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  • St. Cloud police officer dies nearly a week after off-duty crash in Apple Valley

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    A member of the St. Cloud, Minnesota, police department has died following a crash on Monday night. 

    Police Chief Jeff Oxton says Officer Ryan Ebert died Saturday morning at Hennepin County Medical Center from his injuries, which were determined by medical staff earlier this week to not be survivable. 

    Ebert, who the Minnesota State Patrol listed as being 44 years old, was an 18-year veteran of the department, said Oxton, who added Ebert served as an investigator and a patrol officer. 

    The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. on northbound Highway 77 near Interstate 35E in Apple Valley. According to the state patrol, Ebert was driving a 2024 Dodge Ram 1500 on the highway when his truck hit a 2018 Transit Bus and a cable barrier. 

    The bus driver, a 65-year-old man identified by the state patrol as Phillip Alan Wright of Apple Valley, was taken to the hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.   

    An incident report for the crash says there was alcohol in Ebert’s system. Oxton said in a news release on Friday that blood samples taken by medical personnel at the hospital “indicate that he had a very small or trace amount of alcohol in his system, significantly below that which would ever lead to a person being considered impaired or driving under the influence.”  

    Oxton said Saturday that Ebert’s organs will be donated. 

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  • Defrocked St. Cloud area priest accused of sexually abusing parishioner

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    A man faces criminal charges in connection to his alleged sexual misconduct while a priest in the Diocese of Saint Cloud in Minnesota.

    According to court documents, 47-year-old Aaron Kuhn, of Wadena, was charged by a court summons on Tuesday with third-degree criminal sexual conduct. 

    Last year, police said they began an investigation after receiving a tip about alleged sexual abuse involving Kuhn. 

    The charges say a woman told police she and Kuhn were involved in multiple sexual acts for nearly three years, stretching from November 2019 through October 2022, and the acts happened across three different counties in Minnesota. 

    The woman said Kuhn was giving her “spiritual direction” at the time of the alleged abuse. She went on to tell police Kuhn used his role as a spiritual advisor to manipulate and pressure her into engaging in the acts, despite asking Kuhn multiple times to stop, according to the charges.

    Police said they interviewed witnesses who are affiliated with the church, who then confirmed Kuhn had acknowledged having a sexual relationship with the woman. 

    Although a letter from Bishop Patrick Neary, dated Dec. 5, 2024, said Kuhn had “resigned as pastor,” it also noted he was set to start a new position with the diocese’s Tribunal and Office of Canonical Affairs in early January following completion of residential treatment and a professional evaluation. 

    Kuhn was removed from active ministry last year in June, and his “priestly faculties” were restricted. On Tuesday, the diocese wrote that Kuhn had been placed on full administrative leave effective immediately once they learned of the criminal charge.

    “The diocese is cooperating with authorities and encourages all victims of abuse to come forward,” diocese leaders wrote. “Bishop Neary asks that people keep everyone affected by this situation in prayer.”

    Kuhn is expected to be in court later this month.

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    Resources for victims

    Advocacy Agencies

    Sexual Offense Services (SOS – Ramsey County)
    Sexual Violence Center (SVC – Hennepin County)
    Aurora Center (U of MN)
    360 Communities (Dakota County)
    Hope Center (Rice County)
    Canvas Health (Washington County)
    Alexandra House (Anoka County)

    General Sites for information related to sexual assault and resources throughout Minnesota
    Rape Help Minnesota
    Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault

    General Sexual Assault Websites
    Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
    National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

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  • Man suspected of stabbing woman in St. Cloud has turned himself in, police say

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    Police in St. Cloud, Minnesota, say a suspect in a stabbing that left a woman severely hurt in the city last month has turned himself in.

    According to police, the 42-year-old St. Cloud man turned himself in to law enforcement in Montana and will be brought back to Minnesota. 

    The stabbing happened on the 400 block of 19 1/2 Avenue North around 9:40 a.m. on Aug. 31. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been stabbed.

    Police told WCCO on Friday they didn’t have an update on the woman’s condition, which was last known to be critical. 

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  • Moorhead man arrested in connection to roommate’s poisoning

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    St. Cloud police say a Moorhead, Minnesota, man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly poisoning his roommate with thallium earlier this year. 

    According to police, a 35-year-old man who’s currently being held at the Stearns County Jail intentionally poisoned another man, identified as 33-year-old Cody Ray Ernst, in June. 

    Staff at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis found Ernst had “an extremely high and lethal level” of thallium in his system after he was admitted. Police say they were notified about his admission on June 20 and add that Ernst was in critical condition at the time. 

    Ernst died two days later from what police say are medical complications directly related to ingesting thallium. 

    After working with multiple police departments and sheriff’s offices across the state, as well as the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, police say they found evidence linking the poisoning with the man who was living with Ernst at the time of his death.

    Ernst, according to a GoFundMe set up to help with funeral and memorial expenses, has a 14-year-old daughter. 

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