1/ UPDATE on the carjacking and sexual assault we posted on Friday:
Carl Stanley Williams, DOB: 01/17/1985
CHARGED with 1st degree sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery in the case.
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2/ Charges say Williams, in a ski mask, kidnapped the woman at gunpoint while she was getting gas a E Franklin and 3rd Ave S. He drove her car around for 10 minutes, then pulled over at 24th and Pleasant Ave S and forced the woman at gunpoint to perform oral sexual acts on him.
3/ The woman pulled her own stun gun but it didn't work [Note: they often don't, please don't rely on one].
The woman was able to escape and ran for help where a resident helped her.
4/ As we originally reported, Williams was apprehended later in the day at the same gas station after someone else reported him lurking at the pumps.
5/ Williams had just been arrested two weeks before the kidnapping and sexual assault on a charge of motor vehicle theft.
He was released without being charged.
We call on @HennepinAtty Mike Freeman to explain why he wasn't charged.
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6/ Williams has several open criminal cases including 1st degree burglary (occupied dwelling), tamper with a motor vehicle& indecent exposure.
He's repeatedly been released on low or zero bail required.
1st degree burglary is a violent crime. Williams was released on zero bail.
7/ Williams has at least 36 prior convictions that include four felonies:
--Terroristic threats
--2nd degree assault with a dangerous weapon
--Theft
--Narcotics
Also numerous driving after revocation.
8/ We're told that on Williams' prior stays at Hennepin County Jail, he inappropriately touched female staff members or exposed himself.
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Report of a shooting #CedarRiverside.
Two victims, one in the lobby, one in a blue sedan.
1615 S 4th St.
Also aired as 515 15th Ave S., same area.
23:25
Now reportedly another shooting victim at 3xx Cedar Ave S. 23:26
Police arriving at 515 15th Ave S, plate HGH30*. Shooting victim in the vehicle. This victim is not breathing. Window shot out.
Another victim at 15xx S 4th St, GSW to the leg.
Police are confirming at least three GSW victims.
Police stating the one in the blue vehicle is a DOA, across from Currie Park, per EMS on site.
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ICYMI, several new official photos were released today by the MN State Patrol of Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson's vehicle after he obliterated it in a drunken roll over crash last month.
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UPDATE on weekend robbery incidents in St. Louis Park. Two suspects have been arrested and are suspected in several other incidents.
KASHWAN JASON WERTMAN (9-8-03)
NAUTICA ALAJA ARGUE (10-28-02)
Both are St. Paul residents.
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Several squads dispatched on a domestic with a weapon. Male is reportedly armed with a gun. Police arrived and can see the male punching a female in the face in the apt. Another female escaped/left the apt and said he threatened to shoot. Requesting negotiator.
6xx Huron Blvd SE.
Male is being taken into custody. 01:25
Code 4 with the male in custody (under control). Clearing the rest of the apartment. 01:26
Franklin and Cedar Ave S, male running with a knife who threatened suicide by cop in an earlier incident. He has multiple felony warrants. Running to the fire station. Police in area. 17:40
Taser deployed.
Male is still moving toward 9th St from 21st.
17:43