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Minnesota BCA releases case files in Ricky Cobb and Trooper Ryan Londregan case
The case files include more than 1,300 pages of documents, more than 400 pictures, hundreds of hours of video and 15 audio interviews.
MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of documents in the case involving Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Ryan Londregan were released by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, including an interview with the trooper that was attempting to arrest Ricky Cobb II.
Londregan was charged with second-degree murder after he shot and killed Ricky Cobb II when he was trying to flee a traffic stop with Trooper Brett Seide halfway inside the car.
“I said I was going to make a driver side approach, that’s because I would be the arresting officer,” Seide told investigators. “It appeared he was not going to get out of the vehicle and to mitigate that threat I asked him to give me the keys.”
Seide also told investigators what he remembered about being dragged inside Cobb’s car.
“All I remember is trying to keep my balance,” he recalled. “I could feel the vehicle pulling me. The speed became too fast, I lost my footing, I hit the ground. I saw ground and I saw sky and then and I stood up and I could see the vehicle continuing down the roadway.”
Seide was also questioned about his training and whether he felt Londregan’s decision to shoot Cobb was justified.
“Would you agree that given your position there was at least a risk?” investigators asked.
“It was possible, but if Trooper Londregan did not use force to stop this threat the outcome would have been worse,” Seide responded.
The interview with Seide was one of 15 interviews released, along with more than 1,300 pages of documents, hundreds of photos and several hours of video.
Among the interviews released were two with Sgt. Jason Halvorson, a use-of-force coordinator for the Minnesota State Patrol Training and Development Section that was used in the original complaint against Londregan. Sgt. Halvorson later claimed that the Senior Assistant County Attorney Josh Larson and Deputy Hennepin County Attorney Mark Osler lied by omission by just using part of a hypothetical scenario they posed to him.
“The author of the complaint (signed by Osler) has cherry-picked one sentence from a 37-page interview transcript and excluded critical facts and context thereby purposefully misleading the reader of the complaint,” Sgt. Halvorson wrote in the court filing.
The murder charge was eventually dismissed after Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said she was presented with new pieces of evidence that would have made it impossible to get a conviction.
In one of the interviews, Halvorson is asked about training and techniques state troopers are taught. Sgt. Halvorson said they set up a number of different scenarios so troopers know to respond.
The documents also shared insight from Trooper Garrett Erickson, who was also at the scene. He told investigators, “I was concerned that Trooper Seide was in an extremely vulnerable position. I feared for Trooper Seide’s life because he could fall out and be run over.”
KARE 11 is still going through all the files from the Minnesota BCA.
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Gary Peterson and his friends are collecting donations to help people in their community.
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — A St. Louis Park pumpkin display is raising money for their local food shelf.
Gary Peterson started carving and painting three pumpkins over a decade ago. It’s now grown to over 100.
“I’ve heard people say they’ve come from Hutchinson,” he said.
Peterson along with two of his neighbors have spent the last 14 years growing their display, turning it into a neighborhood event.
“It’s been incredible, I just can’t believe how much this has expanded,” he said. “We did it just because we like to and then people were asking to give us money to cover the cost.”
The trio refused to take people’s money, but then one of them had an idea.
“My neighbor, Steve Leensvaart, just mentioned how about we just do it for the STEP program and the STEP program is our local food shelf in St. Louis Park,” he said.
So, they started to collect donations to help families in need. They’ve raised hundreds of dollars and donated hundreds of pounds of food over the last few years, carving for a cause.
“It is more gratifying every year,” Peterson said.
He estimated they have over 100 unique pumpkins in their yard. They’ve created the displays and come up with new family-friendly concepts for people to enjoy. Peterson said about 30 of their neighbors carved their own pumpkins to be put on display, and it’s been a big hit.
“It’s great. In the last couple of years, it’s turned into more of a neighborhood event,” said Sarah Durch.
“We love this Halloween display, we come every year to see it. We love that the whole community gets involved to craft and carve the pumpkins,” said Jami Gordon-Smith.
“The shading and the details are unbelievable,” said Elizabeth Hanson.
Hanson hopes to take her 2-year-old son trick or treating for the first time but is worried the cold temperatures might keep them indoors.
“We’re going trick or treating hopefully,” she said. “He’s going to be a firefighter, but we’re probably going to have sweatshirts maybe like two pairs of sweatpants underneath. We’re going to be bundled up.”
Gordon-Smith said her family will be out Halloween night no matter the weather.
“Halloween only comes once a year, so you really have to take advantage and enjoy the evening no matter what the weather brings,” she said. “Guess it’s not totally unheard of in Minnesota to have a cold Halloween, but we are going to try and modify and do a lot of layers underneath our costumes and then we might add some hats and maybe some warmer socks.”
Durch also isn’t surprised they’re in for another chilly night.
“Well, what would Halloween be without Minnesota cold? I feel like every time you plan a costume you have to plan for how you can make this work if it’s snowing,” she said.
Peterson said they will have a bonfire and some hot chocolate and cider on Halloween to keep trick-or-treaters warm while they look at their pumpkins.
Click here to learn where you can see the pumpkins and how you can donate.
