Southeast Minnesota faced a variety of crimes throughout 2022, from hoax school swatting incidents to charges being filed in a decades-old murder case.
Muhidin Omar Abukar, 33, of Rochester, was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for his role in the murder of Garad Hassan Roble. Abukar had also been previously convicted of second-degree murder in 2009.
A mistrial was declared in December 2021 in the trial of Muhidin Abukar after an Olmsted County District Court jury could not reach a unanimous decision. A new trial has been scheduled for May 16, 2022.