The Anoka County Attorney’s Office is pleased to welcome retired Judge Jenny Walker Jasper as the new chief of the office’s Criminal Division. Walker Jasper was sworn into her new role by County Attorney Brad Johnson Feb. 9.

“I am grateful that Jenny has joined our office,” Johnson said. “She has a breadth and depth of experience and leadership, both as attorney and judge, that few can bring to this role. Her wealth of knowledge and connections have already benefited the important work of our office and the county.”

Walker Jasper joins the Anoka County Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in the wake of an extraordinarily busy and successful year of high-profile murder trials, all resulting in convictions by juries. In addition to the office’s day-to-day felony prosecutions, the Criminal Division recently tried three defendants in a triple murder in Coon Rapids, and each received life sentences without the possibility of parole. In addition, the office’s prosecution teams tried three other murder cases, including a domestic-violence murder in Fridley, a 3rd degree murder in Anoka committed by a fentanyl dealer, and the murder of a vulnerable adult by a caretaker in Ramsey –– a big lift for any law office.

“I am so excited to join the amazing attorneys and staff at the Anoka County Attorney’s Office,” Walker Jasper said. “I hope I can bring a helpful perspective to the office and its pursuit of justice for the citizens of Anoka County.”