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A 19-year-old unlicensed driver has admitted to purposely swerving on a country road in southern Minnesota, crashing and killing one of his four passengers.
Dominik Nikko Boots-Ringoen pleaded guilty in Freeborn County District Court last week to criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the crash in August near Albert Lea that killed James J. Amarosa III, 17, of Albert Lea, and severely injured passenger Cameron M. Cunningham, who was 15 at the time, of Twin Lakes, Minn. Two other teenage passengers were slightly hurt.
The plea agreement calls for Boots-Ringoen to spend a year in jail, with credit for the 3 ½ months he served after his arrest, followed by 10 years of probation. A prison term of nearly five years will be stayed.
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Albert Lea man pleads guilty to ax threat
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Posted: Mar 16, 2021 1:19 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A man accused of cutting a woman and threatening her with an ax is pleading guilty.
Ben Vidal Moreno, 30 of Albert Lea, was arrested in December 2020 and charged with 2nd degree assault with a dangerous weapon and threats of violence.
Court documents state that while Moreno and his then-girlfriend were at an Albert Lea motel, Moreno held a miniature ax to the back of her head and threatened to kill her. Investigators say Moreno also slid a knife across the woman’s wrists, leaving a wound that required stitches.