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A St. Paul man is accused of breaking into a home and raping a 14-year-old who was in bed.

Miguel Huerta, 47, was charged in Ramsey County District Court Tuesday with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree burglary. Prosecutors say that around 3:30 a.m. Monday, Huerta entered a St. Paul home through a door that wouldn't lock properly and raped a 14-year-old who had been sleeping in the living room.

The victim, according to the charges, said she woke up, saw a man she didn't recognize, but believed it was a friend of a family member — only for Huerta to grab her legs, pull her toward him and sexually assault her.

The teen's mother and her mother's boyfriend then came into the room and noticed Huerta hiding under the blankets, the charges state, at which point her mother hit Huerta and yelled at him. The victim's uncle had also just gotten home and said he saw a naked man in bed with his niece, so pulled the man away and punched him, according to the complaint.

Huerta ran off, and police were able to track him via footprints in the snow. They found him wearing nothing but sweatpants, lying under a pine tree in a backyard about five blocks away, the charges allege.

In an interview with police, Huerta admitted to the sexual assault but said he didn't know the victim was a girl because the lights were off, the charges allege.

The family said it does not know Huerta.

Huerta has two additional active criminal cases against him, neither of them for violent offenses.

He'd been arrested Feb. 3 in connection with a St. Paul auto theft, for which he was charged a few days later with receiving stolen property. He'd been released from Ramsey County Jail on his own recognizance on Feb. 4 in connection with that case.

And on Aug. 5, 2019, Huerta was charged with first-degree burglary and theft of a motor vehicle tied to two incidents in Shoreview. In one, he's said to have broken into an occupied home, stole some items, then left when he realized someone was there. He's also accused of stealing a restaurant owner's car. Huerta has made various court appearances since then, but in January of 2020 was found incompetent — meaning the case couldn't progress until the court found him competent to proceed.

He missed a hearing in December of 2021 and was arrested on a warrant on Jan. 6, 2022. That same day, the court ordered another competency examination, but did not find "the requisite need for [his] confinement" during the exam. Huerta was released from Ramsey County Jail that day, with conditions, including that he remain law-abiding and stay in touch with supervisors.

Huerta was arrested Feb. 14 in connection with the rape allegations, and remains in jail as of Feb. 17. The court has again ordered a competency examination, though signaled he needs to remain confined in the meantime.

Huerta's next hearing is set for April 6.

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A man authorities say was trying to steal a bottle of vodka from a St. Paul liquor store now faces criminal charges, and is accused of fatally shooting a customer that tried to stop him.

Trinis Derrell Edwards, 49, of St. Paul, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection to the killing of 44-year-old Kenneth L. Davis Jr. at Big Discount Liquor on Dec. 27, 2021.

Charges say Davis was trying to stop Edwards from stealing a bottle of vodka from the liquor store and they got into a fight, which continued outside. During the altercation, Davis dropped his gun but Edwards grabbed it and shot Davis twice, prosecutors say.

Edwards made his first court appearance Tuesday morning.

The charges
According to the criminal complaint:

At 9:50 p.m. on Dec. 27, 2021, police responded to Big Discount Liquor, 945 Rice St., to find people providing aid to Davis as he lay on the ground in the parking lot of the strip mall.

Davis had been shot in the chest and was taken to the hospital, where he died at 2:25 a.m. on Dec. 28, 2021. The medical examiner ruled he died of a exsanguination due to distant gunshot wound to the abdomen.

A liquor store employee said the shooter, later identified as Edwards, took liquor from the store and Davis was trying to stop him. Another employee said Davis was a reqular customer who was protective of the store, and the shooter had been in the store but didn't have enough money to pay for his purchase.

Davis confronted the shooter about concealing a bottle of vodka without paying for it, an employee said, and he took the stolen bottle from Edwards.

Edwards said he had a gun and he began to dig in his backpack. Davis then said he had a "license" and briefly displayed a handgun.

Edwards took a swing at Davis and they tussled out the door. The struggle continued outside and Davis' gun fell to the ground after Edwards pushed him. Then, Edwards picked up the gun and shot Davis twice.

A store employee yelled everything was on camera and Edwards fled on foot.

A woman who had been with Edwards at the liquor store but fled at the start of the altercation told police she was homeless and had been drinking when she met Edwards. They went on the search for more alcohol, getting on a bus and heading to Big Discount Liquor.

Police identified the shooter as Edwards. And surveillance video from the store showed Davis try to get Edwards to leave the store multiple times, and then Edwards digging in his backpack. Davis then briefly displayed his gun.

Edwards and Davis then went to the sidewalk outside the store, where Edwards appears to threaten Davis with pepper spray, video showed. They then got into a heated exchange and Edwards grabbed Davis' shoulders. Davis tried to take his gun out of his jacket while wrestling with Edwards, but the gun fell to the ground.

When Davis reached for the gun, Edwards pushed Davis away and into the parking lot. Edwards then picked up the gun. Davis moved toward Edwards and Edwards shot him twice, the video showed.

Edwards was staying at the Motel 6 on 1739 Old Hudson Road in St. Paul with his girlfriend (not the same woman who was with him at the liquor store). Police went to search the room and the girlfriend followed officers' instructions and left the room while Edwards barricaded himself in the bathroom. Police forced the door open and deployed pepperballs to take him into custody.

He was booked into jail at 10:51 p.m. on Jan. 1, jail records show.

Police recovered the backpack Edwards had in the liquor store, as well as two empty Taaka Vodka bottles from the hotel room.

The girlfriend told police they met about five years ago and had been engaged at one point. Edwards went to prison for assaulting her but then talked his way back into her life. They moved to Florida together but her sons flew her back to Minnesota because Edwards continued to assault her.

In August 2021, the girlfriend flew Edwards back to Minnesota after he became homeless. They continued their relationship upon his return to Minnesota.

She identified Edwards in photos from the liquor store and said he told her he'd shot someone in self defense. She said she thought Edwards was bluffing about the shooting until she saw an article about the shooting.

On Dec. 31, 2021, Edwards went to his girlfriend's apartment and they took a Lyft to the Motel 6. Edwards got drunk and said, "I don't know why you want to be around a murderer." He also said he didn't want to go back to prison and said he spoke of suicide by cop.

Edwards declined to speak to police. His criminal history includes 14 prior felony convictions dating back to 1991.

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A St. Paul man has been charged with the rape of a woman he'd just met in St. Paul last May.

The 28-year-old named President Pimpin Austin has been charged with 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct over the assault that left his alleged victim in hospital.

The victim told police she'd met Austin, who introduced himself as "Chris Page" on May 30, and while they were parked in her car in the area of Reaney and Johnson Parkway, he grabbed her car keys from the ignition and her cellphone.

He then punched her in the face multiple times, causing her to lose consciousness. She told police that he then forced her in the back seat of the car and proceeded to rape her.

Austin was arrested five days later, originally providing the same false name of Chris Page.

He asked to speak to an attorney, prompting the interview to be terminated. He was later identified by the victim during a lineup.

A sperm sample taken from the victim during a sexual assault test provided a DNA match with Austin.

Austin has a criminal history including criminal damage, malicious punishment of a child, and domestic assault.

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