3 Federal Detainees Indicted For Attacking 2 Correctional Officers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Three federal detainees have been indicted for attacking and assaulting two correction officers at the Sherburne County Jail in early February, according to the United States...
View ArticleIowa Teen Shot By Sheriff Charged In Incident
ELDORA, Iowa (AP) — A teenager shot by an Iowa sheriff after authorities say the boy refused to drop a weapon has been arrested in connection with the November incident. The state Department of Public...
View ArticleMaplewood Woman With ‘Putrid’ Home Pleads Guilty To Child Neglect
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Maplewood woman charged with one misdemeanor count of child neglect for her “putrid” home where she lived with her 22-month-old has pleaded guilty, and sentencing has been set...
View Article50th Anniversary Of Minnesota’s ‘Murder Of The Century’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It may be Minnesota’s most notorious murder case and it happened 50 years ago today. It was on March 6, 1963, when Carol Thompson was brutally killed in her St Paul home in a...
View ArticleCharges: Woman Left Kids At Hotel, Went To Strip Club & Casino
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — An Iowa woman is accused of leaving her two young nieces at a hotel in the Twin Cities area while she and a male friend went to a strip club and then a casino. Authorities say...
View ArticleConvicted Burglar Arrested In Recent ND Theft
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man who served several years in prison for a string of business burglaries in the Fargo area in 2009 is a suspect in a recent burglary. Forty-five-year-old Jeffrey Goodijohn, of...
View ArticleWarrant Issued For Cambridge Man In Alleged Sex Assault
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a 44-year-old Cambridge man in an alleged sexual assault, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday, the warrant was...
View ArticleStolen Puppy Leads Police To Large Pot Growing Operation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The case of a 9-week-old puppy that was stolen from a Shakopee pet store led police to a large marijuana growing operation in Northfield, Minn., according to authorities....
View ArticleGun Control Advocates Upset By Support For Watered-Down Bill
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An unexpected twist came Wednesday in the efforts to curb gun violence: A majority of the House is now backing a new plan to modestly revise the state’s gun laws. It appears that...
View ArticlePsych Evaluation Ordered On Teen Charged With Murder
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – On Wednesday, 17-year-old Anthony Joseph Mitchell, of Maplewood, made his first court appearance in Ramsey County. He’s charged with one count of second-degree intentional murder...
View ArticleRobbinsdale Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Sell Cocaine
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 26-year-old Robbinsdale man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in St. Paul for conspiring to distribute approximately 249 grams of cocaine. Brian Funtaneous Mack was...
View ArticleCharges: Cop Allegedly Videotaped Minor Undressing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Itasca County Sheriff’s Office deputy was charged Wednesday for allegedly recording video of a 17-year-old girl undressing in a bathroom on a county-issued smartphone. Aaron...
View Article86-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Charged With Voter Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — An elderly St. Peter, Minn. woman diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and dementia has been charged with voter fraud. Margaret Schneider, 86, says she forgot she had voted by...
View ArticleMan Sentenced For Murder In Grand Rapids Double Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 26-year-old Bovey, Minn. man has been sentenced for murder in a Grand Rapids double shooting. William Levi Payne was specifically sentenced to 52.5 years in prison, of which...
View Article‘U Of M’ Dorm Room Raided By FBI
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A University of Minnesota student’s dorm room has been raided by the FBI, according to a U of M representative. The FBI confirmed that the organization executed a search warrant...
View ArticleMpls. Man Charged With Stabbing Man In The Neck In Richfield
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 47-year-old Minneapolis man was charged with two counts of second-degree assault in connection with the Richfield stabbing on March 5. Patrick Donnell Bigby is in custody for...
View ArticleMan Sentenced For Conspiring To Kidnap, Kill Ex-Girlfriend
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 45-year-old man has been sentenced for conspiring to commit kidnapping in an incident where he unknowingly made a deal with a police officer to kidnap and kill his ex-girlfriend....
View ArticlePolice: Child Porn Allegedly Found On St. Paul School Device
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – St. Paul police are investigating after child porn was allegedly found on a device belonging to a public school. Police did not elaborate much Wednesday, but they did say there is...
View ArticleJury Convicts Man In Mpls. Parking Ramp Stabbing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A jury has convicted a 48-year-old man in the violent near-fatal stabbing of a woman at a Minneapolis parking ramp last spring, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced...
View ArticlePolice: Teen Murdered, Left In Towed Car Was A Prostitute
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the murder of an 18-year-old woman found dead in a towed car. Investigators say the woman had been working as a prostitute....
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