Case builds against videotaped thugs attacking pedestrians

Categories: Crime

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Remember the thugs who had the bad sense to not only make a video of their recent string of assaults through the Twin Cities, but to list their names on the video and then post it to YouTube? St. Paul Police Sgt. Paul Schnell says that forensics specialists are almost done with their examination of laptops and cameras taken in relation to the case from a home in St. Paul. Once the forensics report is finished, police will present their case to prosecutors. That could happen in a week or two, he says.

Police say they have identified all eight people seen in the video. Two people have already been arrested in the case. One of them is already on probation for robbery.

Here's that video again:


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