Charges in Homicide #19
The details are still fuzzy but the suspect and victim knew eachother, and the suspect was familiar with the layout of the victim's apartment. The charges are second degree murder (felony)intentional but without premeditation so it doesn't seem like it would be a personal but rather a home invasion/burglary where a murder was committed in the process. According to this Star Tribune story, there has been no official word on motive.----------------Charges filed in NE homicideNovember 17, 2009 (MINNEAPOLIS) Criminal charges have been filed in the November

4th Precinct Weekly Highlights
The highlights are compiled by the staff of the 4th Precinct, MPD, in North Minneapolis.I wonder how many police reports start out "Officers arrived ... and found a large group of uncooperative people" like one of the entries this week.---------------------4TH PRECINCT HIGHLIGHTS - WEEK 616 – Nov. 10 to Nov. 16, 2009 MPD provides this public safety information as a public service. These highlights are not reflective of all incidents handled or investigated by MPD during this time. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. ASSAULTS: ASLT2 21XX Sherida

Crime Stoppers reward for Paul Fisher Murder now up to $10,000
MPD Notice below. This was homicide #8 of this year.------------------Reward for information on July homicide of Paul Fisher in Chicago Ave apartment building now up to $10,000 The Minneapolis Police Department, Crime Stoppers of Minnesota and the family of murder victim Paul Fisher will hold a joint news conference tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. in the City Hall rotunda to announce that the reward offered in this case will be increased up to $10,000. Attending will be the mother of the victim, Patti Swedberg, Robert Dennistoun the Executive Director of Crime Stoppers of Minnesota, Lt. Richard Zimmerman commander of the MPD Homicide Unit

Local punks post video of assaults on bikers, pedestrians
Early this morning somebody sent me a link to a YouTube video that showed what appear to be assaults on people in Minneapolis by various Somali youth. Old and young, joggers, bicyclists and little kids on the way home from school are shoved, pushed and knocked to the ground. In a couple of vignettes, the victims try to fight back. It doesn't look like robbery is the motive or at least none takes place on screen. Just an assault every few seconds punctuated by thugged out kids dancing in front of the camera. Faked kids prank or reality TV? You can be the judge since City Pages has a copy mirrored of the video as it was taken off YouTube (see the CP Post comment threads for updates. )

Minneapolis man held in homicide #19
The earlier reported suspicious death is a homicide. Not many details are being released by the MPD but the Star Tribune adds a few. Minneapolis man held in stabbing death in Northeast | StarTribune.com