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Domestic Violence

Monday, April 15, 2013

Fingerprint Match, Strangulations and Man Threatens Officers: West Metro Police and Fire Reports

This week's selections include a man accused of punching his girlfriend in the face, disorderly conduct in Target, fires, stalking and Craigslist issues.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Fingerprints Link Fugitive Suspect to Wayzata Burglary Scene The Hennepin County Crime lab lifted fingerprints from the scene of an attempted burglary and positively matched them to an Elk River man. Man Charged After Allegedly Strangling Girlfriend at Aqua City Motel Police say Randall Velachi Jackson punched his girlfriend numerous times in the face, strangled her and held a knife to her throat. 'Heavily Intoxicated' Man Allegedly Strangled, Threatened to Kill …

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Minnetonka Man Charged with Pistol-Whipping, Choking Woman

Police say Natheniel Leonta Lloyd inflicted serious injuries on the victim, causing her brain to bleed.

A Minnetonka man has been charged with pistol-whipping and strangling a woman, injuring her badly enough to cause bleeding in her brain before he was arrested at gunpoint by Minneapolis police. Natheniel Leonta Lloyd, 27, is charged with four felonies in the Aug. 12 incident: first-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $30,000 fine and a minimum prison sentence of three years; making terroristic threats and domestic assault, each of which has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine; and domestic assault by strangulation, for which the maximum penalty is three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, signed by Minneapolis Police…

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