MINNEAPOLIS FATAL SHOOTING
Man fatally shot in chest in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? A 23-year-old man who was fatally shot in Minneapolis has been identified.
A release from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office says DeShaun Guilmant of St. Cloud was shot multiple times in the chest Friday night. He died on scene.
According to the Sunday news release, the Minneapolis police department is investigating the shooting as a homicide.
ST PAUL POLICE LAWSUITS
St. Paul pays $1M in 2012 for police lawsuits
(Information in the following story is from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ? The city of St. Paul paid about $1 million in total costs for lawsuits alleging police misconduct last year.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that's the largest amount in at least 17 years.
Of the eight lawsuits settled in 2012, half the incidents occurred during Chief Thomas Smith's tenure. The other half were during John Harrington's time as chief. His six-year term started in 2004.
City Attorney Sara Grewing says larger conclusions shouldn't be drawn from the recent cases because the decision to settle is based on what's in the best financial interest of the city.
President of the St. Paul NAACP, Jeff Martin, says an officer who costs the city and taxpayers this sort of money should be held to a higher standard.
STABBING DEATH-DULUTH
Minn. teen to be tried as adult in veteran's death
(Information in the following story is from: Duluth News Tribune, http://www.duluthnewstribune.com)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) ? A Duluth teen charged with killing a United States Army veteran who suffered more than 50 wounds to his head, face, neck and back will be tried as an adult.
Enrique "Ricky" Robert Giner IV had been charged in a juvenile delinquency petition with second-degree murder in the March slaying of 27-year-old Bryan Alan Starnes in Duluth. He was 17 at the time. Giner turned 18 on July 7th.
The Duluth News Tribune reports a judge accepted Giner's waiver into adult court and ordered he be moved from Arrowhead Juvenile Center to the St. Louis County Jail. He will be charged with the same crime in an adult criminal complaint.
Starnes was an Army veteran who served a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
PHOTOGRAPHY STORE-HOMICIDES
Trial to start for Minn. man in double homicide
(Information in the following story is from: La Crosse Tribune, http://www.lacrossetribune.com)
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) ? The trial for a Minnesota man accused of killing a La Crosse photography store owner and his son last September is set to begin this week.
Prosecutors are expected to argue that outstanding debt from a prior felony case drove Jeffrey Lepsch, a hobby photographer, to rob May's Photo on September 15th and shoot 56-year-old Paul Petras and his 19-year-old son A.J.
The La Crosse Tribune reports jury selection is set for Tuesday and Lepsch's trial is expected to last nine days.
His three public defenders have not revealed the defense.
The 40-year-old from Dakota, Minnesota is charged in La Crosse County with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, armed robbery with use of force and possession of a firearm.
Lepsch remains jailed on a $2 million cash bond.
FRAC SAND DEMAND
Demand for frac sand falls in Wis., Minn.
(Information in the following story is from: Winona Daily News, http://www.winonadailynews.com)
WINONA, Minn. (AP) ? Short-term demand for frac sand in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota has fallen because there's more sand available than the industry currently needs.
The Winona Daily News reports demand had exploded several years ago, spurring companies to open mines and processing facilities and ship across the country for fracking operations.
Paul van Eijl works on purchasing land for Superior Sand Systems in the region. He says until demand increases the company's new facility in Wabasha, permitted in December 2012, will likely remain idle.
The Freedonia Group, a market research organization, estimates that the annual demand for silica sand will increase by at least 4.8 percent every year at least until 2016.
Winona County planning and environmental services director Jason Gilman says he suspects the stabilization is only temporary.
MINNESOTA WATERFOWL
Minnesota breeding duck population rises
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ? Despite a record late ice-out, spring waterfowl surveys show that Minnesota's breeding duck population has improved from last year.
The Department of Natural Resources estimates the state's breeding duck population at 683,000 compared with 469,000 last year. This year's estimate is 10 percent above the long-term average.
This year's Canada goose population is estimated at 250,000, considerably less than last year's 416,000. The DNR says cold temperatures and April snowfall combined with a late ice-out reduced nesting success. But DNR wildlife section chief Paul Telander says the goose population remains higher than managers want it to be.
So Minnesota will hold its first-ever August Canada goose season from August 10th through 25th in a special zone in west-central Minnesota.
The DNR will announce this fall's waterfowl hunting regulations later this summer.
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