2 Minnesota Women Sentenced In Somali Terror Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to...
View ArticlePlymouth Man Gets Probation For Impeding Prosecutor
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to one year of probation for obstructing a federal prosecutor in Iowa after his son was sent to prison in an animal terrorism case. Timothy...
View Article2 Men Plead Guilty To Robbing Northern Minn. Bank
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 20-year-old Bemidji man pleaded guilty Thursday to helping another man – who was dressed in a white containment suit, a “Halloween” movie mask and Air Jordan shoes – rob a bank...
View ArticlePolice Investigating String Of Arsons In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis Arson Squad is investigating what it believes are a string of fires that were set intentionally over a 21-day stretch on the city’s north side. Authorities said...
View ArticlePolice Seek Suspects After Kidnapping Attempt In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in Minneapolis said Friday they’re looking for three suspects in connection with an attempted kidnapping earlier this month. Authorities said the incident happened at about...
View ArticleMpls Police Name Officer Driving SUV In Fatal Uptown Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis Police Department has named the officer who was driving the SUV involved in a collision last week that killed a 24-year-old motorcyclist in Uptown. Officer Joshua...
View ArticleBartender Charged After Intoxicated Man, 20, Drowned
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Maple Grove bartender faces charges, authorities say, after she allegedly served a 20-year-old man liquor before he left the bar intoxicated, broke through the ice of a nearby...
View ArticlePolice ID Man Killed In Duluth Bike Crash
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Duluth police have released the name of a 36-year-old man who died after crashing his bicycle into a pole. Officers saw Koantonio Dean Farley of Duluth riding his bicycle at a high...
View Article1 Injured In Illegal Firework Factory Explosion
WYOMING, Minn. (WCCO) – An illegal firework manufacturing operation was discovered Saturday in Wyoming after a man was hospitalized with 1st-degree burns. Wyoming Police say a 30-year-old man suffered...
View ArticleSt. Cloud Man, 28, Arrested In Armed Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 28-year-old St. Cloud man has been arrested after an investigation into an armed robbery Wednesday, according to police. Orlando Michael Jravha Walker, arrested Wednesday...
View ArticleMissing 12-Year-Old Boy Found Saturday Night
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities say they’ve located a 12-year-old boy from Duluth after he went missing Thursday afternoon. Police said Lyrik James Schmelz was last seen getting on the bus after...
View ArticleMotorcyclist Killed In Early Sunday Accident With Limo Bus
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say a motorcyclist was killed early Sunday after colliding with a limo bus in Minneapolis. Officers were dispatched to the intersection at West 27th Street and Emerson...
View ArticlePolice: Wis. Man Drove Drunk With Child, 11, In Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said a 38-year-old man from Barronett, Wis., was arrested Sunday by the Wisconsin State Patrol for driving drunk with a child in his car. The Wisconsin State Patrol...
View ArticleBody Found Inside Towed Car Near Downtown Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities are investigating after a body was discovered inside a trunk of a car at a tow lot near downtown Minneapolis Monday morning. According to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleCharges: Worker Stole From Bank To Fund Gambling Habit
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 20-year-old Apple Valley man who worked at a Coon Rapids bank is accused of stealing from that bank to fund a gambling habit, according to charges filed Monday in Anoka County...
View ArticleBlaine Man Found Guilty Of Stabbing Girlfriend To Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 55-year-old Blaine man has been found guilty of first-degree murder (with a past pattern of domestic abuse) in the stabbing death of his girlfriend, the Anoka County Attorney’s...
View ArticleIllegal Fireworks Factory Created With Internet Help
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - It’s no secret that fireworks are dangerous to set off, but it turns out they are even more dangerous to make. A Wyoming man was severely burned while making illegal fireworks in...
View ArticleDuluth Woman Charged With Aiding Sex Trafficking
DULUTH, Minn. (WCCO) – A Duluth woman has been charged with aiding and abetting sex trafficking in the 1st –degree. According to the St. Louis County Attorney’s office, 22-year-old Tabbatha Lee Olson...
View ArticleHearing Scheduled In Motion For Rodriguez Appeal
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors want the notes of mental health professionals who examined a man convicted of killing of a University of North Dakota student more than nine years ago. Alfonso...
View ArticleToddler Stabbed In Rochester Last Year Has Died
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) – The young boy critically injured in a stabbing attack in Rochester last year has died at a hospital in Nebraska. Three-year-old Xavier Njemanze had been undergoing therapy at...
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