$5K Reward Offered To Catch Bank Robbery Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said Wednesday they’re offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect after a bank north of the Twin Cities was robbed back on Feb....
View ArticlePolice: 4-Year-Old Tries Walking To School While Mom Sleeps
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say social services have been alerted after a 4-year-old boy in Forest Lake tried walking to school while his mother slept. On Wednesday morning in Forest Lake, police say...
View ArticleMpls. School Employee Charged In Gun Incident
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 59-year-old woman has been charged with allegedly bringing a loaded firearm into a Minneapolis elementary school last December. According to the criminal complaint, on Dec. 19,...
View ArticleMurder Investigation Underway For Teen Found In Impound Lot
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Wednesday that a murder investigation is underway after a St. Paul teen’s body was found last week in a Columbia Heights impound lot....
View ArticleMissing Woman’s Family ‘Angry, Betrayed’ By Husband’s Arrest
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The family of a missing St. Paul woman is not giving up hope that she’s still alive, even after her husband was arrested on suspicion of homicide. Kira Trevino, 30, was reported...
View ArticleCop Charged For Stealing Prescription Drugs From Drop Box
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A former Washington County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged with stealing drugs. Investigators say he was taking them from a bin set up for the public to drop off for unused...
View Article2 Mpls. Women Sentenced For Stealing More Than $1M From ING
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Two Minneapolis women were sentenced Wednesday in federal court for stealing more than $1 million from the ING life insurance company. Angela Patrice Madson, 42, was sentenced to...
View Article13 Occupy Protesters Arrested In Minneapolis Protest
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say 13 people were arrested Wednesday afternoon during an Occupy Minnesota protest in downtown Minneapolis. Police say the group, which demanded the turnover of vacant...
View ArticlePastor Pleads Guilty To 2 Counts Of Criminal Sexual Conduct
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Ryan Jay Muehlhauser, a 55-year-old pastor from Cambridge, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of criminal sexual conduct on Thursday. According to the criminal complaint, the...
View ArticleHusband Charged With Murder After Wife’s Disappearance
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) –- Though authorities still have not found a body, a St. Paul man has been charged with murdering his wife after authorities found traces of blood throughout the couple’s home....
View ArticleVictims Of Child Abuse Fight To Change MN’s Statute Of Limitations
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — Victims of child sexual abuse were at the state capitol Thursday, fighting to change a Minnesota law that would allow survivors more time to take civil action. Sitting before a room...
View ArticleMan Convicted Of Stabbing 2 Park Police Officers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of ambushing and stabbing two Minneapolis park police officers has been convicted of attempted murder. Prosecutors say 39-year-old Marsenior Johnson lured the officers...
View ArticlePolice Set Up Tip Line, Seek Public’s Help In Finding Kira Trevino
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – St. Paul Police are seeking the public’s help in finding the body of Kira Trevino. Anyone with information is urged to call 651-560-3277, as Kira has now been missing for...
View ArticleLawmakers Get Violent Emails Over Gun Control
DENVER (AP) — The weekend after a heated debate over gun control, Colorado state Rep. Rhonda Fields was flooded with emails, including some she later told police “disturbed and shocked” her. Fields...
View ArticleWoman Gets 180 Days After Pleading Guilty To Child Porn Charges
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 24-year-old Hastings woman pleaded guilty Friday to possessing child porn and endangering a 5-year-old child used in the making of child porn, the Dakota County Attorney’s Office...
View ArticleSchaffhausen Unlikely To Take Stand In Upcoming Trial
HUDSON, Wis. (WCCO) – Aaron Schaffhausen sat silently in the St. Croix County courtroom as Judge Howard Cameron admonished both sides. With the homicide trial set to begin in one month, the judge...
View ArticleCaught On Infrared: Man Catches Car Vandal On Video
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A disagreement over a parking spot ended in felony property damage charges for one Farmington teen. Investigators say 18-year-old Helbert Zalaya vandalized his neighbor’s van on...
View ArticleWis. Salon Shooter Asked Taxi Driver’s Advice
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man who shot his estranged wife and six others before killing himself at a Wisconsin salon asked a taxi driver on the way there for marital advice, according to police reports...
View ArticleTeen Arrested For Allegedly Killing Girl In Maplewood
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Maplewood Police arrested a 17-year-old boy Friday in connection with the death of Anna Hurd, a 16-year-old girl from North St. Paul who was stabbed to death last week. The...
View ArticleNo Breakthroughs Yet In Missing Minn. Woman Case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul police have received more than a dozen leads from a tip line set up to help find a missing Minnesota woman, but haven’t yet found her, a spokesman said Saturday. “At...
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