3 Found Dead In St. Paul Possible Murder-Suicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police made a grim discovery after three adults were found dead in their Midway apartment. Investigators say they died in front of four young children. It was just after 4:30...
View ArticlePolice: Cab Driver Robbed, Put In Trunk In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are investigating and looking for a suspect after a cab driver was apparently robbed and locked in the trunk of his vehicle Monday morning in Minneapolis. Authorities say...
View ArticlePreteen Accused Of Hoaxing School Shooting To Appear In Court
NEW PRAGUE, Minn. (WCCO) — The 12-year-old boy accused of reporting a fake school shooting in New Prague must appear in court on Monday. Police say the boy made two false 911 calls last Wednesday,...
View ArticleInvestigation Continues In Deaths Of 3 Adults In St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — St. Paul Police are continuing to investigate the deaths of three adults over the weekend. Officers were called to the scene at an apartment along Victoria and Thomas Sunday...
View ArticleTran Ruled Incompetent To Stand Trial In Shootings
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A man accused of going on a shooting spree in Oakdale that killed a 9-year-old boy has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. Nhan Tran, 34, was charged last month with...
View ArticleMan Charged In Crash That Killed Woman On Eagan Highway
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 24-year-old Minneapolis man has been accused of causing a two-vehicle crash in Eagan that killed a woman, the Dakota County Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Bashir Ahmed...
View ArticleCorrections Officers Pleads Guilty To Sex With Inmate
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A former corrections officer in northern Minnesota pleaded guilty Monday to having sex with an inmate multiple times late last year. James Bongaarts, of Tower, Minn., pleaded...
View ArticleBlackduck Man Indicted For Drunk-Driving Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Blackduck man was indicted last Tuesday in connection with the drunk-driving death of a young woman in Redby last October. Twenty-seven-year-old Dustin Michael Johnson was...
View ArticlePolice: 5 Arrested In Brooklyn Park Fatal Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police say five men have been arrested in connection with a shooting over the weekend that killed a man in Brooklyn Park. Authorities said the incident happened at about 1:30 a.m....
View ArticleSuspect In Meth Conspiracy Gets 27 Years In Prison
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The last of three family members from California accused of supplying methamphetamine to buyers in North Dakota and Minnesota has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison. Henry...
View ArticleWoman, Brother Killed In Sunday Domestic Altercation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are releasing more details about the deaths of three people from Sunday. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office said a St. Paul woman and her brother were killed by the...
View ArticleMom Charged In Drunken Crash That Cost Daughter Her Finger
ANOKA, Minn. (WCCO) – A 27-year-old mother has been charged with four criminal counts of criminal vehicular operation after a crash investigators say happened while she was driving drunk. According to...
View ArticleAuthorities: Nursing Home Resident Asked To Drink Nasty Mixture; 1 Fired
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Buffalo nursing home worker has been fired after a vulnerable resident was allegedly asked to drink a mixture of cranberry juice, egg and ketchup. According to the health...
View ArticleRight-To-Die Group Member Charged In Minn. Dies
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A member of a right-to-die group facing assisted-suicide charges in Minnesota has died after a long battle with prostate cancer. An attorney for Final Exit Network says Jerry Dincin...
View ArticleTrio Sentenced In Break-In Murder Of Mpls. Man
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The trio of men charged in connection with the killing of Shea Stremcha, a Minneapolis man, in summer 2011 were sentenced to time behind bars Tuesday. Semaj Williams, 23, was...
View ArticlePit Bull Pup Recovering After Reportedly Being ‘Punted’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – His name is Franco, and life hasn’t been easy for the pup. A Blaine woman says she saw the 1-and-a-half-year-old Pit Bull punted by kids in a local park. She then contacted a...
View ArticleSchaffhausen May Change Plea In Daughters’ Deaths
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Prosecutors say the River Falls, Wis., man accused of killing his three daughters plans to change his plea to guilty in a Wisconsin court on Wednesday. But they say Aaron...
View ArticleAuthorities ID Victim In Brooklyn Park Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say a 24-year-old St. Paul man was shot and killed after an altercation at a party in Brooklyn Park early Sunday morning. Police were called to the 10000 block of...
View ArticleMN Man Gets ND Prison Time In Terrorizing Case
GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to a year in prison for forcing his girlfriend and her 6-year-old daughter to stand outside in the cold in northeastern North Dakota. Authorities...
View ArticleCharges: Man Fled Police With Pregnant Girlfriend, Kids In Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 23-year-old South St. Paul man is accused of fleeing police while driving without a license with his pregnant girlfriend and three other kids inside the car, according to charges...
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