Stephen Montemayor is a reporter at the Star Tribune. He covers federal courts with a focus on law and legal affairs, litigation, crime and justice, and white-collar crime, particularly in the context of Minnesota and social issues. Montemayor's work has been featured in notable publications including Yahoo News and the Star Tribune.
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Stephen Montemayor’s coverage focuses primarily on local crime, federal prosecution, and legal policy regulation within the Minnesota area. His work emphasizes breaking news and evolving stories related to politics, government & politics, as well as crime.
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By: Stephen Montemayor
Jurors in the federal racketeering conspiracy trial of three alleged Minneapolis Bloods gang members will begin deciding Friday whether street gangs can be treated as criminal enterprises akin to the mafia families of decades past.
By: Stephen Montemayor
Thompson’s defense attorneys on Tuesday claimed that drugs and a gun found at the scene belonged to his brother, Damarco Thompson, who was a passenger and also fled that night.
By: Stephen Montemayor
Jurors convicted Desean James Solomon, 34, of Richfield on charges of racketeering conspiracy, carrying and using a firearm in a crime of violence, and aiding and abetting. They also convicted Michael Allen Burrell, 44, of St. Paul and Leontawan Holt, 26, of Minneapolis of aiding and abetting and carrying and using a firearm in a crime of violence.
By: Stephen Montemayor
Mohamed Jama Ismail, 51 of Savage, was among multiple people convicted after a seven-week trial and linked to $42 million in fraud proceeds.
By: Stephen Montemayor
Farhiya Ahmed Mohamud, 65, of Bloomington, was charged alongside her son, the ex-chair of the Minneapolis Housing Authority board.
By: Stephen Montemayor
Those charged include a man linked to three fatal shootings, the first of which was carried out when he was 17 in 2021 and the most recent involved a mass shooting.
By: Stephen Montemayor
A federal jury convicted Doron Tavlin, 69, of Minneapolis, in February for crimes related to 2018 deal.
By: Stephen Montemayor
Federal judges and defenders alike credit the nonprofit mentor program with helping reduce the number of people who reoffend.
By: Stephen Montemayor
Saul Rodriguez Pineda, 40, had been living illegally in Minnesota and tried to argue that he helped distribute meth under duress by Mexican cartel leaders.
By: Paul Walsh, Stephen Montemayor
Some have already been convicted, while others await trial. Will it all be wiped away?
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