Six years after a new law made wage theft a felony in Minnesota, our state has its first wage theft conviction.

Frederick Leon Newell will be sentenced in June for stealing $35,000 dollars from five workers he employed as a painting contractor for a Minneapolis affordable housing development.

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    9 months ago

    I’d wager any amount that this clown probably hates “illegal immigrants” and wants to be “tough on crime”.