Paul Blume

In his first interview since Operation Metro Surge, Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz explained how ICE strained Minnesota's federal courts during the unprecedented immigration enforcement operation.

You can read a portion of Schiltz’s interview with FOX 9 Investigator Paul Blume below. The transcript has been slightly edited for grammar, clarity and brevity.

State lawmakers unanimously approved a $4.5 million compensation payment for Marvin Haynes, who spent nearly 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.

Ahmed Nur and nearly a dozen codefendants were ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution for a Medicaid fraud scheme.

Convicted Medicaid fraudsters were ordered to repay more than $13.3 million in combined restitution since 2020, according to a review of cases from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

A man convicted of stealing Medicaid money in Minnesota is no longer on probation, even though he still owes nearly $1.7 million in restitution.

A Minnesota man has been ordered to pay millions after a jury found he defrauded a federal food program meant to help hungry children during the pandemic.

The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office is suspending its Conviction Review Unit due to loss of federal funding.

Minnesota’s top public law office is shutting down a key unit that investigated wrongful convictions, and those who depend on it say the loss is a major blow for justice.

Officer Austin Buss was shot multiple times while pursuing an armed suspect in Saint Peter last month.