2016 News Archives
Cracking down on domestic abuse in Ramsey County, before it escalates. The police came that night and took her to a shelter, but her husband was never charged. They got back together and, over the years, the abuse continued. (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN, September 9, 2016).
'We failed,' archdiocese says, admitting it mishandled child sex-abuse claims. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis publicly confessed of wrongdoing for the way it handled the sexual-abuse allegations of three boys. (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN, July 20, 2016).
Minnesota focus on sex traffickers yields imprisonments. Last month, a St. Paul man convicted of victimizing seven women received the longest prison term in Minnesota history for sex trafficking. Rashad Ramon Ivy, 35, was sentenced to a little more than 58 years for trafficking, soliciting prostitution and criminal sexual contact. (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, July 1, 2016).
Ramsey County gives out free gun locks to prevent accidental shootings by children. Ramsey County authorities are giving away free gun locks at several community sites in hopes of putting a stop to dangerous child gun play that has killed or maimed children locally and across the country. (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, June 9, 2016).
University of Minnesota offers working option for third-year law students. As part of the program, the students pay tuition and take one course a semester while working essentially full time, for free, for one of the participating city or county prosecutors or public defenders. (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, May 20, 2016).
Minnesota to overhaul drug laws for the first time in 27 years. After weeks of closed-door wrangling between law enforcement, defense attorneys and lawmakers, a compromise has been reached on a proposed plan to majorly revamp the state’s drug laws for the first time in 27 years. (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN, April 28, 2016).
Ramsey County agrees to believe. One in six women and one in 33 men are victims of sexual assault, and only a fraction of sexual assault cases are ever reported, according to John Choi Ramsey County Attorney. (Lillie News, St. Paul, MN, April 20, 2016).
Ramsey County to review sex assault cases to improve reporting, prosecution rates. The Ramsey County attorney's office will begin reviewing uncharged sexual assault cases next month in an effort to improve rates of reporting by survivors, along with prosecution. (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, April 12, 2016).
Jury convicts St. Paul man of using 7 victims in sex-trafficking ring. Jurors have convicted a 35-year old St. Paul man of recruiting for his sex-trafficking ring at least seven girls and women, one of whom turned him in after she was beaten and left at a hospital. (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, February 12, 2016).
St. Paul sex trafficker promised victims a lavish lifestyle. A St. Paul prostitution ringleader arrested after beating one of his victims so seriously she had to go to the hospital was convicted Tuesday of multiple counts of sex trafficking and solicitation. (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN, February 10, 2016).
County attorney shares fraud prevention tips. Bank account and Social Security numbers are to thieves like yeast is to a baker. (Press Publications, White Bear, MN, January 27, 2016).
1 domestic violence death is too many; 34 is horrific. When 22 women were killed in domestic violence in the state last year, 13 of the alleged perpetrators had previously been accused of abuse, the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women said Tuesday. Many of men's past domestic violence-related charges had been dismissed. (Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN, January 26, 2016.)