (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)A plea agreement calls for an agreed-upon sentence of 19 years; the statutory maximum is 20 years. He remains jailed ahead of his Aug. 24 sentencing.According to the criminal complaint, Ryan Sheak and three other White Bear Lake officers were at Holmgren’s apartment complex in the 3100 block of Karth Road to arrest him on a warrant in an open 2021 case charging him with assaulting his mother and threatening to shoot an officer.Holmgren was in his bedroom with the door closed and refused to come ...

Chief Justice Lorie Gildea to step down from Minnesota Supreme Court

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea announced Thursday that she will resign from the Minnesota Supreme Court effective Oct. 1.Gildea is the third-longest-serving chief justice in Minnesota history, and the longest-serving since 1913. Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty appointed her to the state Supreme Court as an associate justice on Jan. 11, 2006. She became chief justice on July 1, 2010, becoming just the second female to hold the position.“Serving as Minnesota’s Chief Justice has been the honor of a lifetime, and I am deeply grateful to the people of Minnesota for giving me this opportunity,” Gildea, 61, said in a statement.She said although the decision to step down was not an easy one, “it is the right moment.”“Our courts have largely recovered from the impacts of the pandemic, we secured important investments for our justice system in the recently completed Legislative Session, our judiciary is on solid fiscal footing, and the Minnesota Judicial Council has adopted an innovative St...

Woman charged with striking Rent-A-Center employee with firearm

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

ALTON, Ill. - A Godfrey, Illinois, woman has been charged in connection with an altercation inside an Alton business that ended with her striking an employee with a gun and resulted in her being shot.According to Chief Jarrett Ford, Alton Police Department, the shooting occurred around 10:10 a.m. on June 6, at the Rent-A-Center in the 2800 block of Homer Adams Parkway.Police received two 911 calls: from a woman indicating she’d been shot and a Rent-A-Center employee reporting the incident. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW Officers arrived to find the victim, identified as Lashelle Barrett, in a parked car near the store. First responders with the Alton Fire Department took Barrett to a local hospital before she was moved to St. Louis.Chief ...

Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray soak up Nuggets’ championship parade in style: “They give me energy”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

The tallboys flew from both sides of 17th street, crashing and exploding on either side of firetruck No. 22.On one hand, you couldn’t blame the overzealous fans soaking in the Nuggets’ championship parade, since veteran Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was encouraging the alcoholic missiles from the crowd.After he snared one out of thin air, a Jokic-like dart from 20 feet away that further underscored the difference between the professional athletes and the public, more fans started tossing cans from all directions. Aaron Gordon was on the same float, basking alongside Caldwell-Pope in the boisterous revelry. Between crowd roars, a new beer would smack the side of the float and momentarily jar its riders.“The beer throwing is a dangerous game,” Gordon said afterward with a childish grin. “Dangerous but fun.”As truck No. 22 ambled through the champions’ tunnel, Gordon pointed to his ring finger and then revved up an imaginary motorcycle almost as if he could supercharge the crowd. Cald...

RTD plans partial suspensions for R-Line, A-Line this weekend as emergency repairs, planned work coincide

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

The Regional Transportation District plans to suspend R-Line service at several stations in Aurora starting Friday as it grapples with network problems that have snarled traffic at crossings near the Anschutz Campus.The emergency partial shutdown coincides with two planned RTD rail suspensions this weekend — on part of the A-Line Saturday and Sunday due to maintenance work and on the entire L-Line in downtown Denver starting Friday night, to accommodate for the Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points.The disruptions will affect Aurora riders and near-downtown residents as well as travelers trying to get to and from Denver International Airport on a busy holiday weekend.The R-Line will be replaced by a bus shuttle service between the 13th Avenue and Peoria stations, with the train running normally south of 13th. On the A-Line, RTD plans to run shuttle buses between Peoria and DIA while it performs inspections and maintenance on the system’s overhead electrical wires; the A-Lin...

Denver Nuggets fans revel in team’s first championship parade: “One of the best times of my life”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

Nikola Jokic, the 7-foot Serbian drafted during a Taco Bell commercial nine years ago, smiled bashfully as he stood on stage Thursday in front of Denver City Hall.In front of him stood throngs of adoring fans clad in worn-out jerseys, a visual timeline of beloved Denver Nuggets players who could never quite get over the hump: Carmelo Anthony and Dikembe Mutombo, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and Nick Van Exel.As the star center took the microphone, fans broke out in “MVP! MVP!” chants, pumping their fists.“You know that (I) told (you) that I don’t want to stay (for the) parade,” Jokic said, “but I (expletive) want to stay (for the) parade.”The crowd, which stretched all the way across Civic Center to the Colorado State Capitol, roared.“This is amazing,” the two-time NBA MVP continued. “We’re all gonna remember this our whole life.”The short speech from the famously modest basketball savant capped a delirious day in downtow...

Denver medical examiner IDs two men fatally shot in I-25 road rage incident

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

Two men who were shot on Interstate 25 in Denver in a road rage incident have been identified by the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Boulder mother charged with murder in strangulation of 2-month-old son Crime and Public Safety | Aurora 18-year-olds arrested in fatal road-rage shooting Crime and Public Safety | Arvada drug deal leads to fatal stabbing Crime and Public Safety | Boulder mother accused of killing infant son had postpartum mental health problems, affidavit says Crime and Public Safety | Denver jury finds Warren Simpson guilty of murder in Park Hill shooting The victims of the double fatal shooting are Blake Lucas, 21, and Damon Lucas, 22, according to the medical examiner. Blake Lucas was pronounced dead at the scene on Tuesday. Damon Lucas was taken to Denver Health Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased. Both men died of gunshot woun...

Live Nation announces all-in pricing after 'junk fee' complaints

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

President Joe Biden met with representatives of Live Nation, SeatGeek and Airbnb on Thursday as part of his effort to crack down on so-called "junk fees" that add to the cost of purchases far beyond what consumers expect.At the White House Thursday, Live Nation, which is based in Beverly Hills, California, announced that it will provide customers with upfront all-in pricing - meaning the actual purchase price including service charges and any other fees - for its owned venues by September and that Ticketmaster will give consumers the option to view all-in pricing upfront for other venues on the live-entertainment tickets platform.SeatGeek, based in New York, will also unveil features to make it easier to browse for tickets with the true cost displayed. Taylor Swift ticket sales put Ticketmaster in the hot seat; lawmakers call for investigation “These are just the latest private sector leaders who are responding to my call to action," Biden said, referring to his promise to crack d...

L.A. residents asked to be on the lookout for vehicle linked to elderly woman's murder in Santa Barbara

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

Authorities in Santa Barbara County have released new images of a vehicle wanted in connection with a 96-year-old woman's brutal home invasion murder last year. Violet Evelyn Alberts was found dead in Montecito on May 27, 2022. Local outlets reported that the elderly woman was smothered to death in her own home, with her one-time lawyer saying she struggled and put up a fight. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has provided limited details about the ongoing investigation, but has said that a motive has been determined and the attack was not random.In a news release issued earlier this month, the Sheriff's Office said Alberts had been the victim of fraud which was actively being investigated by the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office. The alleged fraudster, whom is identified as Pauline Macareno by the Santa Barbara Independent, has been in custody since August 2022, but detectives are still searching for the alleged killer. Macareno, 47, is listed in jail records ...

Migrants bused to L.A. by Texas governor receiving aid

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:52:19 GMT

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has claimed responsibility for a busload of migrants that arrived at Union Station in Los Angeles on Wednesday.  In a statement, Abbott said small border towns in the Lone Star State “remain overwhelmed and overrun” with people crossing into the country illegally from Mexico and that many of them are hoping to make it to L.A.  “Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its self-declared sanctuary city status. Our border communities are on the frontlines of President Biden’s border crisis, and Texas will continue providing this much-needed relief until he steps up to do his job and secure the border,” the governor’s statement read in part.  Volunteers seen here carrying supplies for a busload of migrants, including children, who bussed to L.A. by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on June 14, 2023. (KTLA)Abbott is following the lead of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has drawn cri...