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HISTORY OF THE
MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION |
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| Before 1940 |
| Apr
1, 1917 |
The
Bureau of Investigation, as the FBI was then known, was maintaining
a field division in St. Paul, Minnesota. The St. Paul Division,
which also covered investigations for Minneapolis, was headed
by Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Campbell. The Division also
employed an additional Special Agent (SA), two special employees,
and one confidential employee. |
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| Jan
12, 1929 |
The
Minneapolis Division had been established and Werner Hanni was
serving as the SAC. The Division, which was located in Room 305
of that city's Federal Building, was responsible for conducting
federal investigations in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
and the Western Judicial District of Wisconsin. At that time,
seven Special Agents were serving in the Minneapolis Division. |

Werner Hanni, SAC |
| 1940s |
| Sep
8, 1941 |
The
Minneapolis Division had been closed, and the St. Paul Division
was handling 880 pending investigations with a Special Agent
(SA) staff of 16. |
|
| Dec
2, 1942 |
The
Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Saint Paul, was Marion B. Rhodes. |

Marion B. Rhodes, SAC |
|
| Mar
11, 1944 |
The
address of the St. Paul Division was 404 New York Building, Sixth
and Minnesota, St. Paul, MN |

Sioux Falls, South Dakota (circa 1945) |
|
| Sep
27, 1946 |
FBI
personnel assigned to the Headquarters location of the St. Paul
Division totaled 66. |

Special Agents, Saint Paul (circa 1946) |
|
| Aug
31, 1949 |
The
St. Paul Pioneer Press reported that burglars forced their way
into one office and attempted to enter six others in the New
York Building, which housed the St. Paul Division. |
|
| Sep
24, 1949 |
The
St. Paul Division closed and was transferred and renamed the
Minneapolis Division. The new Division began occupying office
space at 419 North American Life and Casualty Building, 1750
Hennepin Avenue. |

FBI employees in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (circa 1945) |
| 1950s |
| Jun
25, 1950 |
Plans
were being made for the construction of a new Federal Courts
Building in Minneapolis. |
|
| Sep
1951 |
W. G.
Banister became the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Minneapolis. |
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| Oct
29, 1951 |
Consideration
was being given to reopening an FBI field division in Aberdeen,
South Dakota. At the time, the Minneapolis Division was handling
1,886 pending investigations. Investigations and leads in North
and South Dakota totaled 488. The Division was operating the
following Resident Agencies (RA), staffed by a total of 11 Special
Agents (SAs), in North and South Dakota: Bismarck/Minot, North
Dakota; Huron, South Dakota; Fargo, North Dakota; Rapid City,
South Dakota; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Sioux Falls, South Dakota. |
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| Mar
28, 1952 |
The
Minneapolis Division was operating RAs in the Minnesota cities
of Duluth and Mankato. |
|
| Aug
11, 1952 |
FBI
Headquarters (FBIHQ) approved the establishment of a St. Paul
RA, to be staffed by seven SAs. |
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| Jan
27, 1953 |
The
Sioux Falls, St. Paul, and Duluth RAs were located in the Federal
Buildings in those cities. The Mankato, Minot, Rapid City, and
Grand Forks RAs were housed in those cities' U.S. Post Office
Buildings. |
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| Jun
30, 1953 |
The
Minneapolis Division had a total of 2,230 pending investigations.
During the month of June, the Division had closed 958 investigative
matters. |
|
| Aug
12, 1953 |
A St.
Cloud, Minnesota, RA was in operation. |
|
| Oct
20, 1953 |
The
Minneapolis Division was maintaining a Minot RA. |
|
| Dec
7, 1953 |
The
Minneapolis Division was operating an RA in Bemidji, Minnesota. |
|
| Feb
1954 |
C. B.
Howard was named SAC, Minneapolis. |
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| Nov
12, 1954 |
The
Fargo and Bismarck RAs were located in those cities' respective
Post Office Buildings. |
|
| Apr
27, 1955 |
The
Aberdeen RA was located in that city's Federal Building. |
|
| Nov
19, 1955 |
The
Minneapolis Division relocated to new office space on the fourth
and fifth floors of the five-story WCCO Building. Prior to being
occupied by the Division, the two-floor FBI office facility,
which previously had been an auditorium, had undergone extensive
renovations. |
|
| Sep
1957 |
James
E. Milnes was appointed SAC, Minneapolis. |
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| Apr
10, 1958 |
Among
the Minneapolis Division's RAs were: Duluth, St. Cloud, Willmar,
Rochester and St. Paul, Minnesota; Fargo, Bismarck, Minot, Williston,
and Grand Forks, North Dakota; and Aberdeen, Rapid City, and
Sioux Falls, South Dakota. |
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| Apr
25, 1958 |
An FBIHQ
report shows that, during Fiscal Year (FY) 1957, the Minneapolis
Division had an average pending workload of 611 criminal, 212
security, and 518 applicant and other investigations. During
the year, the Division was staffed by an average of 74 SAs and
41 support employees. |
|
| May
23, 1958 |
The
Williston, North Dakota, RA had been established and was located
in Room 203 of the American State Bank Building in that city. |
|
| Jun
1, 1958 |
The
Mankato, Minnesota, RA was closed and its territory was reallocated
to the Willmar, Sioux Falls, and Rochester, Minnesota, RAs. |
|
| Aug
29, 1958 |
Plans
were being made to relocate the Minneapolis Division to the fourth
floor of the proposed new U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office
Building in that city. |
|
| Oct
1958 |
William
H. Williams began serving as SAC, Minneapolis. |
|
| Dec
31, 1959 |
The
Bemidji, Minnesota RA had been closed. |
| 1960s |
| Nov
10, 1960 |
An
FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ) report shows that, during FY 1960, the
Minneapolis Division handled an average pending caseload of 595
criminal, 268 security, and 379 applicant and other matters.
During the year, the Division was staffed by an average of 71
Special Agents (SAs) and 40 support employees. |
|
| Jun
23, 1961 |
The
Minneapolis Division became operational in its new office space
at 392 Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 110 South Fourth
Street. |
|
| Jan
18, 1962 |
An FBIHQ
report shows that, during FY 1961, the Minneapolis Division handled
an average pending caseload of 699 criminal, 289 security, and
317 applicant and other investigations with an average of 68
SAs and 41 support employees assigned to the Division during
the year. |
|
| Feb
7, 1962 |
he
Minneapolis Division was maintaining the following RAs: Duluth,
Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota; Rochester, Minnesota; Grand Forks,
North Dakota; St. Cloud, Minnesota; Minot, North Dakota; St.
Paul, Minnesota; Aberdeen, South Dakota; Willmar, Minnesota;
Rapid City, South Dakota; Bismarck, North Dakota; Sioux Falls,
South Dakota. |
|
| Apr
12, 1962 |
The
Minneapolis Division held an open house, which was attended by
431 people. Invitations had been extended to police officials,
judges, U.S. Attorneys, contacts and business associates of the
Special Agent in Charge (SAC), and relatives of employees. |
|
| Oct
1962 |
Richard
G. Held was designated SAC, Minneapolis. |

Richard G. Held, SAC |
|
| Nov
24, 1964 |
An
FBIHQ report shows that, during FY 1964, the Minneapolis Division
handled an average pending caseload of 1,185 criminal, 309 security,
and 374 applicant and other investigative matters with an average
of 70 SAs and 45 support employees assigned to the Division. |
|
| Apr
16, 1965 |
President
Lyndon B. Johnson declared 49 counties in Minnesota emergency
disaster areas due to rampaging flood waters from the Mississippi
and Minnesota Rivers. |
|
| May
6, 1965 |
Several
tornadoes struck the Minneapolis area that night causing 11 deaths,
numerous injuries, and considerable property damage. The Division's
Headquarters facility was not affected, and no Division employees
were injured, although the homes of several employees were damaged
extensively. |
|
| Dec
12, 1967 |
The
St. Paul Resident Agency (RA) moved from the Old Federal Courts
Building to Rooms 538-540 of the new Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, 316 Robert Street. |
|
| Jan
29, 1968 |
The
Federal Telecommunications System became operational in the Minneapolis
Division. |
| 1970s |
| Nov
5, 1970 |
The
Minneapolis Division was maintaining the following RAs: Duluth,
Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota; Rochester, Minnesota; Grand Forks,
North Dakota; St. Cloud, Minnesota; Minot, North Dakota; St.
Paul, Minnesota; Aberdeen, South Dakota; Willmar, Minnesota;
Rapid City, South Dakota; Bismarck, North Dakota; Sioux Falls,
South Dakota; Bemidji, Minnesota. |

Firearms Wall (circa 1970) |
|
| Dec
2, 1971 |
An
FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ) report shows that, in FY 1971, the Minneapolis
Division handled an average pending workload of 1,997 criminal,
650 security, and 161 applicant and other investigations with
an average of 91 Special Agents (SAs) and 57 support employees
assigned to the Division. |
|
| Mar
16, 1972 |
The
St. Paul Resident Agency (RA) had been closed, and the Agents
assigned to the RA returned to Headquarters City. |
|
| Jun
9, 1972 |
A
torrential rain of over 10 inches in the Black Hills vicinity
of Rapid City caused an 8-foot wall of water to descend on Rapid
City along Rapid Creek. This caused the dam at Canyon Lake on
the western edge of Rapid City to break, resulting in extensive
loss of life and damage to homes and businesses. As of 6/10/72,
105 persons were known to have been killed, and as many as 800
people were reported missing. Declared a disaster area by federal,
state, and local authorities, the area was without utilities
and the water supply was feared to have been contaminated. State
and local authorities requested the assistance of the FBI Disaster
Squad in identifying deceased victims of the flood. |
|
| Dec
4, 1972 |
FBIHQ
authorized the reopening of the St. Paul RA, which was to be
located in Room 670 of the Federal Courts Building, 316 Robert
Street. |
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Jul
27, 1972 |
Virginia Piper Abduction. Virginia Piper,
wife of investment banker Harry C. Piper Jr., was abducted from
her home in Orono by two masked gunmen. After paying a million
dollar ransom, believed to be the largest in U.S. history, she
was found alive 48 hours later, handcuffed and chained to a tree
in woods near Duluth. Two suspects were convicted in 1977, but
an appeals court overturned the verdict and the suspects were
acquitted on retrial. |
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Mrs. Piper is found unharmed
Husband pays $1-million ransom
by Bob Lundegaard,
Staff Writer
July 30, 1972
Star
Tribune
(Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota) |
Mrs. Harry C. Piper Jr was found unharmed,
but "dirty and rained on," chained to a tree in the
Fond du Lac State Forest area near Duluth, Minn., about noon
Saturday. A $1-million ransom was paid to her kidnappers Friday
night.
She was returned by airplane to her estate
in Orono yesterday afternoon. A family friend, C. Morgan Aldrich,
Jr. said "she is tired but otherwise there are no injuries."
Aldrich said the men who kidnaped the 49-year-old
wife of the board chairman of Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood on
Thursday afternoon first contacted the family at 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Piper himself delivered the ransom -- $1 million
in $20 bills -- at 11:25 p.m. Friday, Aldrich said. He refused
to say where the money was delivered or to give other details
of the kidnaping.
The $1 million in ransom was the largest ever
paid to kidnappers -- almost double the previous high of $600,000
delivered to the abductors of 6-year-old Bobby Greelease in 1953
in Missouri.
Richard G. Held, agent in charge of the Minneapolis
FBI office, said FBI agents found Mrs. Piper through an anonymous
call from a "third party" who had been contacted by
another anonymous caller.
He said she was found in a remote part of
the forest and "she appeared to have been there some time"
because she was "real dirty and "rained-on."
John Morrison, the husband of Mrs. Piper's
sister, said that Mrs. Piper "was chained to a tree on and
off for two days and a night in a heavily wooded wilderness"
where it was often "wet and rainy."
Held refused to say what leads the FBI had
on the identity of her abductors -- two masked men described
as "heavy-set and tough-looking." The men walked into
her home, tied up two housekeepers and fled in a car -- possibly
two cars -- shortly after noon Thursday.
Mrs. Piper was unavailable for comment on
her 48-hour ordeal, but Aldrich said there was no evidence that
she had been drugged. In a public plea broadcast yesterday, the
family had asked anyone seeing a "drugged or dazed"
silver-haired woman to contact the FBI.
Orono police Chief Ross said that a family
friend who is a doctor had seen her and reported that her health
was fine. Ross said she was wearing the same clothes she was
wearing when kidnaped -- bright plaid slacks, pinkish-green in
color, and a turtlenecked long-sleeved blouse of dark color with
a floral pattern.
Morrison said the family was "overjoyed
and relieved." The agreement with the kidnapers specified
that she was to be released yesterday morning.
Copyright 1972 Star Tribune.
Republished here with the permission of the Star Tribune.
No further republication or redistribution is permitted
without the express approval of the Star Tribune. |
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| Feb
1973 |
Joseph
J. Trimbach became the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Minneapolis. |

Joseph J. Trimbach, SAC |
|
| Nov
13, 1973 |
Plans
were being made to establish a Pierre RA in Rooms 368 and 368A
of the Pierre, South Dakota, Federal Building. |
|
| Dec
21, 1973 |
The
Wounded Knee trial of American Indian Movement leaders Russell
Means and Dennis Banks was scheduled to begin in St. Paul on
1/8/74. It was estimated that the trial would last from four
to six months. |
|
| Dec
24, 1974 |
An
FBIHQ report shows that, during FY 1974, the Minneapolis Division
was handling an average of 2,573 criminal, 1,160 security, and
141 applicant and other investigations with a staff comprised
of an average of 118 SAs and 71 support employees. |
|
| Jun
26, 1975 |
Leonard Peltier
Case / RESMURS. Special Agents Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams were
killed while attempting to serve arrest warrants for robbery and assault
with a dangerous weapon on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation in Pine
Ridge, South Dakota. |
 
Jack R. Coler / Ronald A. Williams
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here for more information and photos.
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| Jul
1975 |
William
A. Meinke was named SAC, Minneapolis. |
|
| Feb
27, 1976 |
Due to an increased
workload involving South Dakota Indian Reservations, FBIHQ authorized
the Minneapolis Division to establish a "mini" office
at Rapid City on a six-month trial basis. The staff would consist
of an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC), 25 SAs, and 11
support employees. |
|
| Sep
21, 1976 |
The SAC, Minneapolis,
proposed converting the Rapid City "mini" office, which
included the Pierre RA, into a field division covering North
and South Dakota. FBIHQ subsequently recommended that the "mini"
office be continued for an additional year and that the ASAC
assigned there be given the title of Inspector to reinforce to
other agencies his investigative authority over all of South
Dakota. |
|
| Nov
29, 1976 |
John
E. Otto reported to the Minneapolis Division as SAC. |

John E. Otto, SAC |
|
| Aug
25, 1977 |
Special
Agents Trenwith S. Basford and Mark A. Kirkland were killed in
northern Minnesota as the result of an airplane crash into Dewey
Lake. SA Basford was piloting his personally owned plane, which
had been approved for official use. The two Agents were assisting
Agents of the Duluth RA in conducting an aerial surveillance
when the crash occurred. At the time of his death, SA Basford
was 60 years old and had served over 35 years in the FBI. SA
Kirkland was 33 years of age. |
 
Trenwith S. Basford / Mark A. Kirkland |
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Two Minneapolis FBI Agents

killed on duty in airplane crash
by Tom Davies
Staff Writer
August 27, 1977.
Star
Tribune
(Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota)
"It was cold and very rainy, cloudy and
blowing," another FBI agent who had been in the area Thursday
said, "like a November rain that you expect to turn into
snow at any minute."
FBI agents Trenwith Basford and Mark Kirkland flew into that
weather Thursday afternoon in northern Minnesota. Basford, known
as a very conservative pilot, apparently tried to bring the plane
down on Dewey Lake, about six miles north of Chisholm.
On the third try, the plane's single engine
stalled and the Cessna 172 float plane turned over on its back
and crashed into the water about 50 feet from shore. Basford,
60, and Kirkland, 33, were killed instantly.
The agents, FBI spokesmen said Friday, were
on routine business at the time, helping Duluth authorities in
a number of cases. There is no indication of foul play, the spokesmen
said, just bad weather.
Basford had just celebrated his 35th year
with the FBI and faced mandatory retirement in December. Kirkland had
been an agent for five years and had worked as a clerk in the agency for
eight years before that.
Basford will be buried in Austin, Minn. Kirkland
will be buried in Centerville, Utah. Funerals for both will be
in the Minneapolis area on Monday -- Basford's at the Cathedral
Church of St. Mark, Kirkland's at the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints at Douglas Dr. and 28th Av. N.
As agents, both men had been involved with
major FBI cases in the area during their time here -- Basford
since 1956 and Kirkland since 1973. Both had worked on the Piper
kidnaping case, the siege of Wounded Knee, S.D., in 1973 and
the murder of two FBI agents in Oglala, S.D., in 1975.
The plane the agents were in Thursday belonged
to Basford, who used it to fly to his island home on a Canadian
lake, FBI official Art Sullivan said Basford often used the plane on FBI
business, and during the Wounded Knee occupation had operated a ferry
service for agents from Pine Ridge to Wounded Knee.
"Basford was a very conservative pilot,"
Sullivan said. "Not given to taking any chances. Apparently
he didn't like the weather and decided to bring the plane down."
Federal Aviation Agency officials said it
appeared that Basford was trying to reach Sturgeon Lake, about
15 miles north of Chisholm, but decided to try to land in the
smaller Dewey Lake. St. Louis County sheriff's officers recovered
the agent's bodies, still strapped in their seats, about 8 p.m.
Thursday. Basford had joined the FBI in 1942 and "worked
his entire career in what we call criminal matters, no security
cases," Sullivan said. A graduate of the University of Minnesota
law school, Basford had recently been working on the FBI's policies
regarding the Freedom of Information Act.
"He was a very mature agent," Sullivan
said. "You could picture him in a board room in New York
-- but he chose the FBI."
Basford was raised in south Minneapolis, Sullivan
said. Before coming to Minneapolis as an agent in 1956 he had
also worked for the FBI in Newark, Baltimore, and New York City.
Kirkland was born in California, where he
joined the FBI as a clerk in 1964. For the next eight years he
worked as a clerk and finished his college education. In 1972
he became an agent, serving in Oklahoma City before coming to
Minneapolis.
Sullivan said both men's families should be
well taken care of with an agents' fund that will pay both families
$20,000 and insurance claims -- doubled because of accidental
death -- that should be worth far more than that.
Basford is survived by his wife, Letitia,
and two grown sons. Kirkland is survived by his wife, Julia,
and their two sons, ages 1 and 2. Kirkland also has a daughter
by a previous marriage.
It wasn't clear yesterday if FBI Director
Clarence Kelley would attend the agents' funerals. He had attended
the funerals of Agents Ron Williams and Jack Coler, killed in
June 1975 in Oglala.
Williams and Coler also were based in the
Minneapolis office. The deaths of Basford and Kirkland mean that
the last four FBI agents to be killed in the line of duty were
based here.
Copyright 1972 Star Tribune.
Republished here with the permission of the Star Tribune.
No further republication or redistribution is permitted
without the express approval of the Star Tribune. |
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| Mar
1978 |
David A. Brumble
was appointed SAC, Minneapolis. |
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|
May 18, 1978 |
The SAC, Minneapolis,
recommended that the "mini" office at Rapid City, South
Dakota, be again designated as an RA. FBIHQ approved that recommendation
on 7/3/78. |
|
| Jul
1978 |
The Minneapolis
Division was maintaining the following RAs: Duluth, Minnesota;
Fargo, North Dakota; Rochester, Minnesota; Grand Forks, North
Dakota; St. Cloud, Minnesota; Minot, North Dakota; St. Paul,
Minnesota; Aberdeen, South Dakota; Willmar, Minnesota; Rapid
City, South Dakota; Bismarck, North Dakota; Sioux Falls, South
Dakota; Bemidji, Minnesota; Pierre, South Dakota. |
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| Jul
1979 |
T. M. Gardner began
serving as SAC, Minneapolis. |
| 1980s |
| Jan
19, 1980 |
FBI Headquarters
(FBIHQ) had authorized the Minneapolis Division to relocate and
expand its Headquarters facility on the third floor of the Federal
Building, 110 South Fourth Street. |
|
| Nov
1980 |
Richard
H. Blay was designated Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Minneapolis. |

Richard H. Blay, SAC |
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| Aug
1985 |
Lawrence
G. Lawler became the SAC, Minneapolis. |

Lawrence G. Lawler, SAC |
|
| Feb
18, 1986 |
Authorization had
been granted to reopen the previously closed St. Cloud Resident
Agency (RA). |
|
| Nov
13, 1987 |
FBIHQ authorized
the Minneapolis Division to close the Willmar RA and open a new
RA in Mankato, Minnesota. The Willmar RA was closed on 4/28/88. |
|
| Jul
1988 |
Jeffrey
J. Jamar was named SAC, Minneapolis. |

Jeffery J. Jamar, SAC |
| 1990s |
| Mar
31, 1991 |
The Minneapolis
Division had recently relocated from the Federal Building to
commercial space in Suite 1100, 111 Washington Avenue South. |
|
| Dec
1991 |
Nicholas
V. O'Hara became the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Minneapolis. |

Nicholas V. O'Hara, SAC |
|
| Jun
4, 1992 |
The Minneapolis
Division established the Minnesota Fugitive Task Force (MFTF)
under the auspices of the FBI's Safe Streets Program. This interagency
joint task force was staffed with investigators representing
all major Minneapolis metropolitan area law enforcement agencies.
During its first year of inception, the task force was responsible
for the arrest and/or location of over 300 violent fugitives.
By April of 2003, the MFTF was responsible for arresting and
locating over 1750 fugitives. |
|
| Apr
1994 |
Herbert
L. Collins, Jr., was designated SAC. |

Herbert L. Collins, Jr., SAC |
|
| Oct
1995 |
Roger
H. Wheeler began serving as SAC. |

Roger H. Wheeler, SAC |
|
| Jun
12, 1997 |
Andrew
Phillip Cunanan. "Spree-killer" Andrew Phillip Cunanan
was named to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List" after
being suspected of murdering four men-- two in the Twin Cities
area, one in Chicago, and one in Pennsville, New Jersey. Andrew
Cunanan was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot on 7/23/97
after law enforcement authorities closed in on him hiding in
a Miami houseboat. A few days prior, Cunanan was believed to
have shot and killed his fifth victim, fashion designer Gianni
Versaci. |
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|
| Oct
14, 1997 |
6-0-
Tre Crips Arson. 21 people involved with the drug distribution
ring run by the "6-0-Tre Crips" street gang in St.
Paul were arrested and/or charged. On 8/5/98 five key members
of the gang were convicted of racketeering charges involving
not only large-scale drug trafficking but also six murders including
the 1994 arson murders of the five children of the Coppage family,
ages 2 to 11. Five young children of the Coppage family died
in a fire on February 28, 1994, on St. Paul's East side. This
fire was set by members of the older brother's gang which mistakenly
believed the brother had broken the gang's code of silence. |

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|
| Oct
18, 1997 |
Minneapolis
Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Michael Waldner died
of an apparent heart attack while temporarily assigned to assist
with the inspection of the Miami Division. |

Michael Waldner, ASAC |
|
| Aug
16, 1999 |
Deputy
Assistant Director Douglas J. Domin is transferred from the Criminal
Justice Information Services Division in West Virginia to the
Minneapolis Office as the new SAC. |

Douglas J. Domin, SAC |
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| Oct
13, 1999 |
Kyle Kenneth Bell
escaped from a prison transport bus in New Mexico while being
moved to a maximum security prison in Oregon. Bell had been convicted
about two months prior to this escape of killing 11 year old
Jeanna North in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1993, and he was also
serving a 30 year prior sentence for molesting two other young
girls. Eighty-eight days later, on January 9, 2000, after following
up on hundreds of leads, law enforcement authorities, including
the FBI, recaptured Kyle Bell at an apartment in Dallas. He had
been recognized by a viewer of "America's Most Wanted"
and became the 596th person to be caught through the television
program. |
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| Oct
25, 1999 |
Members of the Minneapolis
Division's Evidence Response Team responded to the scene of the
crash of a Lear jet which resulted in the deaths of professional
golfer Payne Stewart and five other passengers. The actual site
was a pasture located a few miles to the east of Mina, North
Dakota, (near Aberdeen, South Dakota). The team worked for several
days under the direction of a forensic specialist from the National
Transportation Safety Board assisting with the recovery and identification
of human remains, personal effects and jet parts. |
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| November
1999 |
The Minneapolis
Division had approximately 1400 pending investigations assigned.
It is noted that the investigations ranged over 300 classifications
that were representative of the FBI's wide investigative jurisdiction.
The Division's personnel consisted of about 115 Special Agents
and 80 other FBI employees. |
| 2000s |
| May, 2000 |
The
SAC of the Minneapolis Division released a report accounting for
Native American deaths on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,
South Dakota.
Click here to view the report. |
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| Aug
26, 2000 |
A Dakota,
Minnesota and Eastern Railroad train consisting of four locomotives
and fifty five cars loaded with grain, was diverted to a side
track and plowed into parked rail cars near Brookings, South
Dakota, killing the train's conductor and seriously injuring
the train engineer. Three days later, 20 year old Andrew Goltz
was arrested by the FBI and charged with willful derailment or
damage to a train involved in interstate commerce. |
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|
| Nov
2000 |
The Minneapolis
Division has approximately 1400 pending investigations assigned.
It is noted that the investigations range over 300 classifications
that are representative of the FBI's wide investigative jurisdiction.
The Division's personnel consists of about 115 Special Agents
and 80 other FBI employees. |
|
| Mar
17, 2001 |
Hopeton
Eric Brown. On March 17, 2001, Hopeton Eric Brown was placed
on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list. Brown
was sought for his involvement in drug-related activities,
as well as for the murder of a man and the attempted murder of
a woman in Minnesota in 1997. Jamaican authorities also charged Brown with
two other murders committed in
January, 2001, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Hopeton Eric Brown was
the 462nd person to be placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted"
list and the 7th fugitive wanted by Minneapolis to make the list.
He was profiled twice on Fox TV's America's
Most Wanted. |
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|
| Dec
3, 2001 |
D.
Strebel Pierce began serving as SAC of the Minneapolis Division. |

D. Strebel Pierce, SAC |
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