By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent  

Armando Velasquez, 20, of Faribault was sentenced to 57 months in prison by Dakota County District Court Judge Timothy McManus Friday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed a 32-year-old Prior Lake man at the Event Center parking lot in Burnsville on April 5. Velasquez was also ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be determined.

Velasquez pleaded guilty to one count of criminal vehicular homicide in August.

By Pat Minelli, Staff Writer 

A Shakopee man who had been accused of attempted second-degree murder without premeditation for intentionally striking a man with a car will serve six months in jail after pleading guilty to a reduced charge.

 By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent

Armando Velasquez, 20, of Faribault was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by Dakota County Judge Timothy McManus in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed a 32-year-old Prior Lake man at the Event Center parking lot in Burnsville on April 5.

A 32-year-old Shakopee man has been sentenced in federal court in Minneapolis for holding up a TCF Bank in Plymouth on Nov. 11, 2007.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim sentenced Samuel Bension Ventura to 78 months in prison and three years' supervised release.

Ventura was indicted on March 4 and pleaded guilty on June 10.

By Lori Carlson, Correspondent 

A Scott County District Court judge has dismissed Dakota Liquors’ case against the city of Prior Lake and MGM Wine and Spirits.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty was in Shakopee this afternoon to announce the appointment of Caroline “Carrie” H. Lennon to a First Judicial District trial court bench vacancy in Scott County. Lennon is an assistant Hennepin County attorney in Minneapolis, a position she has held since 1990.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent

Oct. 1 started as a normal day for the Eischens family with Doug and Gretchen heading out to work, one daughter going off to classes at Prior Lake High School and another daughter doing homework at home.

But by mid-morning, the day turned into a nightmare when a fire broke out in the garage and quickly spread to the rest of the home.

The State Patrol has warned the public about a phone scam in which individuals misrepresent themselves as troopers and are alarming people and costing them money by gaining access to and using the victim’s phone number for long-distance calls.

A Shakopee man arrested for drug possession after Lake Crystal police found 6 grams of a white powdery substance in his car was released from jail Wednesday.

It turns out it was likely just deodorant hidden in that deodorant container after all, the Mankato Free Press reported.

Cornelius F. Salonis, 31, was arrested for driving while intoxicated on Aug. 3 in Lake Crystal. He had been in jail since then because the officers who made the stop reported finding cocaine in the car.