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More Than 1,000 Arrested For DWI Since Thanksgiving Eve
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 1,000 people have been arrested for driving while intoxicated in Minnesota since the day before Thanksgiving, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. The...
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Man Sentenced In Wedding Gift Thefts
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One of the men accused of stealing money, checks and gift cards from wedding receptions in the north metro has been sentenced. Forty-one-year-old Derrick Duane Manson was sentenced...
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Sheriff: Man Who Impersonated Cop, Sexually Assaulted Woman Arrested
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said a man who impersonated a police officer and allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Anoka County has been arrested. The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office said the...
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Somali Community Mourns Shooting Death Of Businessman, Supporter Of Arts
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Somali-American community is mourning the death of a businessman after a shooting. Fuad Ali, 31, was gunned down in the 2600 block of Pleasant Avenue South. He was found lying...
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Charges: Self-Proclaimed Pastor Raped 2 Girls For Years
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A self-proclaimed pastor is charged with raping two girls for many years, from the time when one was 6 years old and continuing into her early teens, court documents show....
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Police: Couple May Face Charges After Going To Bar, Leaving Baby In Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The parents of a 3-month-old baby could face neglect charges after deputies say they found the infant in a car outside a bar. Witnesses told officers the parents were in the Red...
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‘CCO Viewer Gifts iPad To Blind Man Who Had His Stolen On Bus
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A blind preschool teacher whose iPad was stolen on a bus got a new one thanks to a WCCO-TV viewer. WCCO reported on Jordan Richardson’s story last week. He uses his iPad to read...
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Officials: 7 Puppies Rescued From Freezing Iowa Bin
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) – Officials say they’ve begun the adoption process for seven puppies found cold and wet in a storage bin on the side of a street in Mason City. The Humane Society of North Iowa...
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TV Reporter Under Fire For School Security Story
(credit: CBS) FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Police are investigating whether a Fargo-Moorhead TV journalist broke any laws while reporting a story aimed at revealing holes in elementary school security. Valley...
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As Anniversary Looms, MN Family Mourns Girl Killed In Newtown
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown Conn. Twenty children and 6 adults were killed. Paul Hagan of Minneapolis lost...
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Chicago Man Gets MN’s Longest Sex Trafficking Sentence
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A Chicago man was sentenced Friday to more than 26 years in prison for the sex trafficking of a teenage girl – which may be the longest sentence ever given in Minnesota for...
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Douglas County Man Stabbed Several Times, Suspect Arrested
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (WCCO) – A Douglas County man is hospitalized after being stabbed several times early Friday morning. Marshall Roy Jarvi, 34, suffered multiple stab wounds shortly after midnight at a...
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Drug Busts Net $40K Of Meth, Five Arrests
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (WCCO) – Five people are in the Douglas County Jail after the West Central Minnesota Narcotics Task Force, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and local police departments...
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Police: 1 Boy Injured, 1 Arrested Following Oakdale Attack
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in the east metro say officers found a boy with multiple apparent stab wounds just blocks away from a high school. Just after 3 p.m., Oakdale police responded to the scene...
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Son Charged In Killings Of NW Wis. Couple
WASHBURN, Wis. (AP) — A 44-year-old man is charged with killing his parents in an attack in their apartment in a small Bayfield County community last weekend. Prosecutors on Friday charged Jim Crain...
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Tech Robberies Have ‘U’ Students On Edge
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – University of Minnesota students have more than just finals to worry about this week. An armed robbery happened in broad daylight right near campus Wednesday on 14th Avenue...
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Police Uniform, Gun Stolen From Off-Duty Mpls. Cop’s Truck
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An off-duty Minneapolis police officer was himself the victim of a crime that’s a big cause for concern. It happened two days before Thanksgiving, when the officer’s personal...
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Police: Man Shot Dead In North Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said they are looking for at least one suspect after a man was shot to death late Friday night in north Minneapolis. Police responded to the 3700 block of Girard Avenue...
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Minn. Man Convicted Of Killing Acquaintance
WALKER, Minn. (AP) — A Cass County jury has convicted a man of killing an acquaintance as the victim begged him to stop. The county attorney’s office says the jury deliberated for three hours Friday...
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Body Found On Mpls. Riverbank Identified As ‘U’ Student
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police are investigating after the body of a University of Minnesota student was found lying on the riverbank, just east of the Stone Arch Bridge. Authorities say they...
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