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Miami Herald
29-04-2025
- Miami Herald
Convicted kidnapper jumps off bridge, tries to carjack driver and dies, TX cops say
A Minnesota man recently convicted of kidnapping fled to Texas, jumped off a bridge, then tried to carjack a good Samaritan before dying, police said. David Powers, 37, was found guilty on April 22 of kidnapping, assault and criminal sexual conduct against his girlfriend at her suburban Minneapolis apartment in 2023, court records show. Police showed up to the woman's apartment after she didn't show up to work, which worried her boss, according to a probable cause statement. Officers saw her 'frantically trying to open an upper-level window' until a 'large male' appeared behind her and pulled her out of view. Police entered the apartment and saw much of the woman's furniture and belongings had been cut up or burned, and she was covered in bruises and scrapes, documents read. Her voice was hoarse, and she said Powers had 'snapped' the day before and started holding her captive, choking her multiple times, sexually assaulting her, and demanding that she show him more respect and to 'love him more.' When the verdict was announced, Powers didn't show up to court, records show. 'I gave my closing argument without anyone next to me. Which in 27 years, I've never done before,' Bruce Rivers, Power's attorney, told WOAI. 'He got convicted of all counts, including aggravated accounts.' The following day, April 23, police in San Antonio — a roughly 1,200-mile drive southwest from Minneapolis — responded to a call about an apparent suicide in progress, a news release said. A man, later identified as Powers, jumped off a bridge and landed on a highway below, police said. Then he got back up and started walking on the highway while trying to flag down passing vehicles. When someone did pull over to help, Powers attacked them and tried to steal their vehicle, police said. Officers arrived at the scene and took him into custody. Powers was taken to a hospital where he died from injuries, police said, adding that an investigation is underway.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Yahoo
Convicted rapist who cut off GPS tracker and fled Minnesota found dead in Texas
A Minnesota man who cut off his GPS tracker and fled before his criminal sexual conduct trial concluded in Washington County District Court died Wednesday night in Texas, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. David Powers, 37, of New Auburn, Minn., reportedly jumped off an overpass onto a highway in San Antonio and then assaulted someone who stopped to help. He later died at a hospital in San Antonio, police said. Officers there responded to a report of a 'suicide in progress' at 10:19 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of Northeast Loop 410, according to a preliminary report from the San Antonio Police Department. Witnesses told police they saw a man jump off a bridge near Jones Maltsberger Road and land on the westbound lanes of Loop 410, according to the report. He was then seen walking along the highway, attempting to get vehicles to stop, police said. 'A citizen stopped his vehicle to assist, when the male suspect pulled the citizen out of his vehicle and began assaulting the citizen, attempting to take the citizen's vehicle,' the report states. Officers arrived and detained the man. He was later taken by EMS to the hospital, where he succumbed to injuries and was pronounced dead, the report states. Washington County officials received confirmation on Friday morning from Texas authorities that the man who died was Powers, said Chief Deputy Doug Anschutz. Powers did not show up to be cross-examined by Washington County prosecutors near the end of his five-day criminal trial on Monday, and Washington County District Court Judge Helen Brosnahan issued a bench warrant for Powers' arrest. On Tuesday afternoon, a Washington County jury found Powers guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping and domestic assault by strangulation. Powers, who was out on bail, reportedly cut off his GPS ankle monitor, which had been a condition of his bail, police said. Powers, who also is known as David Robekevich, was charged in 2023 with beating and raping a Lake Elmo woman while holding her against her will in her home for more than 24 hours. Scott Hildebrand tapped to be Birchwood Village city administrator Arrest warrant issued for man who skipped end of Lake Elmo rape trial Forest Lake newspaper will now be based in Stillwater Woodbury duplex destroyed in fire A Scandia pastor overcame addiction. Now he confronts the stigma in a podcast aimed at faith communities.
