A Minneapolis man already facing criminal sexual conduct and robbery charges is now charged in a separate Ramsey County case alleging he tried to pay a victim to avoid testifying.
Dalvin Jarrell Crockett, 24, is charged with felony bribery for allegedly arranging and directing an effort to influence a witness connected to his pending sexual assault case.
Court records show Crockett was already charged in Ramsey County with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree aggravated robbery stemming from a Feb. 8, 2024 incident at a hotel on the 1900 block of University Avenue West in Saint Paul. In that case, investigators say a woman reported she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint after arranging to meet Crockett. Authorities allege he was armed, threatened her with a firearm and later took property from the victim before leaving…