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Police: Suspect Arrested In West St. Paul Pharmacy Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said a man suspected in the robberies of West St. Paul pharmacies was arrested Tuesday after attempting to rob another pharmacy in the area. Police were called to the...
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Man Gets More Than 15 Years For Dragging 2 Recruiters
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The man who pleaded guilty to running down two Army recruiters at a Roseville crosswalk last year was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison. In November, Enrico Taylor of...
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Gunfire Exchanged During US Marshal Chase In NE Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An attempt by the U.S. Marshal Service to execute an arrest warrant led to a car chase and an exchange of gunfire on a busy northeast Minneapolis street Wednesday afternoon....
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Woman, 54, Found Dead In Northern Minn. Driveway
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Sheriff’s deputies in northeastern Minnesota are investigating after finding a 54-year-old woman early Tuesday morning lying dead in a driveway. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s...
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Gov’t Charges Wal-Mart With Labor Violations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials filed a formal complaint Wednesday charging that Wal-Mart violated the rights of workers who took part in protests and strikes against the company. The National...
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Minn. Man Gets New Date In Nevada Abduction Case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A local judge in Nevada gave prosecutors more time Wednesday to file criminal charges against a Minnesota fugitive accused of holding his ex-girlfriend with threats of physical...
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Army Recruiter Tells Of Being Dragged, Kicked By Hit-And-Run Driver
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For the first time Wednesday, an Army recruiter spoke to interviewers about how he survived being dragged for nearly a mile by a hit-and-run driver. “Everything we stand up and...
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Snowmobile Hits Ice House In Western Wis., Woman Killed
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 21-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night for driving a snowmobile drunk and crashing into an ice fishing house on a western Wisconsin lake, leaving a female passenger dead,...
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$5K Reward Offered To Find Driver In Polk County Hit-And-Run
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said a $5,000 reward is being offered for any information that leading to an arrest for the hit-and-run that killed two men in Polk County, Wis., over the weekend. The...
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Man Sentenced To 90 Days For Trying To Behead Dog
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Twin Cities man was sentenced to 90 days in jail for trying to cut a dog’s head off with a machete last year. In December, 38-year-old George Nichols pleaded guilty to charges...
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18-Year-Old Arrested For Esko School Bomb Threat
ESKO, Minn. (WCCO) – An 18-year-old Esko student is in the Carlton County Jail after being arrested for allegedly writing a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of Esko School on Tuesday. According...
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3 Arrested After Woodbury Girl Dies From Drug Overdose
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Three teenagers face murder charges after a girl overdosed at a Woodbury, Minn. home last weekend. Woodbury Police responded to a home located on the 3000 block of Commonwealth...
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Target Breach Appears To Be Part Of Broader Scam
NEW YORK (AP) — The security breach that hit Target Corp. during the holiday season appears to have been part of a broader and highly sophisticated scam that potentially affected a large number of...
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Authorities ID Woman Killed In Polk County Snowmobile Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities have identified a 20-year-old woman who was killed on a western Wis. lake when the snowmobile she was riding, being operated by a drunk driver, hit an ice house. The...
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Minn. Crime Study Ends After Theft Of Victim Data
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A University of Minnesota law professor has apologized to violent crime victims and witnesses after a computer with sensitive information of nearly 300 people was stolen from his...
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Woman Faces 18 Felony Counts In Church Burglaries
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (WCCO) – A Grand Rapids, Minn. woman faces 18 felony counts for allegedly burglarizing a series of churches and a cabin over the span of six months last year. According to the...
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Shoppers Fret About Authenticity Of Target Emails
NEW YORK (AP) —An email sent to the roughly 70 million Target customers who may have been affected by a pre-Christmas data breach is causing panic among those who fear it could be an attempt to...
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St. Paul Man Gets 16 Years For Brutally Stabbing Family Lawyer
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 36-year-old St. Paul man was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison Friday for stabbing a family lawyer multiple times, breaking a knife in the process. Anoka County District...
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Northfield Woman Convicted Of Animal Cruelty Gets Jail
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A Dakota County dog kennel owner accused of drowning puppies has been sentenced to a month in jail. Sixty-two-year-old Dayna Bell of Northfield also was ordered Friday to serve...
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Heroin-Related Deaths In Metro On The Rise, Users Getting Younger
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s a troubling trend and a warning for parents: There was a record number of deaths connected to heroin overdose in Hennepin County last year. Fifty-four people died in 2013,...
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