HUDSON, Wis. – A Minnesota man arrested for stabbing a teenager to death and injuring four others was charged with murder in St. Croix County Court. Bail for Nicolae Miu, 52, of Prior Lake, was set at $1 million. Miu’s attorney suggested $50,000, noting Miu was a professional person and not a flight risk and had no criminal record. Judge Michael Waterman was unmoved and sent Miu back to his cell at the county jail. If Miu posts the $1 million bail, he is barred from possessing dangerous weapons until court proceedings are over — plus maintaining absolute sobriety and being restricted from a half-mile from each victims’ homes.
Miu. Charges: One count of first-degree intentional homicide and four counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Conviction in Wisconsin means life in prison.
Miu profile
Miu, who is Nic to his friends, is a design engineer with the global refrigeration tool manufacturer Ritchie. The company uses the brand name Yellow Jacket. Miu worked at Richie’s in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from South Dakota State University. His home, near Minneapolis in suburban Prior Lake, is 60 miles from the site of the stabbings on the Apple River in Wisconsin.