AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty spent over $500,000 on private security while dismissing Minneapolis crime fears
Minneapolis's top prosecutor has billed taxpayers more than half a million dollars for personal bodyguards since late 2023, even as she publicly accused residents worried about rising crime of "fear mongering." Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, 62, began receiving private security from a firm called Relative Intel, LLC in November 2023, less than a year […] The post Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty spent over $500,000 on private security while dismissing Minneapolis crime fears appeared first on American Almanac .
Minneapolis's top prosecutor has billed taxpayers more than half a million dollars for personal bodyguards since late 2023, even as she publicly accused residents worried about rising crime of "fear mongering." Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, 62, began receiving private security from a firm called Relative Intel, LLC in November 2023, less than a year after she took office. Supplier payment records obtained by Alpha News and reported by the Daily Mail show the county paid the firm a total of $513,223 through August 28, 2026, a figure roughly $88,000 higher than the $425,000 the county itself has acknowledged spending on Moriarty's detail. No one in county government has publicly explained what specific threats justified the…Open