...needed to hire 10 additional guards. Meanwhile, Stearns County Attorney Roger Van Heel said his office will ask an outside prosecutor to review the case and decide whether to charge Maxwell. Maxwell, 24, was sentenced earlier this month to life...

...deputies last month. The case was forwarded to the Ham Lake city attorney's office. The case was assigned to an outside prosecutor about two weeks ago to avoid a conflict of interest, said Ham Lake City Attorney Bill Dorn. Inspector Scott Bechthold...