Police: Missing U Student Last Seen With Homicide Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are asking for help finding a University of Minnesota student last seen with an accused killer. New surveillance video shows Anarae Schunk and her ex-boyfriend in the...
View ArticleMpls. Cop Talks Night Patrol On The City’s North Side
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Nearly half of the murders in Minneapolis have happened on the north side, and more illegal guns are seized from the streets of north Minneapolis than in any other part of the...
View ArticleMinnesota Sex Offender Captured In ND Corn Field
FINLEY, N.D. (AP) — Authorities in eastern North Dakota’s Steele County combed a cornfield to capture a convicted sex offender from Minnesota who had allegedly cut off his tracking bracelet and stolen...
View ArticleVictim In Brooklyn Center Murder-Suicide Identified
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities have identified a man who was shot and killed by his son in an apparent murder-suicide that happened early Monday morning in Brooklyn Center. The Hennepin County...
View ArticleRamsey Co. Courthouse Briefly Shutdown Due To Suspicious Package
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Ramsey County Courthouse has been reopened after a brief shutdown due to a suspicious package Wednesday morning. At around 7:50 a.m., the Sheriff’s Court Security Unit was...
View ArticleGround, Air Search For U Student Last Seen With Homicide Suspect
Update: Suspect Car Found; $5,000 Reward Offered For Information BURNSVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) — Burnsville Police are stepping up the search for a missing University of Minnesota student who was in the...
View ArticleMpls. Group Combats Al-Shabaab’s Recruiting Early On
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The FBI is investigating to see if Minnesotans and Americans were involved in the terrorist attack at a Kenya mall. But so far FBI Agent Kyle Loven said there is no specific...
View ArticlePolice Hope New Images, Reward Will Solve Shoreview Killing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are hoping new surveillance photos will help investigators crack an unsolved killing. In late August, college student Hagos Melake, 26, hitched a ride in downtown St. Paul...
View ArticlePolice: $5,000 Reward For Info On Missing Student; Suspect Car Found
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Burnsville Police say a $5,000 reward is being offered for information on the whereabouts of Anarae Schunk, the 20-year-old college student who was last seen with a...
View ArticlePolice Standoff In Lake City Ends With Suspect Killing Himself
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A police standoff with a man in southeastern Minnesota that put a high school on lockdown Wednesday night ended Thursday morning with the man taking his own life, authorities...
View ArticleNorthern Minn. Hunter Faces Fine For Killing Protected Swan
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 26-year-old northern Minnesota man faces a fine of almost $400 after admitting to shooting and killing a tundra swan, a federally protected bird, last month, the Department of...
View ArticleBCA Project Identifies Victim In 20-Year-Old Cold Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For the first time, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s DNA lab matched unidentified remains to reopen a cold case. And the family of Pearline Walton finally has some answers to...
View ArticleTeen Accused Of Fatal Punch Changes Plea To 2nd-Degree Murder
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – An 18-year-old Sauk Rapids man accused of a deadly assault has changed his not guilty plea to 2nd-degree murder in a Stearns County court Friday morning. According to the...
View ArticleWoman Sentenced For Role In Hit-And-Run Death Of Macalester Student
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — A 28-year-old St. Paul woman was sentenced for her role in the hit-and-run death of a Macalester student in September 2012. Danielle Keller was recently sentenced to 25 days in...
View ArticleAnoka Co. Armed Robbery Spree Ends With Bite From K-9 Cop
BLAINE, Minn. (WCCO) – Three suspects are in police custody, and one is recovering from injuries sustained from a K-9 officer, after a robbery spree in Anoka County Thursday night. According to Blaine...
View ArticleMinn. Woman Convicted Of Animal Cruelty
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A Dakota County dog kennel owner accused of drowning puppies has been convicted of felony animal cruelty. A jury on Friday convicted 62-year-old Dayna Bell of Northfield on 13...
View ArticleConvicted Violent Rapist Could Be Released From Treatment
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — The three-judge panel decided on Friday to hold a special hearing in February to determine whether 58-year-old convicted rapist Thomas Duvall should be released from sex...
View ArticleA 3rd Man Pleads Guilty In Death Of Mpls. Man
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The last of three men charged with killing a man by jumping on him “like a trampoline” has pleaded guilty. Tony Baker, 34, of Brooklyn Center, was originally charged with...
View ArticlePolice: Mirror From Hit-And-Run Belonged To Sedan, Not SUV
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – St. Paul Police say the passenger mirror recovered from the scene of a fatal hit-and-run earlier this month belonged to a 2001-2006 Lexus LS 430. The LS is a sedan. Initially,...
View ArticleCops Involved In Green Bay Incident To Soon Go Before Police Panel
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Sources tell WCCO-TV that two Minneapolis police officers facing discipline after an incident in Green Bay will tell their side of the story to investigators next week. In June,...
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