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Police and Courts

Records from police, fire and courts in Shakopee, Minnesota


UPDATE: Crash fatality from Jordan; other driver from Shakopee

One person was killed in a two-vehicle head-on crash this afternoon on icy Highway 169 in Shakopee.

Michah R. Gurgel, 30, of Jordan, was killed, according to the State Patrol.


District Court

The following are Scott County District Court felony and gross-misdemeanor dispositions. Defendants either pleaded guilty or were found guilty by the court unless otherwise indicated. 


Two from Shakopee critically hurt in crash

ALBANY, Minn. — Two Shakopee residents were critically hurt about 2 p.m. Friday after their vehicle rolled Friday in Stearns County in the westbound lanes of Interstate Highway 94, according to the State Patrol.


Area boy charged with burglary, assault of 74-year-old woman

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent

Avis Johnson, 74, said she was sleeping soundly when she was awoken by a man digging through her dresser drawers. Johnson said when she awoke, she made eye contact with the man, who was wearing a bandana over his face and had “a crazed look in his eye.”


UPDATE: Police report

The following are selected initial-complaint reports filed by Shakopee police.

A follow-up from Thursday’s print edition report.

May 6


State: Teen traffic deaths involving drinking rises near end of school year

Seat-belt use among teens appears to dip during the last few months of the school year and the percentage of  traffic deaths involving drinking teen drivers jumps during the same period, according to Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) data.


UPDATE: Craigslist murder suspect's letters intercepted

By Nancy Huddleston, Correspondent

Updated May 8 at 11 a.m.


Man who died after police used Taser was Chaska grad

A former Chaska High School graduate died after police used a Taser on him at a St. Paul apartment.

Joseph Kubat, 21, died Sunday following an alleged altercation with police.

According to a press release, St. Paul police and fire paramedics responded to a suicide call involving a controlled substance in the early morning hours on May 4.


Shakopee police nab 163 for speeding in April

Shakopee police cited 163 motorists for speeding during an enhanced patrol effort as part of a statewide Safe & Sober campaign in April.


Cub Foods re-opened after evacuation

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