Article: Ramsey man is found guilty of 2nd-degree murder.(NEWS)

Byline: Chao Xiong; Jim Adams; Staff Writers

An Anoka County jury found a Ramsey man guilty Wednesday evening of fatally shooting a man as he made a sandwich in his kitchen.

Joshua A. Krueth, 22, was convicted of second-degree murder in Anoka County District Court in the death of Lawrence Plessel, 60, also of Ramsey, on Sept. 4, 2004. Plessel's longtime girlfriend found him in a pool of blood. He had been shot in the chest through the kitchen window.

Prosecutor Robert Goodell has said there was evidence that Krueth had been using methamphetamine.

His first trial was ruled a mistrial for reasons that were sealed by a judge. It coincided ...

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