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Monday, May 13, 2013

Murder Conviction, Blood Evidence and Hiker's Body Found: West Metro Police, Fire Report

This week's compilation includes a house fire investigation, the 'man in black,' attempted kidnapping, man caught burglarizing church and gas skimmer.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Tim Huber Guilty of Second-Degree Murder, Not Guilty of First-Degree Murder The jury found Huber guilty on two counts of second-degree murder in the 2011 killing of Timothy Larson of Albertville, but not guilty of premeditated murder, the West Central Tribune reported. Mandy Matula’s Blood Found on Jacket in David Roe’s Vehicle Ballistics testing has confirmed that markings on the unfired bullet discovered last weekend indicate it was at some point in the chamber of…

Mike B.

8:41 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Man Charged with Kidnapping St. Louis Park Baby

George Jermaine Rutledge has been charged with kidnapping a 1-year-old baby in connection with a Nov. 8 incident that prompted authorities to issue an Amber Alert.

A Ramsey, MN, man accused of abducting a 1-year-old girl last week in St. Louis Park, which prompted authorities to issue an Amber Alert, has been charged with kidnapping and domestic assault.   George Jermaine Rutledge, 31, is charged with felony kidnapping of a minor, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine. He is also charged with domestic assault by strangulation, a felony with a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, signed by St. Louis Park Police Officer Aaron Balvin, police were called to a home in the 1300 block of Jersey Avenue just after 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 on a report of a domestic assault and a kidnapping. The mother of the 1-year-old …

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