July 16, 2021 - 7:20 PM
GEORGE FLOYD-OFFICER TRIAL
Derek Chauvin trial cost Hennepin County nearly $4M
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â The weekslong trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin cost Minnesota s Hennepin County about $3.7 million. Documents released by the county Friday show the sheriff s office spent about $3.2 million on employee salaries, equipment and security for the courthouse. After salaries, the single largest expense was for added courthouse security, which cost more than $773,000. The sheriff s office spent $18,000 for a drone to monitor ârestricted airspace.â Costs for the Attorney General s Office and the state courts were not immediately available. Chauvin was convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd and was sentenced in April to 22 1/2 years in prison.
July 17, 2021 - 2:20 PM
SHOOTING DEATH
Man shot, killed after dispute in downtown Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â Police say a man was shot and killed in downtown Minneapolis after a dispute erupted into gunfire. Minneapolis police responded to the reported shooting early Saturday morning near 6th Street N. and Hennepin Avenue at about 3 a.m., spokesman John Elder said. Officers found a man, âbelieved to be in his 20s,â who had suffered a gunshot wound and was not breathing. Officer started CPR and tended to the wound until paramedics arrived and transported the man to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he died. Police identified a 30-year-old suspect at the scene, arrested him and recovered a firearm.
Twenty-seven-year-old
Michael Dahlager of St. Cloud admitted Wednesday that he possessed two devices that convert a semi-automatic firearm into an unlawful fully automatic weapon. He remains in federal custody pending sentencing.
Prosecutors say Dahlager is a self-proclaimed follower of the ``boogaloo, a concept embraced by a loose network of gun enthusiasts and militia-style extremists.
Court documents say he told a confidential informant he was preparing to ``defend a rally at the state Capitol on Jan. 17.
A US man who authorities say is a self-proclaimed member of the anti-government âboogalooâ movement and had discussed a willingness to kill police has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
During his guilty plea Wednesday, Michael Dahlager, 27, of St Cloud in Minnesota admitted he possessed two devices that convert a semi-automatic firearm into an unlawful fully automatic firearm. He remains in federal custody pending sentencing.
Dahlager was a self-proclaimed follower of the âboogaloo,â a concept embraced by a loose network of gun enthusiasts and militia-style extremists.
The FBI began investigating Dahlager in November 2020, after an informant said he had the devices, known as âauto sears.â
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