At approximately 11:10am on 07/28/2025, The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office responded to the area of Highway 53 and Swan Lake Road for a vehicle crash with injuries involving a MN State Patrol vehicle and another motorist. 

Today in St. Louis County District Court in Duluth, the Honorable Leslie Beiers sentenced Darrius Lamar Plummer, 35, to 225 Months in prison for the Second-Degree Murder without intent while committing a Felony, announced St. Louis County Attorney Kim Maki.  The court first denied Mr. Plummer’s Durational and Dispositional Departure Motions to receive a less serious sentence and instead pronounced the guideline sentence, calling Mr. Plummers actions “senseless.” 

On Sunday July 20th at approximately 1138 hours, St. Louis Count Deputies received a COPS alert in connection with Domestic Assault, DANCO Violation, weapons possession (crossbow), and threats to Law Enforcment and the general public advising the suspect would not stop and would crash his vehicle. This incident originated in Isanti County and the suspect was believed to be traveling northbound. 

The St. Louis County Attorney’s Office is pleased to announce that it is a Gold Sponsor of the “2025 Child Abuse Summit: Tips from the Team,” hosted by the University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Pediatrics and presented by the Otto Bremer Trust Center for Safe and Healthy Children. The Summit addresses health care and professional issues surrounding child and family maltreatment such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect. The Summit will provide up-to-date instruction on the prevention, recognition, intervention, treatment, and investigation of child and family maltreatment. Attendees include members of the medical field, social workers, law enforcement, child protection workers, attorneys, counselors and psychologists, and students.