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Minneapolis man gets 10 years for death threats against Hennepin Co. employees
A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for making loss of life threats towards Hennepin County workers.
Peter Robert Berry, 60, was sentenced to 120 months in jail adopted by three years of supervised launch in U.S. District Courtroom Wednesday. A part of Berry’s sentencing additionally contains expenses associated to unlawful firearm possession.
Berry was indicted by a grand jury final 12 months earlier than pleading responsible to at least one rely of possessing a firearm as a felon and one rely of interstate transmission of a menace in June.
On June 24 of 2021, an arrest warrant was put out for Berry after he failed to seem for a listening to in Hennepin County courtroom.
Berry known as an worker with Hennepin County Neighborhood Corrections to ask questions in regards to the courtroom look, however he grew to become indignant and started threatening to “shoot up the place.” That very same day, Berry additionally left a voicemail with a Hennepin County probation officer, demanding a name again and threatening to “kill everyone” if he didn’t get one.
The next day, on June 25, Berry known as the Hennepin County Service Heart worker who had knowledgeable him of the warrant. Through the name, he mentioned he would “come down and kill everyone, all of the judges, clerks, and deputies.”
And eventually, on June 29 of 2021, he known as a Hennepin County public defender and expressed dissatisfaction together with his case. He mentioned that folks would die and that he knew the place the general public defender lived.
On June 10 of 2020 and April 7 of 2021, Berry unlawfully possessed three firearms: a Beretta .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol, a Smith and Wesson 9 mm pistol and a Diamondback DB15 rifle. His prior felony convictions made possessing these firearms unlawful below federal legislation.
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MPD need help finding missing 8-year-old Kaiyan Wright
MINNEAPOLIS — update: Police say that the 8-year-old has been found safe.
Original story:
Minneapolis Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 8-year-old.
Police say that he was last seen around 4 P.M. Saturday near 34th and Emerson Avenue North. He was riding a green electric scooter at the time.
According to police, Wright was wearing a maroon sweatshirt, blue shorts and red and white croc shoes.
He is 5’3″ and has brown hair.
Police say that anyone who sees Kaiyan is asked to call 911 immediately.
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