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Arrest
WILLMAR — A 31-year-old man was arrested Tuesday afternoon following a traffic stop on the corner of Highway 71 and 37th Avenue Northeast.
The stop was made initially because the vehicle was displaying incorrect plates. The man was arrested on drug charges and as of Wednesday afternoon was in the Kandiyohi County Jail awaiting formal charges, including felony fifth-degree drug possession.
Man found guilty in 1984 slaying of Minnesota naval recruit in Florida
Thomas Garner, 61, of Jacksonville, was convicted May 6 by a 12-member jury and sentenced to life in prison for strangling U.S. Navy recruit Pamela Cahanes, 25, and dumping her body in an overgrown Seminole County lot.
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Man cuts his own throat, dies after verdict at Fargo federal courthouse
FARGO — A man accused of nearly running over seven children with his SUV took his own life in a Fargo federal courtroom Monday afternoon, May 17, after a jury found him guilty of at least one charge connected to the crime.