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The drunken unlicensed driver admitted to accelerating into the group
An intoxicated St. Paul man who drove into a crowd of Uptown protesters in June 2021, killing a Minneapolis woman, pleaded guilty Monday to unintentional murder and assault charges just as his case was set to go to trial.
Nicholas Kraus, 36, was charged with intentional second-degree murder in connection with the crash that killed 31-year-old Deona Knajdek and injured three others in a crowd decrying the recent fatal shooting of Winston Boogie Smith Jr. by U.S. marshals.
As part of a plea deal, prosecutor Dan Allard said, the second-degree murder charge was amended to unintentional. Kraus also pleaded guilty to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon for injuring another protester, but a second assault count for injuring another protester was dropped. He will be sentenced Nov. 23.
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