CROOKSTON, MN—A Crookston man who was already on probation for a felony is now in more hot water. 24-year-old Dustin Thomas Williams has been charged with engaging in electronic conversation relating to or describing sexual contact with a child. According to a criminal complaint filed in Polk County, Williams was sentenced in October 2025 to…
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CROOKSTON, MN—A corrections officer at the Northwest Regional Corrections Center in Crookston is accused of sexually assaulting two female inmates. According to a criminal complaint in Polk County District Court, 47-year-old Irving Emmanuel Jacobo Bravo is charged with two felony counts of third degree criminal sexual contact involving a prohibited occupational relationship. An investigator from…
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CROOKSTON, MN—Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. Formal charges have now been filed against a man accused in a weekend shooting in Mentor. 79-year-old Leslie Manford Anderson has been charged in Polk County with attempted second degree murder and six other felony counts, including first degree assault, second degree assault…
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MENTOR, MN—A man has been booked on a murder charge in connection with a shooting early Sunday morning in Mentor. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was called about a shooting incident around 2:48am Sunday at 32300 110th Avenue in Mentor. 79-year-old Leslie Manford Anderson was arrested without incident and taken to the Northwest Regional Corrections…
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