Federal law enforcement officers in Twin Cities Thursday for "court-authorized investigative activity," FBI says
By Katherine Langford
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The people who were busted after breaking into Minneapolis' Basilica of St. Mary on Saturday were likely "urban exploring."A city leader worries that urban exploration is a troubling trend that's getting worse.Days after police arrested seven people, three teenagers and four minors, for allegedly breaking into the religious landmark, images posted to TikTok hint at why they could have been there. On Tuesday, Minneapolis police said in a written statement, "Urban exploration is dangerous and illegal" and that "their release doesn't mean the case is closed." Meanwhile, urban exploration continues to plague police across the Metro. In August, an 18-year-old was critically hurt after falling 20 stories from a decommissioned grain elevator in south Minneapolis. Earlier this month, four teenagers were accused of breaking into a closed conference center in Chaska, Minnesota. Also this month, a suspected urban explorer broke a pipe and caused more than $100,000 in water damage to a downtown