Crime, Law and Justice

Little Falls baby shop owner faces prison after admitting loan fraud scheme
The U.S. Small Business Administration named Baby’s On Broadway Minnesota’s woman-owned small business of 2023 but the U.S. Attorney’s Office says she used a phony supplier and fake invoices to secure $9 million in financing from two lenders.
Three indicted for alleged Medicaid fraud linked to Twin Cities substance abuse treatment center
The indictment says the women spent taxpayer funds on chartered jets, country club memberships, vehicles and luxury goods after billing Medicaid about $30 million over six years.
Funerals set for teacher and student killed in Wisconsin school shooting
The funerals for 14-year-old Rubi Patricia Vergara and 42-year-old Erin West were announced in obituaries published Wednesday and Thursday. Police have been investigating what motivated the 15-year-old shooter. 
Man accused in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing faces federal charge that’s eligible for death penalty
The man arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO is being held without bail after a New York federal court appearance on charges including a death-eligible murder count.
Wisconsin school shooter had 2 guns and got messages from man accused of plotting his own attack
Police say the shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin this week brought two guns to the school. The 15-year-old girl also was in contact with a man in California who authorities say was planning to attack a government building.
Man accused in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing expected to appear at hearing on extradition to New York
The suspect charged with shooting to death a health insurance company chief executive on a Manhattan street is being taken to hearings on related Pennsylvania criminal charges and efforts to extradite him to New York.
Dozens of men are found guilty in mass rape case of French woman drugged by her husband
A French court found dozens of men guilty of raping Gisèle Pelicot, whose then-husband repeatedly drugged her unconscious over the course of a decade. Her ex-husband was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Wisconsin school shooter had 2 handguns, used only 1 in attack that killed student, teacher
A Wisconsin police chief says the shooter at a religious school in Madison had two handguns with her but used only one in the attack that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others.