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46 Priests Accused Of Sexual Abuse In New Lawsuit
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A major lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the diocese of Winona. This is the first civil lawsuit filed under Minnesota’s new law...
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Raw Audio Featured In Widow’s Nationwide DWI PSA
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Twin Cities widow is sending a strong message about drinking and driving, and the message is brought in four public service announcements. Kelly Hettwer Olsen is helping to...
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Blaine Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Death Of Girlfriend
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 55-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, after he was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend. Patrick William Benton, of Blaine, was...
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Minn. Mayor Charged With Criminal Sexual Conduct
HALSTAD, Minn. (AP) — The mayor of Halstad is accused of forcing a female acquaintance to have sex with him last week. The Forum newspaper reports 44-year-old Steve Sortland was charged Wednesday with...
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BCA Working To Match Missing With 100s Of Bones
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Granite gravestones mark the lives once lived — people remembered, cherished and loved. But this simple and traditional final dignity is not afforded to Minnesota’s missing...
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Family Of Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting Plans To Speak
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The family of a man killed during a struggle with police in a Minneapolis basement plans to speak out about it Thursday afternoon. Terrance Franklin died on May 10 after a chase...
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Police Looking For 2 Suspects In Armed Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in the southeast Twin Cities metro are looking for two suspects after a man was threatened with a knife Thursday morning in a robbery. Authorities said the incident happened...
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Trial Nearing End For Mpls. Man Whose Son Shot & Killed Brother
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Lawyers will make their closing arguments Thursday in the trial of a Minneapolis father whose 4-year-old son found a gun in the home and fired it — killing his 2-year-old brother....
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Caregiver Photographs Client On Toilet, Posts Picture On Instagram
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A staff member at Deer Crest assisted living home in Red Wing was fired after taking a photo of a client on the toilet with her phone and uploading it to Instagram, according to...
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Complaint: Man Recorded Video Of Girls Changing At Woodbury Gap
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 24-year-old Columbus, Minn., man faces multiple charges for allegedly slipping his iPhone under a Gap changing stall door last month to record two girls changing. Caleb Wolfgram...
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Serious Allegations Against Mpls. Police In Uptown Deadly Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The attorney for the parents of a man shot and killed by police officers is making serious allegations against the Minneapolis Police Department. With the parents of Terrance...
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Help Prevent Break-Ins, Don’t Leave Valuables In Your Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Take your valuables out of your car before you head to the lake, park or to a Twins game. Last year, Minneapolis police dealt with nearly 4,000 car break-ins, and they say there...
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Man Gets 10 Years In Homeless Man’s Beating Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally beating a homeless man last June on the city’s north side. Willis Esposito...
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Company Dupes New Hires Into Selling Perfume On Streets
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Online, they advertise management positions offering good pay. But people who’ve been hired told WCCO that’s not what they’re getting. Anna lives in the Twin Cities. She didn’t...
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Charges: Man Burglarized Home After Release From Jail
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 24-year-old man is accused of breaking into an Inver Grove Heights home while a family was inside just weeks after being released from jail, according to charges filed Friday in...
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Police: Wash. County Shooting Suspects Already In Custody
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police believe the two suspects accused of being involved in a Washington County shooting that took place along Highway 5 near Highway 36 are already in custody. According to the...
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Father Found Guilty After Son Accidentally Shot, Killed Brother
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis father whose 4-year-old son found a gun in the home and accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old brother with it has been found guilty on four criminal counts,...
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Charges: Apple Valley Car Wash Employee Swindled Nearly $350K
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 46-year-old Apple Valley woman allegedly stole nearly $350,000 from the car wash where she worked at between 2008 and 2012. Connie Marie Rogers has been charged with nine counts...
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Mpls. Man Pleads Guilty To 2003 Murder, Drops Supreme Court Appeal
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis man agreed to plead guilty to a 2003 murder which was originally appealed and was awaiting a Minnesota Supreme Court decision. According to the Hennepin County...
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$1,700 Reward For Info On ‘Heinous’ Beheading Of Hibernating Bear
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Reward money has now been tripled for information leading to the arrest of those involved in illegally killing a black bear. The bear was shot while hibernating in a culvert near...
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