Investigative

Out of Time: Domestic violence cases can't be charged after city prosecutor sat on dozens of investigations for years

A prosecutor in southern Minnesota sat on dozens of criminal investigations for years, including cases involving drunk driving and domestic assault that can no longer be charged because the statute of limitations have expired, according to public records reviewed by 5 INVESTIGATES.

Banned but not benched: Once convicted sex offender was allowed back on the sidelines

Minnesota Marine receives passport after winning citizenship fight with government

Tampering with justice: Police chief interfered in criminal investigation, stayed on job for 15 months

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Sex, Lies and Disgrace

Accused labor trafficker could face new charges following 5 INVESTIGATES report

Weeks before trial, suspected labor trafficker spotted on developer's job site

School bus that went missing for hours owned by company with alarming safety record

Fairmont looks to outside firm to investigate who knew about expiring cases

In a unanimous vote, the Fairmont City Council agreed to seek an outside law firm to investigate whether anyone else at city hall knew that dozens of criminal cases had expired and failed to notify the council ...

Former prosecutor calls on Fairmont leaders to audit past domestic cases following 5 INVESTIGATES report

A former prosecutor and domestic violence advocate is calling on city leaders in Fairmont to do a full audit of past domestic violence cases prosecuted by the city, following a 5 INVESTIGATES report...

Pastors' $1M lake home loses big tax break after 5 INVESTIGATES report

The decision comes a day after 5 INVESTIGATES exposed questionable real estate deals in the church's name that also raised red flags with former parishioners and nonprofit experts ...

Investigative Team

Paul McEnroe

Joe Augustine

Eric Chaloux

Ana Lastra

Ryan Raiche

Eric Rasmussen

Weather

A cool Sunday welcomes the official beginning of Fall

The official beginning of Fall on Monday will bring a slight warm up with temperatures as high as 74 degrees and mostly sunny ...

Traffic

Drivers will be detoured around I-694, I-494 closures this weekend

Weekend road closures have become the norm around the metro...

Local

St. Paul listed as having the 2nd-highest rate of positive heartworm tests in pets

The CAPC— the nation's leading source on parasitic diseases that threaten the health of pets and people— states the list reflects positive heartworm test results from the last 30 to 45 days, according to a release...

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Minneapolis drops controversial 911 answering software

Minneapolis 911 dispatchers will soon no longer use a controversial software program dispatchers and the head of the police union previously told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS was slowing calls and potentially putting the public in danger...

Out of Time: Domestic violence cases can't be charged after city prosecutor sat on dozens of investigations for years

Banned but not benched: Once convicted sex offender was allowed back on the sidelines

Minnesota Marine receives passport after winning citizenship fight with government

Tampering with justice: Police chief interfered in criminal investigation, stayed on job for 15 months

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Investigative Team

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Joe Augustine execCheckDiffShort("02/27/2019 09:54 AM","minutes",14003,4182268);

Eric Chaloux execCheckDiffShort("08/29/2018 09:47 PM","minutes",14003,4182272);

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Forensic experts question reliability of breathalyzer used by Minnesota law enforcement agencies execCheckDiffShort("07/14/2019 10:34 PM","minutes",13995,5422816);

Twin Cities couple cooks up possible solution to son's rare disease execCheckDiffShort("05/23/2019 07:55 AM","minutes",13995,5352906);

Minnesota National Guard takes look at itself, makes changes after 12 soldier suicides execCheckDiffShort("05/20/2019 10:29 PM","minutes",13995,5360618);

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