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Police seek help in finding suspect who damaged 45 trees in Mankato
Mankato police are searching for a man who is believed to have damaged as many as 45 newly planted trees in the southern Minnesota city.
The suspect is seen on surveillance video intentionally damaging trees along Balcerzak Drive between Phol Road and Monks Avenue, then leaving the area on foot, according to a statement from the Mankato Department of Public Safety
Officers found the damage shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday after getting several reports of criminal damage to property, the statement said.
Authorities estimated the tree damage at $16,000.
The same man is also believed to have gone to Fire Station No. 3 and damaged signs in the parking lot. He also allegedly threw a pole at the station’s front door.
The video showed the suspect wearing a blue hoodie, orange or red sweatpants, black socks and white or tan slip-on sandals.
Anybody with information is asked to call police at 1-507-387-8725.
Officials on Wednesday identified the two women who died in a fiery crash when their vehicle collided with another at north Minneapolis intersection.
Esther Jean Fulks, 53, and Rose Elaine Reece, 57, both of Minneapolis, died soon after the wreck late Monday morning at the intersection of N. 26th and Emerson avenues, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Fulks died at the scene, while Reece was declared dead at North Memorial Health Hospital.
Two people in the other vehicle were hospitalized with critical injuries, while a 17-year-old boy waiting at a bus shelter to be picked up for school was hit and taken HCMC with noncritical injuries, police said. Their identities have yet to be released.
Fulks was “a mother of four and very loved in her community!” daughter D’Nia Fulks posted on an online fundraising page started on behalf of the family.
Esther Fulks (With permission from GoFundMe)
A northbound vehicle on Emerson struck the women’s vehicle as it headed east on 26th, police said. The impact sent the eastbound vehicle into the bus shelter, where it caught fire.
Police said they believe excessive speed played a role in the crash, but they have yet to say which driver was suspected of speeding.
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Supreme Court will hear arguments over the law that could ban TikTok in the US if it’s not sold
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear arguments next month over the constitutionality of the federal law that could ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell it.
The justices will hear arguments Jan. 10 about whether the law impermissibly restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment.
The law, enacted in April, set a Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok to be sold or else face a ban in the United States. The popular social media platform has more than 170 million users in the U.S.
It’s unclear how quickly the high court might issue a decision.
Social media accounts showed him with counterfeit checks, large amounts of cash, according to court documents.
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