Brooklyn Park News

The Ruffin family of New Hope heard a loud boom during Saturday morning's storm, but didn't realize the noise was that of a lightning strike on their roof.

Several area fire departments are investigating whether lightning is to blame for at least three fires near the Twin Cities metro Saturday.

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. -- Investigators are looking into whether a lightning strike sparked a fire that damaged a home in Brooklyn Park Saturday morning.

People watch police investigate the scene where three people were shot and killed at an in-home day care in Brooklyn Park, Minn., on Monday, April 9, 2012.

A pot dealer from Minnetonka told police he was robbed of marijuana and his laptop by a customer who put a gun to his head.

Had Mosley been taken into custody after being charged with rape, DeLois Brown and her parents might still be alive.

On Tuesday, the Laguna Niguel Planning Commission unanimously approved Resolution No.

Days before the triple homicide that stunned Brooklyn Park last month, Eddie Matthew Mosley received a summons in the mail at his St.

The U.S. Attorney's Office has charged William Wellington Williams, 28, no known address, with three counts of bank robbery, and Kevin Eugene Davis, 33, also no known address, with two counts of bank robbery.

The following people were arrested between 7 a.m. Monday, May 21, and 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office: Brett Brandstrom, 41,A of Oakdale, was transported from the Mille Lacs County Jail for giving a false name to police and weapons possession charges.A Pang Vang, 70, of Brooklyn Park, was arrested on ... (more)

According to a city spokeswoman, West District Council Member Jeanette Meyer died on Sunday morning.

Milutin Dimac, center, his wife, Seima Audacic-Dimac, and sons Jasmin and Eric, far right, sit for a photograph in the living room of their Coon Rapids home Friday, May 18, 2012.

A 41-year-old Inver Grove Heights man was injured in a four-vehicle chain reaction accident in Washington County Friday afternoon that began when his motorcycle was rear-ended by an SUV.

The annual Hennepin County Sheriff's Office hosted its annual open house May 17 at the Sheriff's Enforcement Services Division in Brooklyn Park.

She pressed her face up to the car window and mouthed, "Help me!" to an adjacent driver, desperate to escape as her raging husband drove her around the Twin Cities for six or seven hours, a 29-year-old woman told police.

The first appearance for Eddie Moseley, the suspect in the triple homicide in Brooklyn Park was Friday at the Hennepin County Jail courtroom.

Two neighboring departments helped Brooklyn Park firefighters extinguish a fire Thursday afternoon.

Items are selected from police reports and are not intended to provide a comprehensive picture of crime in a neighborhood or community.

"Thank you for the good work," one said during a community meeting the day after St.

BROOKLYN PARK - A fire intended as a prank ended up threatening a townhome and an elderly woman inside Brooklyn Park Monday night.