Vance Boelter to plead not guilty

Vance Boelter the man accused of killing late DFL Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounding another lawmaker and his wife plans to plead not guilty to the charges according to his attorney WCCO TV reports Boelter is due in federal court for his arraignment on Sept under an order issued late Tuesday hours after a grand jury indicted him on six counts of murder stalking and firearms violations The murder charges could carry the federal death penalty That comes as prosecutors continue building their incident in DFL Sen Nicole Mitchell s burglary trial Mitchell is accused of emerging into the Detroit Lakes home of her stepmother Carol Mitchell KARE writes Among the prosecution observers Wednesday was a Detroit Lakes police officer who spoke with the defendant s stepmother who did not believe she was there for items but to kill her MPR News says a west metro lawmaker has shared concerns over this summer s construction projects with a letter to MnDOT Republican Rep Andrew Myers penned a letter to the Minnesota Department of Transportation last week asking for clarity on specific traffic chokepoints construction project timing and the reality of nonstop roadwork KTTC reports Olmsted County has opened cannabis mezzobusiness registration applications The applications available on the county s website are due July A cannabis mezzobusiness is an operation where it can grow and sell cannabis products Businesses are allowed to grow up to square feet of indoor plants and operate out of three different locations in different jurisdictions or cities The post Vance Boelter to plead not guilty appeared first on MinnPost