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MN Motor Fuel Theft: More Than Just a Criminal Matter

JAN. 7 2021

Category: Motor Fuel Theft | Theft Crimes

In this day and age, with most gas stations requiring to prepay or pay with a credit card at the pump, you may assume that motor fuel theft simply doesn’t have the opportunity to happen. However, that is not the case.

New Hope, Minnesota reported over 60 gas drive-offs in one year from local gas stations. Under Minnesota state law, a person can be charged criminally for gas drive-offs, but the New Hope Police Department decided civil

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Worried About Your Unruly MN Teen? You’re Not the Only One

JAN. 7 2021

Published By: Chris Keyser

Teenagers are famous for being impulsive and making decisions that… may not be so great. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in the statistics surrounding juvenile crime in Minnesota.

According to the Minneapolis police, there has recently been a fairly sharp increase in crimes — including juvenile crime — in the Twin Cities. In places outside of Minneapolis, there’s been an increase in juvenile crime too – up 17 percent over last year in Hennepin County and

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Former Contractor Defrauds MN for Nearly $1 Million in COVID Relief

JAN. 7 2021

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: COVID-19/Coronavirus | False Claims Act | Fraud

Defrauding the government is no laughing matter. In fact, it’s a serious crime with serious consequences, as one Minnesota man recently learned.

A Minnesota man who owns a lawn care service was indicted for allegedly obtaining over $800,000 in COVID-19 relief funds fraudulently from the Paycheck Protection Program.

He submitted an application for the program even though his business was no longer licensed or even doing business. He also filed the claim under the name of another

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MN Domestic Offenders: When Is It Too Late to Get Help?

DEC. 17 2020

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Domestic Abuse | Domestic Assault | Domestic Violence

If you’ve been charged with domestic abuse or violence in Minnesota, it’s crucial to get help as soon as you can.

There are plenty of resources for addressing abusive tendencies in this state, and it’s something you should do not only for yourself and your family but for the success of your court case too.

Here’s what you need to know about getting help, the laws and penalties of domestic abuse in Minnesota, and when it may be

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What’s Happening in MN with Medical Marijuana in 2021?

DEC. 18 2020

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Marijuana

In Minnesota, some people have access to medical marijuana thanks to the state’s Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Research Act. This act specifically outlines who is eligible to possess medical marijuana in the state and how much medical marijuana they can possess.

It’s important to note that even though Minnesota allows medical marijuana, possessing it without medical permission or in amounts outside of the thresholds set up by the law can still result in drug charges and convictions.

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MN Kidnapping, Abduction, False Imprisonment — What’s the Difference?

DEC. 4 2020

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: False Imprisonment | Kidnapping

Kidnapping is every parent’s worst nightmare. You may be inclined to think it’s something that happens only on television, but the truth is that kidnapping happens more often than many may realize and in a multitude of ways.

A man from Duluth was arrested for abducting a 13-year old girl recently as she was out walking her dog. He’s being charged at this point with kidnapping, but when things like this happen, kidnapping isn’t the only crime that someone

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Minnesota Sees Massive Spike in Theft…of Catalytic Converters?

NOV. 27 2020

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Theft Crimes

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of the world in many ways – but some of them are not quite what we expected.

In Minnesota, for example, there’s been an uptick in the theft of catalytic converters. Yes, catalytic converters. The reason? The high prices that thieves can fetch for valuable metals such as palladium, rhodium, and platinum, all of which are worth more on the market this year than ever before.

There is now legislation

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With offices in Minneapolis and Stillwater, Minnesota, Keyser Law, P.A. handles cases throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area including:

HENNEPIN COUNTY

WASHINGTON COUNTY

RAMSEY COUNTY

ANOKA COUNTY

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