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Frankie Dylan Dircks

Monday, October 8, 2012

Police Say Women Stole Car—From U.S. Marine Corps: South Metro Crime Report

In other recent crime news from around Dakota, Scott and Rice counties, the West St. Paul pastor who allegedly fled the state with a 16-year-old church member has been extradited back to Minnesota.

  The following stories originally appeared last week on Patch sites in Scott, Rice and Dakota counties. To read the full article, click on the headline link.   Rosemount Man Charged with Sexual Abuse of 7-Year-Old Girl Police say Ernest Henry Chouinard inappropriately touched the girl while staying at her home in Rosemount. Apple Valley Man Charged with Using 2-Year-Old as Human Shield Police say Timothy Lee Myers refused to put his hands above his head when ordered to do so. When an officer pointed a gun at him, Myers grabbed the child and held her in front of him. Apple Valley Woman Charged with Beating Toddlers Arrested in Scott County Ashley Marie Roff, one of two people charged with beating 2- and 3-year-old girls and allegedly …

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Shakopee Man Charged with Causing 2-Car Crash in West St. Paul

Police say Frankie Dylan Dircks was under the influence of methadone and other drugs when he swerved into oncoming traffic and hit another vehicle head on.

A Shakopee man has been charged with causing a two-car crash in West St. Paul last weekend that left two people injured, and police say he admitted being under the influence of methadone and several other drugs at the time. Frankie Dylan Dircks, 21, is charged with two felony counts of criminal vehicular operation resulting in substantial bodily harm, each of which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $10,000 fine. He is also charged with two gross misdemeanor counts of criminal vehicular operation, each of which has a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, West St. Paul police were called to the scene of a two-car crash on Butler Avenue just after 4:45 p.m. Sept. 30. …

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Angelo Bruno

8:20 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012

Methadone maintenance treatment has important benefits for addicted individuals and for society. These benefits include: reduced or stopped use of injection drugs; reduced risk of overdose and of acquiring or transmitting diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B or C, bacterial infections, endocarditis, soft tissue infections, thrombophlebitis, tuberculosis, and STDs; reduced mortality - the median …   more ›

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