Police: Officer-Involved Shooting In St. Paul
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — St. Paul Police shot a male while trying to detain him Sunday evening, according to the police department. The St. Paul Police Watch Commander says the incident occurred at 9:08...
View ArticlePolice Seek Suspect After Teen Shot In St. Paul
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said they’re looking for a suspect after a teenager suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound in St. Paul Sunday night. Police were called to the 500 block of West...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Killed By Car After Wis. Bar Fight, 2 Arrested
BALSAM LAKE, Wis. (WCCO) – Two men have been arrested following a bar fight in western Wisconsin last weekend that ended with the death of a woman who was struck by a car, police said. According to...
View ArticleMinneapolis FBI Arrests 4 As Part Of National Prostitution Sting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said one juvenile was recovered and four pimps were arrested in Minnesota as the result of a three-day, nation-wide prostitution sting conducted by the FBI. The sting,...
View ArticlePolice: Champlin Parents Abused Twin Girls, Killing 1
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Champlin Police said Monday they’ve requested to terminate the parental rights of a couple after their twin 4-month-old daughters were found to be abused, resulting in one of their...
View ArticleGirl Out Of Hospital After Being Accidently Shot By Brother
OAKDALE, Minn. (WCCO) — A 9-year-old girl has left the hospital after she was accidentally shot by her 5-year-old brother in North Oakdale early last Friday evening. The girl was shot with a...
View ArticleMaple Grove Church Vandalized For 3rd Time
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Maple Grove Police need your help to find the person responsible for vandalizing a metro church. Sunday morning, surveillance cameras caught the man in action at Pilgrims United...
View ArticleMan Shot Dead In South Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A man died Monday evening from a gunshot wound in south Minneapolis, according to authorities. Minneapolis Police were dispatched at 6:30 p.m. after gunfire was reported near the...
View ArticleMinn. Dog Kennel Owner Charged With Animal Neglect
PINE RIVER, Minn. (AP) — The owner of a northern Minnesota breeding operation where more than 130 dogs were seized earlier this month is charged with misdemeanor animal neglect. The Cass County...
View ArticleNew Law Means New Penalties For Minn. Arsonists
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Costly-to-fight wildfires that are intentionally set in Minnesota will soon carry tougher penalties under a new law. The enhanced arson law was passed in May and goes live on...
View ArticleMan Sentenced To 15 Months For Refusal To Testify
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a witness who refused to testify in a sex trafficking case to 15 months in prison. Abdullahi Farah, a Somali refugee and former gang member,...
View ArticleWis. Appeals Court Rejects Appeal In 2001 Killing
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court has rejected an appeal of a Minnesota man who was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in the 2001 killing of a man left for dead along a...
View ArticleNo Charges Expected In Officer-Involved Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities in Crow Wing County say they do not plan to file charges against the officer involved in a high-speed chase that ended with the suspect being shot. The July 4 incident...
View ArticleCop ID’d In St. Paul Officer-Involved Shooting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities have released the identity of the St. Paul officer who shot and injured a domestic assault suspect Sunday night. The officer has been identified as Mark Farrington,...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Bites Another Woman’s Breast During Fight
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police say that a woman bit another woman’s breast during a fight in north Minneapolis last week. The police report says the fight happened in the vicinity of the intersection of...
View ArticleHarteau, Rybak Calls 2 Officers’ Behavior ‘Appalling’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau said she’s outraged after seeing the behavior of two of the city’s officers during an incident in Green Bay, Wis. Both have since been...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty In Drunken Crash That Killed 3
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Cokato man accused of drunkenly causing a car crash that killed three generations of a family last year pleaded guilty on Monday in Kandiyohi County. County...
View ArticleMpls Man Gets 12 Years For Multiple Metro-Area Bank Robberies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 51-year-old Minneapolis man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for robbing multiple Twin Cities banks. Phillip Leo Nietz was sentenced to 151 months in prison — more than 12...
View ArticleKennel Owner Seeking Help To ID Puppy Thief
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) – A man stole four puppies from a kennel in Prior Lake, but likely did not realize that his crime was caught on camera. Surveillance video from Thunder Owl Kennels early...
View ArticleWillmar Police Investigating Why Grandmother, 79, Was Killed
WILLMAR, Minn. (WCCO) -–Authorities in Willmar are investigating a homicide after a 79-year-old woman was found dead in her home Monday night. The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office was called to the...
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