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Company Suspends Man Charged With Slapping Mpls. Toddler
ATLANTA (AP) — The employer of a 60-year-old Idaho executive says it has suspended the man after authorities charged him with slapping a 2-year-old boy aboard a flight to Atlanta. The parent company of...
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Charges: Man Threatens To Shoot Woman With Crossbow
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – A 44-year-old St. Cloud man assaulted and threatened to shoot a woman with a crossbow, and after a search warrant of his home, he was arrested for both assault and possession...
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Mother Recounts Racial, Physical Assault Of Son On Plane
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Sixty-year-old Joe Rickey Hundley used a racial slur and then slapped a Minneapolis toddler on a Delta flight from Minneapolis to Atlanta on Feb. 8. From the time Jessica Bennett...
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Authorities Investigate Hibbing Jail Suicide
HIBBING, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the suicide of an inmate at the St. Louis County jail in Hibbing. A news release from the sheriff’s office says 30-year-old Shane Ervin Fischer, of...
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Man Charged With Slapping Toddler May Be Out Of Job
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight appears to be out of a job. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Saturday that AGC Aerospace and Defense...
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St. Paul Police: Cop Who Died On Duty Had Heart Attack
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The St. Paul Police Department is releasing more information on the death of one of its officers. Officer Josh Lynaugh, a five-year veteran of the department, died...
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Attorney: Family Of Boy Slapped Suffered ‘A Hate Crime’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A business executive charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is now out of a job. AGC Aerospace and Defense had suspended 60-year-old Joe Rickey...
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2 Minn. Women Charged In Connection With 2007 Wis. Death
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Two Minnesota women and one Wisconsin woman have been charged in connection with a 2007 shooting death in eastern Wisconsin. Thirty-year-old Lara Plamann was shot in the head in a...
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Organized Crime Causes Spike In Car Insurance Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Mark Kulda of the Insurance Federation of Minnesota says anyone involved in even a slight car accident could be at risk for insurance fraud. “You might be driving down the street...
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Gun Control Supporters Rally Outside Capitol
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — Supporters of stricter gun control laws rallied Monday afternoon at the Minnesota State Capitol, urging the Minnesota legislature to pass all the bills that are before them. In what...
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Sauk Rapids Mayor Arrested For DWI
SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. (WCCO) – The mayor of Sauk Rapids was arrested Sunday for driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages. Sauk Rapids Police responded to a report at approximately 2:50 p.m. of a...
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Sentence Upheld For Minn. Woman In FBI Threat Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a Minnesota woman’s 15-year sentence for threatening to kill two law enforcement officers. Kim Rolene Hutterer pleaded guilty in July 2011 to...
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Man Gets 14 Years In Prison For 2011 Gas Station Robbery
CHASKA, Minn. (WCCO) – A Blaine man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for robbing a gas station in Mayer at gunpoint and injuring a store clerk in 2011. The sentencing was nearly twice the...
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Man Indicted In Shooting Death, Dismemberment Of Wife
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The 35-year-old man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a White Bear Lake garage has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder, after an indictment was...
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Authorities Looking For Rush City Bank Robber
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) –Authorities are looking for a man after he allegedly robbed a bank in Rush City, Minn., Tuesday afternoon. The Chisago County Sheriff’s Office said a man robbed the Northwoods Bank...
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Officials Address Tensions Following High School Brawl
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Five days after a racially charged brawl between hundreds of students at Minneapolis South High School, parents and community leaders are expressing concerns that not enough is...
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Man Appears In Court In Airplane Toddler Slap Case
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight has made an initial appearance in federal court. Joe Rickey Hundley surrendered to federal...
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Suit Alleges Minn. Police Violated Woman’s Rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit accuses Gaylord police, the Sibley County sheriff’s office and others of violating a woman’s constitutional rights when she was detained last year. The American...
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Charges: Man Says Dream Led Him To Call 911
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 56-year-old Apple Valley man told police that events in a dream led him to call 911 last week, reporting his wallet, phone and pistol were missing, authorities say. What officers...
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Police Investigate Man’s False Diaper Calls To Day Cares
GAYLORD, Minn. (WCCO) – Some Twin Cities day care providers are paying close attention to who’s calling them these days. A man on the other end has been asking a lot of questions about the kids being...
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