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Nick Ferraro

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Nick Ferraro

    St. Paul Feeding Our Future fraudster sentenced to nearly 3 years in federal prison (opens the original)

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    A St. Paul man who admitted to pocketing more than $1.6 million through the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme was sentenced Thursday to nearly three years in federal prison. Abdi Nur Salah, 38, received his 33-month sentence in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis after pleading guilty to wire fraud as part of an agreement with the prosecution that included the dismissal of three other charges. He was taken into custody immediately after the hearing. At the time of the scheme, Salah worked a

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Nick Ferraro

    More than $750K in marijuana products seized from Forest Lake home, charges say (opens the original)

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    Charges allege that a Forest Lake man ran an online marijuana business from his home before authorities shut it down, seizing more than $754,000 in products. The West Metro Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at Gregory Allen Colbert’s home in December and uncovered a store-style setup in the basement with hundreds of boxes and packages of marijuana products, according to a criminal complaint against the 37-year-old. The complaint says they seized nearly 200 pounds of loose flower; 8,671 v

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Nick Ferraro

    Burnsville man sentenced to life in prison for murdering mother of his 3 children (opens the original)

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    A man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for fatally stabbing the mother of his three children in Burnsville two weeks after a no-contact order was vacated in court. Jason Philip Filas, 49, of Burnsville, pleaded guilty this month in Dakota County District Court to first-degree murder while committing domestic abuse with a past pattern of domestic abuse in the killing of 32-year-old Danielle Grace Warren at her home on May 7, 2025. A plea agreement between Filas and the prosecution included

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Nick Ferraro

    Suspect in ‘horrific’ Roseville kidnapping and sexual assault worked in same building as victim, charges say (opens the original)

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    As a woman left work in Roseville on Wednesday, a masked man ordered her at gunpoint into some nearby woods. He wrapped tape around her head, and he zip-tied her hands behind her back. The man told the woman, 27, not to scream or he would kill her. He took her to a building, where he sexually assaulted her and then let her go on St. Paul’s East Side, according to Roseville police and charges filed Monday against the alleged assailant. “A crime like this is horrific,” Roseville Police Chief Erika

  5. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · By Nick Ferraro / St. Paul Pioneer Press September 27, 2026 at 2:16 PM

    Justice Department sues Minnesota and Twin Cities over firearm purchase waiting period (opens the original)

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    ST. PAUL — In a federal lawsuit against Minnesota, St. Paul and Minneapolis, the U.S. Department of Justice is contesting the constitutionality of the state’s law on mandatory waiting periods for handguns and certain rifles. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, Sept. 24, in U.S. District Court, claims the state’s 30-day firearm waiting period violates the Second Amendment by infringing on the rights of Minnesotans who simply wish to purchase a firearm to defend their home as opposed to those who want to

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