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08/04/2024

Million volts help power latest Craigslist robbery

Star Tribune

Two men have been charged with the metro area's latest Craigslist robbery, and this one carried a stunning twist: The robbers allegedly used a 1 million volt stun gun to shock their victim early Sunday

Criminal complaints against two men, who appeared in court Tuesday, say they robbed a man who had advertised a laptop for sale on the popular site for online classifieds.

This victim survived, but other Minnesotans have been slain in recent years responding to Craigslist ads, including a 19-year-old Hamline student shot to death in August as he tried to buy an iPhone on St. Paul's East Side.

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