Sheriff's deputies say Matthew Steven Brandenburg stole $1,400 worth of computer components while working for the Dakota County Communications Center.
Police say Tyler David Karg had sex with the 14-year-old victim three times beginning last October.
Police say Alex Jefferson Nouel brought the girl to his Apple Valley home and raped her after she passed out from drinking.
Eric Wade Forcier, 27, and Julie Ann Campana, 23, were charged with one count of interference with commerce by robbery pursuant to the Hobbs Act and one count of using, carrying, possessing, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime.
Police arrested James Geraghty Bouchard on felony DUI charges. Bouchard was convicted in 2006 of causing a crash that killed an Apple Valley man.
December is designated National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, and Dakota County officials are warning drivers about the dangerous consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
The Minnesota State Patrol says a 26-year-old Farmington resident was killed and three others injured.
Dakota County deputies arrested one man following the alleged shooting incident, which occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. No one was injured.
Police say Jamie Lee Krier kept the victim from leaving his Rosemount home, threatening her with a loaded shotgun and dismantling her cell phone.
The alleged victim, now 16, told police that Andrew Stephen Gryskiewicz, 27, sexually abused him on three separate occasion starting at the age of seven.
Police say Robert Lee Ranzy IV sent a sexually explicit video of himself to a 14-year-old Rosemount girl in January. He was arrested Nov. 27 on a 10-month-old warrant.
Jeremy Alexander Johnson, 18, is accused of assaulting a classmate during a football game in gym class.
Peter and Patricia Fahnlander claim that Jo Hall, the owner of the Lazy Leash, allowed their German shepherd, Sheba, to escape. Sheba was hit by a motorcycle and had to be destroyed.
Abdoul Said Kone, already facing robbery charges in Dakota County, has now been charged in Hennepin County with stealing a man's cell phone and baseball cap.
The latest news and information from the office of Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows.
Police Chief Eric Werner is interviewed for YouTube video.
Police say Eric Jeffery Campeau threw a brick through a window, hitting a woman on the head and knocking her to the floor.
Police say Devon Deshawn Gordon stole a cell phone from a customer in an Apple Valley restaurant, but the victim chased him down and retrieved it.
Police say Salvador Mejia-Camacho led them on a chase through residential neighborhoods, then fled his car, leaving his 3-year-old son behind.
Valerie Elaine Moore is accused of repeatedly hitting a 13-year-old girl with an extension cord and a flip-flop.
Sheriff Dave Bellows updates you on the latest public safety issues and incidents in Dakota County.
Sexual assaults, brazen theft and aggravated robbery also reported around the region last week.
Police say Jason Michael Milligan and Garrett Jackson Nash were involved in robbing an Apple Valley woman of a purse.
James Lee Whitner III is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct after police say he had sex with the victim twice in August.
Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows updates you on the latest county happenings.
Carlton Raymond Lewis II, charged with beating two toddler girls last spring and seriously injuring one of them, was arrested in Hastings.
Julie Ann Campana, 23, was arrested Monday in connection to the robbery and subsequent manhunt.
Police say Dale Michael Bale drove onto the victim's property, hitched his trailer to a pickup truck and drove away with it.
A monthly rundown of the top suspects wanted by the Dakota County Sheriff's Office.
Police say Dwayne Washington choked the victim, threatened to kill her and kept a gun in the closet which had its serial number illegally scratched off.
Police say Jancy Yanire Lalime almost hit a squad car in Rosemount, then told an officer that she had been drinking beer to get rid of a hangover.
Police Chief Eric Werner and Community Resource Officer Beth Richtsmeier pass along safety tips for next week's festivities.
A retrial for Eric James Hunter, 44, was scheduled to begin Monday.
Notify Apple Valley Police immediately of any suspicious or unlawful activity.
Police say Rachael Marie Morey used a forged check to buy gift cards at an Apple Valley store, and that she had methamphetamine and stolen credit cards and Social Security cards in her purse when she was arrested.
Police say Lisa Marie Paz intercepted almost $7,700 in student loan checks meant for her niece, forged her niece's signature and then withdrew the money at casinos.
Ann L. Scholz, 53, was a passenger on a motorcycle that was broadsided by a car in LeSueur County on Tuesday.
Here's our look at the past week's crime reports from police agencies throughout the South Metro area.