Hennepin County, Minneapolis (trfnews.i234.me) – A Minneapolis man has been sentenced for a deadly series of 2024 shootings near encampments.Court records show Joshua Anthony Jones, 37, pleaded guilty in July to two counts of second-degree murder. The shootings happened on September 18, 2024. Two people died, and three others were targeted that day. Victims were… Continue reading Hennepin Co.: 35 Years in 2024 Encampment Killings
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Leonard Peltier’s Sentence Commuted to Home Confinement in North Dakota
FARGO, ND (trfnews.i234.me) — President Joe Biden has commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous activist convicted in the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents during a standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier, now 80 years old, will serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement in… Continue reading Leonard Peltier’s Sentence Commuted to Home Confinement in North Dakota
Burnsville Woman Ashley Dyrdahl Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchasing Firearms Used in First Responder Killings
ST. PAUL, Minn. (trfnews.i234.me) – A Burnsville woman, Ashley Dyrdahl, has admitted to straw purchasing firearms later used in a fatal incident involving law enforcement and emergency personnel. Court records reveal that Dyrdahl purchased five firearms from two licensed dealers and illegally transferred them to her partner, Shannon Cortez Gooden, who was a felon and… Continue reading Burnsville Woman Ashley Dyrdahl Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchasing Firearms Used in First Responder Killings