(ABC 6 NEWS) – The Albert Lea City Council is continuing to focus on improving housing and infrastructure in the city. The council has reworked a tax abatement program for new housing, which they are hoping will spur growth by giving developers an incentive to rehab some older homes and buildings in town. MEANWHILE… There … Read more
An Austin man currently serving a 21-month prison sentence on a fall felony domestic assault charge from a September of 2021 incident will be spending more time behind bars on new felony charges. 42-year old Willie Padilla was convicted and sentenced Friday to 21 additional months in prison for violating a no-contact order. Padilla will … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – An Albert Lea woman convicted in a ‘teddy bear’ drug trafficking ring was sentenced Monday. Marivel Ramos pleaded guilty in October 2021 to second-degree drug possession, after investigators say the 46 year old sent cash to California and received packages full of teddy bears stuffed with 10.5 pounds of methamphetamine. A … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – A Mower County man accused of using a social media account on his cell phone to send sexually explicty messages to a young girl has been sentenced. A judge on Friday ordered Matthew John Enright of Austin, to five years of supervised probation. The 24 year old was charged in January 2021, … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – A Mower County man accused of using a social media account on his cell phone to send sexually explicty messages to a young girl has been sentenced. A judge on Friday ordered Matthew John Enright of Austin, to five years of supervised probation. The 24 year old was charged in January 2021, … Read more
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – An Albert Lea man convicted of threatening people with a gun in 2020 was sentenced to probation. Jose Antonio Soto Jr., was arrested in November 2020 after witnesses said he drove up to another vehicle in an Albert Lea parking lot and pulled out a handgun and threatened to shoot them … Read more
AUSTIN, Minn. – A second conviction for child sex abuse means more probation for a Mower County man. Colin Charles Belden, 23 of Austin, has been sentenced to 15 years of supervised probation and 99 years of conditional release. He was arrested in April 2020 and charged with four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. … Read more
An Austin, Mn., man who along with his father bragged on social media about how they were among the first to enter the U.S. Capitol building on January 6th, 2021, now face years in prison for their role in last year’s deadly insurrection. Daryl Johnson, and his son, 29-year-old son Daniel, recently pleaded guilty to … Read more
Melissa “Lisa” Hanson spent Christmas day in an Albert Lea jail. The owner of the Interchange Wine and Coffee Bistro in Albert Lea was found guilty for violating the states ban on indoor dining during the pandemic and sentenced to 90 days in jail. Hanson has now filed a court order claiming Governor Walz’ executive … Read more
(ABC 6 News) – The man accused of a shooting at an Albert Lea apartment in November of 2020 appeared in court this week. A hearing was held on Wednesday for Devin Weiland where attorneys on both sides filed motions for the judge to consider, one which calls into question the witness list the defense … Read more