So. St. Paul man gets 20 years for attempted murder of 2 So. St. Paul Peace Officers

January 7, 2020

Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom announced that Dustin Allen Bilderback, age 34 of South St. Paul, was sentenced today by Judge Karen Asphaug to a total of 240 months in custody in connection with the shooting of two South St. Paul police officers on July 19, 2018. This was the maximum sentence allowed by the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines. Bilderback pled guilty October 14, 2019 to two counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree. The additional two counts of Intentional Attempted Murder in the Second Degree were dismissed.

Read the full press release: BilderbackDustin Sentenced

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