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Judge: Schaffhausen Must Undergo 2 Psychiatric Examinations
HUDSON, Wis. (WCCO) – A judge has ordered a Wisconsin man accused of killing his three young daughters to undergo two separate psychiatric examinations prior to the beginning of his trial. Aaron...
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8-Month-Old Boy Abducted, Police Search For Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An Amber Alert has been issued for an 8-month-old boy allegedly abducted from the city’s southeast end. Police said the boy was believed to be abducted around 11:55 a.m. Wednesday...
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Woman Gets 120 Days In Jail For Smothering Baby
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A Litchfield woman was sentenced to 120 days in jail Wednesday after being accused of trying to smother her infant son by pinching his nose shut. Twenty-four-year-old Katie...
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Auditor Says Minn. Police’s Data Use Has Problems
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Eighty-eight law enforcement officials improperly looked up Minnesotans’ driver’s license information in the last year, according to a statewide audit Wednesday that called for...
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Still Wondering How You Got That Cellular Amber Alert?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – In addition to signs on the highway and alerts on radio and TV, you may have been one of thousands notified of the Amber Alert on your cell phone Wednesday. They are called...
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Police Looking For Man In Rush City Bank Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are looking for a man who is believed to be a suspect in a bank robbery on Tuesday north of the Twin Cities. The Minneapolis bureau of the FBI says at about 12:40 p.m....
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$500 Reward Offered For Info. In St. Louis Park Robberies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A $500 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspect involved in two robberies at Metro Transit bus stops this week. The St. Louis Park Police...
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Immigration Dept. Now Investigating Kidnapping Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A kidnapped baby boy is safe Thursday morning and back with his mother after a frightening series of events Wednesday afternoon. The 8-month-old was taken from a south Minneapolis...
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Charges: 71-Year-Old Strangles Husband, Hits Him With Hammer
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 71-year-old Burnsville woman is accused of severely beating and terrorizing her husband, including assaulting him with a hammer and strangling him with a telephone cord. Sharon...
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County Att’ys To Review Drug Convictions From Last 3 Years
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – The county attorneys for Ramsey, Washington and Dakota counties announced that they are planning to review all jury or court cases that ended in drug convictions for the past...
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Mpls’ Successful Cellular Amber Alert Was The Nation’s First
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Wednesday’s quick and safe recovery of an abducted 8-month-old Minneapolis child was not only the first time an Amber Alert was sent to Minnesota cell phones, but it was the first...
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Charges: Man Steals Snowplow, Gets Stuck, Flees Police
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 34-year-old man is accused of stealing a plow, getting it stuck in the snow and fleeing police. According to the charges, Leroy Duane Woodbeck, of St. Paul, allegedly stole the...
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Feds Indict 4 In Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak
ATLANTA (AP) — Four former peanut company employees have been charged with scheming to manufacture and ship salmonella-tainted peanuts that killed nine people including three in Minnesota, sickened...
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Suspected Drunk Driver In Custody After Hitting Blaine Cop Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say a Blaine Police officer is okay but had his squad car damaged when it was hit by a suspected drunk driver while making a traffic stop Thursday night. Blaine Police...
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Woman Charged With Kidnap Of Minn. Child
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minneapolis woman has been charged with kidnapping after police said she befriended another woman and then made off with her 8-month-old son. Isabel Diaz-Castillo, 30, was charged...
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Hill-Murray Football Coach Arrested For Soliciting Prostitution
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 54-year-old Woodbury man who is the head football coach at a Twin Cities Catholic high school was arrested this week for soliciting prostitution, authorities say. Mark Mauer was...
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Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal Stabbing At Minn. Party
WALKER, Minn. (AP) — A northern Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing another man after an argument at a party last year. Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie says 24-year-old...
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Hastings Police Ask For Help Finding Purse Thief
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are asking the public’s help in finding the person responsible for smashing a car window at the Hastings YMCA and stealing a purse inside. The suspect (pictured above)...
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Gun Control Advocates Lacking Organization
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – As large crowds lined the State Capitol hallways for gun violence hearings, gun control advocates admit they’ve been out-organized. And unlike other states, Mark Dayton,...
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US Jury Convicts 4 Somali Men Of Terrorist Support
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal jury in San Diego on Friday convicted four Somali immigrants — including an imam from a local mosque — of conspiring to funnel money to a terrorist group in their native...
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