By Nancy Huddleston

Jurors in the Craigslist murder trial will begin deliberating Tuesday morning after closing arguments are made.

By Nancy Huddleston

The jury in the Craigslist murder trial will begin deliberating Tuesday morning after closing arguments are made.

After calling several law enforcement experts today, the prosecution rested its case just after the noon lunch break. Ten minutes later, the defense rested its case, too, but not until Michael John Anderson answered some questions from his defense attorney.

By Laurie Hartmann

Judge Mary Theisen advised jurors in the Craigslist murder trial that they could expect to start deliberations sometime mid-week.

Michael John Anderson, 20, of Savage, is facing first- and second-degree murder charges in the death of Katherine Ann Olson, 24, of Cottage Grove. He is accused of placing a Craigslist Web ad for a babysitter, posing as a woman named Amy to lure Olson to his parents’ home in downtown Savage and killing her by shooting her in the back.

By Nancy Huddleston

The routine of the Craigslist murder trial was interrupted Tuesday morning when a member of the victim’s family held up a picture of her while the jury was reading e-mails and attorneys were conferring with the judge at her desk.

Rolf Olson held up one of four pictures of his daughter, Katherine Olson, that family members had facing them in 5-by-7-inch frames, which prompted Judge Mary Theisen to say, “Sir, put that down.”

By Nancy Huddleston

During opening arguments in his first-degree murder trial on Monday, Michael John Anderson’s attorney described him as “a dumb kid” who lured Katherine Ann Olson to his parents’ home with “sexual intent, not murderous intent.”

By Nancy Huddleston

Attorneys reached the magic number of 15 jurors this morning in the Craigslist murder trial. Opening arguments will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Michael John Anderson, 20, of Savage faces first- and second-degree murder charges in the death of Katherine Ann Olson, 24, of Cottage Grove. He is accused of placing a Craigslist Web ad for a babysitter, posing as a woman named “Amy” to lure Olson to his parents’ home in downtown Savage and killing her by shooting her in the back.

Paul AndrescikFormer Carver City Councilor Paul Andrescik will spend 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic assault.

According to a press release from the Carver County Attorney's Office, the 44-year-old entered his guilty plea for an assault on an adult woman that occurred in Carver on Sept. 6, 2008.

Gary Eugene Drummond, 37, was sentenced for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2006, according to a press release from Carver County Attorney Jim Keeler.

Drummond, formerly of Chaska, pled guilty to second-degree criminal sexual conduct for sexually assaulting the girl while he was acting as her caretaker or guardian. Drummond was the boyfriend of the victim’s mother at the time of the assault.

Convicted sex offender Eugene Alfred Kes, 63, of Chaska, was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for violating the terms of his probation, according to a press release from Carver County Attorney Jim Keeler.

In 1999, Kes was convicted of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Kes was sentenced to four years in prison. The judge also stayed a 172-month prison sentence and placed Kes on probation for 30 years, on the condition that he successfully complete sex offender treatment, in addition to other conditions.

By Nancy Huddleston