Wife Of National Guard Sgt. Charged With His Murder
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — National Guard Staff Sgt. Brandon Horst will be laid to rest on Tuesday at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, but there will be no grieving widow at the funeral. Sgt. Horst’s...
View ArticleVictim ID’d In St. Paul Park Shooting Death
(credit: CBS) ST. PAUL PARK, Minn. (WCCO) – The 20-year-old man shot to death in a St. Paul Park apartment early Saturday morning has been identified, according to police. Regino Manuel Nitti was found...
View ArticlePolice: 1 Dead, 1 Hurt In Burnsville Shooting
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) – One person is dead and at least one other is hurt after a shooting in Burnsville early Tuesday morning, according to police. Authorities said the shootings happened at about...
View ArticleHouse Where 3 Sisters Were Killed To Be Auctioned
(credit: CBS) RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) — An auction will be held for the River Falls house where three young sisters were killed by their father. The foreclosure sale for the Schaffhausen property will...
View ArticleMinn. Authorities Welcome Change On Drug Sentences
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota authorities and defense attorneys are welcoming the federal government’s plans to ease up on drug sentences. They’re pointing out that Minnesota already has one of the...
View ArticleSt. Paul Police Form Unit To Fight Organized Shoplifting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – St. Paul police say half of the shoplifting in their city is due to organized crime, but a first-of-its-kind unit is targeting those thieves. The department has formed an...
View ArticleMan Gets 30 Years For Sexual Abuse Of A Child
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for having inappropriate sexual contact with a child under the age of 12. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota said...
View ArticleMissing 10-Year-Old Girl Found Safe
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A missing 10-year-old girl has been found safe, according to the Minneapolis Police. Authorities say the girl, Heldanna Gurmu Solomon, went missing of her own volition from an...
View ArticleMinn. Authorities Welcome Change On Drug Sentences
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota authorities and defense attorneys are welcoming the federal government’s plans to ease up on mandatory drug sentences, pointing out that the state already has one of the...
View ArticleFour Juveniles Arrested In Connection To Brutal St. Paul Beating
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – St. Paul police have recently arrested four juveniles in connection to a brutal beating last week that put a 26-year-old man in the hospital with serious injuries. Two...
View ArticleSheriff: Isanti County Jail Nurse Arrested For Drug Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 39-year-old Cambridge woman who worked at the Isanti County Jail was arrested last Thursday in connection with an ongoing drug case at the facility, according to the Isanti...
View ArticlePolice: Man Found In Driveway With Stab Wounds Dies, No Arrests Yet
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minneapolis man found suffering from stab wounds on Sunday has died, according to authorities. Minneapolis police said the victim was located at 10:54 a.m. on Aug. 11 on the...
View ArticleMan Killed In Burnsville Shooting ID’d
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials have identified the man shot dead early Tuesday morning in Burnsville. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday that the victim was 23-year-old...
View ArticleNew DNA Technology Closes 17-Year-Old Cold Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – New science and a lot of hard work helped the Hennepin County Attorney’s office close a 17-year-old cold case. In 1996, an 82-year-old woman was raped near her north Minneapolis...
View ArticlePolice: Suspect Dead After Shooting Crow Wing County Deputy In The Arm
CROW WING COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) – A man is dead and a sheriff’s deputy was shot in the arm after a shootout Wednesday near Brainerd. Officers were called to check on someone on Sleepy Hollow Road near...
View ArticleRun For Danielle Jelinek To Raise Money To Stop Domestic Violence
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s been three months since sheriff’s deputies recovered the body of Danielle Jelinek. She had been missing since Dec. 8 and was last seen at the home of Aaron Schnagl in Chisago...
View ArticleMinneapolis Stabbing Victim Identified
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities have identified the person who died after suffering stab wounds in Minneapolis on Sunday morning. Minneapolis police said the victim was located at 10:54 a.m. on Aug....
View ArticleDeceased Suspect In Crow Wing Co. Shooting ID’d
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials in Crow Wing County have identified the man killed by sheriff’s deputies Wednesday after he shot a deputy in the arm. The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday...
View ArticleFatal Uptown Officer-Involved Shooting To Go Before Grand Jury
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis Police Department released a statement Thursday concerning the May 10 officer-involved shooting in Uptown that left two officers injured and a 22-year-old suspect...
View ArticleMan In Custody After Attempted Golf Cart Theft In St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A crime targeting golf courses nearly happened again in Falcon Heights, but police stopped it this time before the suspects got too far. A patrolling St. Anthony officer...
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