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Suspect jailed in classic car buff’s hit-and-run death in Minneapolis also accused of dragging cop
A 27-year-old man has been arrested on accusations that he killed another motorist in a hit-and-run crash last month in north Minneapolis and weeks later dragged a police officer trying to arrest him for driving with stolen license plates.
Presley A. Peltier, of Minneapolis, was apprehended Wednesday morning and remains jailed pending charges in connection with the July 18 collision at the corner of Washington and N. 22nd avenues that killed 55-year-old Andrew W. Hyde, who was riding in his cherished 1964 Chevy Impala convertible at the time.
Peltier is also awaiting charges stemming from the dragging incident about 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the 3600 block of E. 42nd Street, where he lives. His arrest occurred near E. 57th Street and Standish Avenue, according to police records, where he was found with a stolen Ford sedan.
“The efforts of investigators, patrol officers and community members to track and take this dangerous individual off the street is a prime example of this department’s determination and commitment to the people of this city and how together, we can make our city safer,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara said in a statement announcing the arrest.
“I am again thankful that our officer was not more seriously injured by Mr. Peltier’s actions,” O’Hara continued, “and I hope this arrest can lead to justice being served — and some closure — for Mr. Hyde’s family after his tragic death.”
Two days after the collision and close to the crash scene, a fleet of motorcycles and classic cars lined the sides of N. 21st Avenue, as friends and family mourned the Robbinsdale man’s death. Some were crying as they hugged each other, with many holding balloons released soon after.
Not long before his death, Hyde was showing another of his classic cars in an auto show. Hyde’s friend Sherman Webster said Hyde was always driving around in his prized cars.
“He was real proud; one of the cars he had won a trophy,” Webster said.
According to police:
Officers have been on the lookout for Peltier since the deadly crash. On Saturday, they were alerted to a suspicious vehicle in the 3600 block of E. 42nd Street with someone slumped over in the driver’s seat. The officers soon determined the plates on the car were stolen, and they told Peltier he was under arrest.
“He immediately began to struggle with officers, placed the car in drive and rapidly accelerated the vehicle forward with one officer partially trapped inside the open driver’s door, dragging the officer a short distance until the vehicle rammed into a support pillar of the entryway of a nearby structure,” a police statement read.
“As the vehicle then reversed,” the statement continued, “the officer was able to extricate himself and rolled away from the vehicle avoiding being run over as the vehicle fled.”
Officers, including the one who was injured, gave chase but lost sight of the vehicle. The injured officer went to HCMC for treatment of minor injuries.
“After near misses over the past couple of days,” the statement continued, officers learned that Peltier was in south Minneapolis on Tuesday near S. Hiawatha Avenue and E. 36th Street. He drove off when officers attempted to stop him.
Officers soon located the vehicle and Peltier on foot near E. 57th and Standish. He was arrested, taken by emergency medical responders to HCMC after he said he ingested narcotics. He was booked into jail Wednesday night upon his release from the hospital.
Court records in Hennepin County show Peltier has convictions for assault, burglary and theft. He also has cases pending charging him with theft and drugs.
Staff writer Louis Krauss contributed to this report.
Northern State 35, Concordia (St. Paul) 34: Wyatt Block’s 2-yard TD run and the PAT with 10 seconds remaining lifted the Wolves past the host Golden Bears. Block’s touchdown capped an 11-play, 72-yard drive by the Wolves, who trailed 24-7 in the second quarter. Jeff Isotalo-McGuire’s 34-yard field goal with three minutes, 32 seconds remaining gave the Golden Bears a 34-28 lead.
Winona State 31, Bemidji State 28: Cade Stenstrom rushed for two TDs and passed for 150 yards and a TD to help the host Warriors outlast the Beavers. Stenstrom’s 1-yard TD run and the PAT with two minutes, 10 seconds remaining gave the Warriors a 31-21 lead. The Beavers responded with an 11-play, 93-yard drive to pull within 31-28 with 18 seconds remaining but the Warriors recovered the ensuing kickoff.
Div. I-AA
North Dakota State 59, Murray State 6: The top-ranked Bison built a 42-3 lead in the first half and went on to defeat the host Racers in Murray, Ken. CharMar Brown ran for 97 yards and three TDs for the Bison.
South Dakota State 20, South Dakota 17 (OT): Amar Johnson’s 3-yard TD run in overtime lifted the host Jackrabbits to the victory. The Coyotes opened the OT with a 40-yard field goal.
Youngstown State 41, North Dakota 40 (OT): The host Penguins went first in OT and scored and then stopped North Dakota’s two-point conversion to hold on for the victory. The Penguins sent the game into OT on a 35-yard field goal with 12 seconds remaining.
Div. III
Augsburg 35, St. Olaf 34 (OT): The host Auggies stopped a two-point conversion in overtime to outlast the Oles. The Auggies went first in the overtime and scored on a 25-yard pass from Ryan Harvey to Tyrone Wilson. It was Harvey’s fifth TD pass — the fourth to Wilson. After the Auggies’ PAT, the Oles scored on a 25-yard TD pass from Theo Doran to Braden Menz. But the Oles’ pass attempt for the conversion failed.
After splitting their two-game West Coast trip to begin the season, the Wolves improved to 2-1 with a 112-101 win over Toronto in their home opener. It was a wire-to-wire win that featured some strong bursts of play from the Wolves and other times when their decision-making was suspect. But those moments when they were on, specifically the start of the game and most of the third quarter, were enough to carry them against a shorthanded Raptors team that was without RJ Barrett, Bruce Brown and Immanuel Quickley.
Julius Randle had 24 points while Anthony Edwards had 24 on 21 shot attempts. Donte DiVincenzo had 16 off the bench. Nickeil Alexander-Walker left the game in the fourth quarter and did not return, though he was in the bench area for the final minutes after going to the locker room briefly.
The Wolves’ starting lineup had its best stretch of basketball on the season after that unit started off sluggish in the first two games. Mike Conley, who was 3-for-16 to open the year, hit two early threes to set the tone, though Conley would finish 2-for-8.
Donte DiVincenzo replaced him at point guard halfway through the quarter and continued the hot shooting from the point guard slot with three threes of his own. The Wolves forced five Toronto turnovers and had a 32-18 lead after one.
Coach Chris Finch toyed with some different lineup combinations in the first half as he had Conley and DiVincenzo begin the quarter together while having Joe Ingles run the point later in the quarter. It led to an uneven second, and the Wolves led 56-44 at halftime.
But the Wolves played inspired coming out of the break. Jaden McDaniels, who didn’t take a shot in the first half, had nine points in the opening minutes of the third. Edwards hit a pair of threes as they pushed their lead to 22. The Wolves weren’t sharp closing the night, and the Raptors had the game within right inside of two minutes, but the Wolves had built enough of a cushion.
Rudy Gobert. Gobert had 15 points and 13 rebounds and was the beneficiary of some lobs from his teammates like Edwards, Conley, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Joe Ingles. Gobert also finished with four blocks.
Gobert had two blocks on one possession in the fourth quarter that got the crowd off its feet and Gobert pounding his chest. Gobert blocked D.J. Carton and Jamison Battle.
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Trump denigrates Detroit while appealing for votes in a suburb of Michigan’s largest city
NOVI, Mich. — Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan.
”I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation,” the former president told supporters in Novi. He said people want him to say Detroit is ”great,” but he thinks it ”needs help.”
The Republican nominee for the White House had told an economic group in Detroit earlier this month that the ”whole country will end up being like Detroit” if Democrat Kamala Harris wins the presidency. That comment drew harsh criticism from Democrats who praised the city for its recent drop in crime and growing population.
Trump’s stop in Novi, after an event Friday night in Traverse City, is a sign of Michigan’s importance in the tight race. Harris is scheduled for a rally in Kalamazoo later Saturday with former first lady Michelle Obama on the first day that early in-person voting becomes available across Michigan. More than 1.4 million ballots have already been submitted, representing 20% of registered voters. Trump won the state in 2016, but Democrat Joe Biden carried it four years later.
Michigan is home to major car companies and the nation’s largest concentration of members of the United Auto Workers. It also has a significant Arab American population, and many have been frustrated by the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza after the attack by Hamas against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
During his rally, Trump spotlighted local Muslim and Arab American leaders who joined him on stage. These voters ”could turn the election one way or the other,” Trump said, adding that he was banking on ”overwhelming support” from those voters in Michigan.
“When President Trump was president, it was peace,” said one of those leaders, Mayor Bill Bazzi of Dearborn Heights. ”We didn’t have any issues. There was no wars.”
While Trump is trying to capitalize on the community’s frustration with the Democratic administration, he has a history of policies hostile to this group, including a travel ban targeting Muslim countries while in office and a pledge to expand it to include refugees from Gaza if he wins on Nov. 5.
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