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Nick Ferraro

A Northeast Minneapolis native, Nick Ferraro was hired by the Pioneer Press in 1997 after graduating from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He's been a reporter covering communities since 2007. He can be reached at 651-228-2173.

A prison hallway lined with heavy doors.

Minneapolis man gets 40-year prison sentence for trafficking, sexually assaulting teen and woman at Mahtomedi apartment

February 27, 2026 at 6:53 p.m.

Billy Ray Wiley "preyed on the most vulnerable victims," Washington County District Judge Juanita Freeman said.

Ex-Oakdale officer sentenced for omitting information in 2022 police report

February 27, 2026 at 12:54 p.m.

The misconduct stemmed from repeated telephone calls he made to a man who had known mental health issues.

Three boys in green and white baseball uniforms

‘Every parent’s worst nightmare,’ Stillwater mom tells judge at child endangerment sentencing after UTV crash

February 25, 2026 at 4:25 p.m.

A father who allowed 6-year-old boys to operate a UTV unsupervised was sentenced to probation.

‘Horrible death’: Apple Valley man sentenced in hit-and-run killing during Bloomington pot deal

February 24, 2026 at 4:09 p.m.

Alexif Loeza Galvan's family found him on the ground near a snowbank, gasping for breath.

Naked burglar who entered St. Paul home and teen’s closet sentenced to probation

February 23, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

A 16-year-old girl’s father told police she saw a man in her bedroom closet and that she screamed, causing him to apologize and leave her room.

Shoppers tour by a Starbuck cafe and a Lululemon store inside a shopping mall, in Beijing, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

East Coast couple gets probation for MN Lululemon thefts, part of multi-state crime spree

February 20, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

The plea agreement covered charges in Roseville, Edina, Minneapolis and Minnetonka store thefts.

Afton man charged with threats after St. Thomas lockdown

February 19, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

A day after last week's lockdown, he sent a threatening email to the college president despite an active restraining order.

Minneapolis man, later shot by St. Paul cops, gets 86½ years for ‘brazen’ triple murder at homeless camp

February 19, 2026 at 1:44 p.m.

Earl Bennett, 42, was shot and injured by St. Paul police officers the day after the murders.

Lamp posts, like this one photographed along Pennsylvania Ave in in St. Paul on April 12, 2022, have been vandalized and had much of their copper wiring removed. Wire theft cost St. Paul Public Works nearly $295,000 last year.

St. Paul man gets probation for copper wire thefts that cost the city $200K in repairs

February 18, 2026 at 4:28 p.m.

Four co-defendants were sentenced before him in connection with the case.

Report: Young offenders more likely to stay out of trouble under new Ramsey County initiative

February 17, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi acknowledged the change in course was met with criticism.

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