Missing Baby In Brooklyn Park Found; 2 Arrested
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man and woman have been arrested after a missing 2-month-old boy was found in St. Paul Tuesday afternoon, according to police. At 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, Brooklyn Park Police...
View ArticleAuthorities ID Minneapolis Murder Victim, Arrest Made
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities have identified a man who was shot and killed in a south Minneapolis home on Monday and said an arrest has been made in the case. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner...
View ArticleMinn. Lawsuit Accuses Dead Irish Priest Of Abuse
NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) — A man who says he was sexually abused by an Irish priest during his brief stay in Minnesota in 1982 sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm on Tuesday, becoming the latest of...
View ArticleMother, Son Accused Of Stealing Frozen Gopher Feet
(credit: Jupiter Images) PRESTON, Minn. (AP) – A mother and her 18-year-old son from southeastern Minnesota are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty....
View ArticleCops: Public Works Employee Arrested For Possessing Child Porn
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A St. Louis County Public Works employee was arrested Monday for allegedly possessing child porn, the county sheriff’s office says. Bruce Hosking, 63, of Cloquet, was arrested at...
View ArticleMinn. Dad Charged In Death Of Baby Left In Minivan
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man is charged with manslaughter in the death of his 5-month-old daughter, who was left for hours in a hot minivan last week, prosecutors said Tuesday. The Clay...
View ArticlePolice: Dodge County Burglary Suspect Arrested At Casino
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said a man suspected in a string of burglaries in southern Minnesota was arrested last week after being spotted at Mystic Lake Casino. Cody Spencer Linquist, 30 of...
View ArticleMaple Grove Police: Man Innappropriately Grabbing Women On Trails
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police have issued a crime alert after two women were inappropriately touched by a stranger while they were using park trails in Maple Grove. Maple Grove Police say the first...
View ArticleAuthorities Narrow Down Search for Hit-And-Run Vehicle
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Investigators with the Minnesota State Patrol now say that it was a pickup truck that hit and critically injured a Wyoming, Minn. man on Interstate 35 Monday night. Trevor...
View ArticleMan Sentenced In Child Abuse That Left Girl Partially Paralyzed
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 24-year-old man has been sentenced for abusing a 2-year-old in Apple Valley to the point of being partially paralyzed. On Wednesday, Carlton Lewis pled guilty to felony...
View ArticleMom Of Kidnapped Baby Says She’d Forgive The Suspect, Her Friend
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The mother of a 2-month-old baby taken from her home Tuesday says she forgives the woman accused of kidnapping her child. “I’m not going to put her out as a bad person,” said...
View ArticlePolice: Man Arrested For Throwing Rock At Car With Kids Inside
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 30-year-old man from St. Paul was arrested by St. Cloud Police Wednesday night for throwing a rock through a car window with one adult and three children inside. Police responded...
View ArticleCharges Filed Against Accused Brooklyn Park Baby Kidnapper
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Hennepin County Attorney filed charges against a Twin Cities woman accused of kidnapping her friend’s baby. Thalia Tonice Benson, 34, faces one felony count of kidnapping in...
View ArticleMinn. Man Charged In Baby Girl’s Death In Custody
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man accused in the death of his infant daughter in a hot minivan has turned himself in to police. Twenty-four-year-old Andrew Sandstrom of Moorhead was charged this...
View ArticleMpls. Police Seeking Suspect In 5 Armed Cab Robberies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who is accused of assaulting and robbing five cab drivers at knifepoint in the past two days. Tonio James...
View ArticleMinn. Man Sentenced For Shipping Guns To Liberia
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for exporting guns to West Africa. Thirty-eight-year-old McHarding Galimah of Coon Rapids was sentenced Thursday...
View ArticleSuspect In Fatal Hit-&-Run Arrested After High-Speed Chase
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One person is dead and a Duluth man is in custody after a hit-and-run crash at the Culkin Rest Area in Mahtowa, Minn. Wednesday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, they were...
View ArticleMonths Later, Protesters Still Want The Cook County Attorney Out
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (WCCO) — The impassioned pleas to get a county attorney out of office have been going on for six months now. Some people living in Grand Marais started weekly protests outside the...
View ArticleMan Indicted In Fatal Alexandria Stabbing
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (AP) — A Douglas County grand jury has indicted an Alexandria man in the stabbing death of a 28-year-old man. Kody Lee Klimek was indicted Wednesday on two counts of second-degree...
View ArticleMontevideo Wants Answers After Thief Stole Pontoon For Seniors
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – People in a western Minnesota town want to know who stole a pontoon that was used for senior citizens and people with disabilities. The $20,000, 25-foot pontoon was paid for...
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