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Justin Sutherland charged with threats of violence
Saint Paul Police arrested the “Fast Foodies” star on suspicion of domestic assault and threats of violence.
SAINT PAUL, Minn — Nationally renowned chef and reality TV star Justin Sutherland was arrested in Saint Paul on Friday night and booked into the Ramsey County Jail. On Monday morning he was charged with one count of felony threats of violence, accused of pointing a gun at his girlfriend.
According to the criminal complaint, the woman told police Sutherland pointed the gun at her and then hit her in the chest with it, telling her, “Don’t come back here or I am going to shoot you.”
Two people called 911 including a friend of Sutherland’s, who told the dispatcher he tried to break up a fight between the couple and noticed a gun case on Sutherland’s bed, according to court papers.
Details alleged the criminal complaint include:
- Sutherland and the victim began arguing because they were no longer going to a music festival; Sutherland was upset by racist neighbors and was taking out his frustration on the victim.
- The victim said Sutherland put his hands around her neck and said “I want you dead.”
- The victim said when she ran from the house, Sutherland told her, “Don’t come back here or I am going to shoot you,” then after he hit her with the gun, she put up her hands and said, “Don’t shoot me.”
- The victim said when Sutherland’s friend arrived, he was able to get the gun away from him.
- In a follow-up interview, the victim told police Sutherland strangled her, broke her phone, and threatened to kill her more than once.
- When police arrived to arrest Sutherland, he screamed “You should just f****** kill me,” before surrendering while yelling racially derogatory remarks at the officer.
Police responded earlier Friday to the same address on a report from the victim that her boyfriend choked her and was trying to kick her out of the apartment, but in that instance, she refused to give authorities her boyfriend’s name because she didn’t want to get anyone into trouble, according to the criminal complaint.
KARE 11 News reached Sutherland’s father and business partner Kerry Sutherland on Saturday, who said he didn’t know much about what happened. Kerry Sutherland declined to comment until he learned more.
Justin Sutherland operates multiple Twin Cities restaurants, including Handsome Hog, Northern Soul, Obachan Noodles and Chicken, Chickpea Hummus Bar, The Gnome, Woodfire Cantina and Gray Duck Tavern. He’s also the founder of streetwear and lifestyle brand Hybrid Nation.
The Saint Paul native competed on Season 16 of “Top Chef” and won Iron Chef America, where he went head-to-head with Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli.
Sutherland is also the co-host of TruTV’s “Fast Foodies” with Kristen Kish and Jeremy Ford.
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Abdirahman Abdi Abdullahi faces one charge of arson causing injury after a 9-month-old was rushed to the hospital.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The U.S. Attorney charged an Eden Prairie man with arson after he allegedly set fire to a townhome with four children inside, according to a press release Wednesday.
The Eden Prairie Fire Department responded to the blaze on May 31 around 11:30 a.m. One adult man and four children were in the home at the start of the fire, but all escaped except for a 9-month-old child by the time officials responded.
The baby was rushed to the hospital and survived the incident, according to prosecutors.
According to prosecutors, Abdirahman Abdi Abdullahi, 23, was on probation for violating a restraining order against a mother who lived in the burned house. He allegedly messaged her two days before the fire, saying “when I see u I’m smoke u.”
Surveillance shows Abdullahi carrying a gas can through bushes to reach the townhouse, then later emerging from behind the bushes with the gas can and returning to a rental vehicle. Prosecutors say that additional surveillance footage shows Abdullahi filling up the gas can at a nearby gas station.
Abdullahi faces one charge of arson causing injury and he made his first court appearance on July 1.
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Minnesota’s Attorney General alleged that tobacco manufacturers have shorted the state in payments called for in the historic 1998 court settlement.
ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a motion seeking to recover $58 million in alleged underpayments from America’s tobacco manufacturers, accusing them of violating terms of the historic 1998 settlement with the state.
The motion, filed in Ramsey County District Court, seeks not only repayment of the $58 million but also interest, civil penalties and the assurance that Big Tobacco will not underpay Minnesota in the future.
After a months-long trial in 1998, Minnesota settled with the tobacco industry’s largest companies restricting marketing of tobacco products and requiring annual payments to the state based, in part, on the size of their after-tax profits in a given year.
Ellison’s office said the dispute over payment amounts arises from a provision included in the settlement that increases the size of tobacco manufacturers’ annual payments if “current” after-tax profits are greater than they were in 1997. The tobacco companies involved in the settlement argued they should be able to re-calculate their 1997 profits by applying modern corporate tax rates.
Ellison’s office maintained that the settlement explicitly calls for the use of 1997 tax rates when calculating after-tax profits.
The motion the AG filed alleges that after the Trump administration lowered federal corporate tax rates in 2018, Philip Morris misrepresented the content of the Minnesota settlement to the third-party payment administrator, PricewaterhouseCoopers, in a way that incorrectly reduced the manufacturers’ payments to Minnesota by nearly $10 million per year.
“After lying to the American people about the dangers of their products, it is unfortunately not surprising that the largest tobacco manufacturers have also tried to avoid the commitments they made when settling with Minnesota,” said Ellison in a released statement. “It is particularly galling that, after these tobacco companies received a massive tax cut from President Trump, they turned around and used that windfall to justify underpaying the people of Minnesota.”
The AG’s office said tobacco manufacturers have faced similar challenges over underpayments in both Mississippi and Texas, where courts have ruled the underpayments were improper and ordered Big Tobacco to reimburse the states.
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PLYMOUTH, Minn. — Ever wondered what Minion-flavored ice cream is like? Apparently, it has eyeballs.
Honey & Mackie’s ice cream shop can offer you a lick of that unique flavor. With a swirl of banana cookie and blue velvet cake batter flavors, the ice cream is topped with silly candy eyeballs.
If the eyeballs don’t appeal, the mom-and-pop shop offers many other delicious flavors like raspberry chocolate chip and salted caramel with peanuts. Owner Suzanne Varecka visited KARE 11 News at Noon on Wednesday to show viewers some of the offerings.
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