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Apple River stabbing trial: Day 3
The prosecution started the proceedings by calling Anthony Carlson, a man who was stabbed during an altercation with Nicolae Miu.
HUDSON, Wis. — Court reconvened in St. Croix County Wednesday for the trial of Nicolae Miu, who is accused of stabbing five people and killing one teen on the Apple River in July of 2022.
Nicolae Miu is charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide and four counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide for allegedly killing 17-year-old Isaac Schuman and injuring four others with a knife.
Prosecutors started the day by calling witness Anthony Carlson, who goes by Tony. He said he was floating on the river with his brother Dante and a larger group when he heard screaming and went over to the altercation to de-escalate the situation. He was yelling at people to back up and get away,
The state went through video footage of the incident frame by frame, showing Carlson getting between Miu and the group of teens that included Isaac Schuman. The witness said he was yelling at the whole group to back up and get away from each other.
Carlson said he put his hand on Miu’s back to tell him to back off from the girls in the group. He said Miu’s hand came up and he batted it away, unknowingly redirecting Miu’s knife down into his stomach.
“At the time, I didn’t know. I thought it was just a punch,” he told the courtroom.
Carlson told the court that Miu struck him again in the lower abdomen with a knife, making a second cut. The witness testified he didn’t remember ever seeing a knife in Miu’s hand.
During cross-examination, Mui’s defense team attempted to paint Carlson as an unreliable narrator, pointing out that his testimony was different than what he told police following the incident.
On Day Two of Miu’s trial, prosecutors called the mother of deceased Isaac Schuman, who gave emotional testimony about her son’s love for his family. Her testimony followed that of Jawahn Cockfield, who took the graphic cell phone video that captured the incident, including the stabbings and the aftermath.
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Dr. Abigail Miller, Chief Medical Officer at UnitedHealthcare of MN, joined KARE 11 News at Noon to offer tips for parents.
MINNETONKA, Minn. — As teens have returned to school, many are participating – or will participate – in fall and winter sports.
Federal data estimates that over 50% of young people between ages 6 and 17 played on a sports team or took after-school sports lessons, forecasting that number to increase to 63% by 2030.
Playing sports can have physical and mental health benefits, including strengthening social relationships with friends and family. However, it can also become overwhelming and even lead to lower mental health due to the many expectations some young athletes are put under.
Dr. Abigail Miller, Chief Medical Officer at UnitedHealthcare of MN, joined KARE 11 News at Noon to offer tips for parents and promote mental health.
For more on the impact of youth sports and issues that impact young athletes, their families, coaches and officials, check out our serial blog SportsLife.
The City of Roseville hopes to lower pollution with the move.
ROSEVILLE, Minn — The City of Roseville has become the latest municipality in Minnesota to enact some form of a ban on plastics in the hope of lowering pollution.
The city is going after non-recyclable to-go containers with a new ordinance encouraging the use of compostable packing.
According to the ordinance, the new rules will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, but enforcement won’t begin until a year later. The initiative is part of the city’s ‘Green To Go’ ordinance, which allows only compostable, recyclable or reusable containers.
Hospitals and nursing homes are excluded from the new rules, which also carve out an exception for any packaging that doesn’t meet standards, but for which there is no practical alternative.
Minnesota lawmakers have often discussed wider plastic-banning or limiting legislation, with such a debate occurring over the most recent session.
Gov. Walz, his wife Gwen and son Gus pulled up to the Ramsey County elections office — accompanied by a secret service detail — and cast their ballots.
ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his family walked the walk on Wednesday, casting their ballots early to encourage voters to use every opportunity available to take part in the 2024 election.
Walz, his wife Gwen and son Gus hopped in their motorcade just after 9:30 a.m. and made the 10-minute journey from Eastcliff on the University of Minnesota Campus to the Ramsey County elections office on St. Paul’s west side.
Once at the office at 90 Plato, the Walz family entered the building with the governor greeting election workers. At the counter, Tim Walz told a worker that Gus, now 18, was voting for the first time. After filling out their ballots Tim and Gus fed their ballots into the machine, with a red-shirted election worker shouting, “First time voter!” The governor and Gus high-fived as the room broke into applause.
A pool reporter said other voters seemed to go about their business, noting that Gus Walz took the opportunity to compliment an elections staffer on his Anthony Edwards sneakers.
The Democratic vice-presidential candidate stopped outside the elections office for a brief chat with reporters, saying he voted for Kamala Harris for president without mentioning his spot on the ticket. Walz also addressed interviews published Tuesday in the New York Times and The Atlantic with former Trump Chief of Staff General John Kelly. In those interviews, Kelly said the former president had expressed admiration for the generals who served Adolph Hitler, adding that Trump “certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.”
“If there was ever a red line, he has stepped across it,” Walz told reporters when asked about Trump’s alleged comments. “And so I appreciate General Kelly coming out at this moment.”
Trump’s campaign denied Kelly’s accounts Tuesday, with campaign spokesman Steven Cheung saying that Kelly had “beclowned himself with these debunked stories he has fabricated.”
Reporters also asked Walz about U.S. intelligence reports saying Russian interests were behind false allegations that he had acted inappropriately while employed as a teacher at Mankato West High School, and why he thought he had been targeted.
“Putin wants Donald Trump to win,” Walz opined.
