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Police Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting In Brooklyn Park
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Brooklyn Park that sent one person to the hospital. The Brooklyn Park Police Department is working with the Hennepin...
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Anoka County Holds Forums To Discuss Heroin Danger
ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in Anoka County are holding three community forums to discuss the dangers of heroin, opiates and prescription painkillers. Anoka County Sheriff James Stuart says that...
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1 Arrested In Minneapolis’ 1st Homicide Of 2014
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Minneapolis’ first homicide of 2014, according to Minneapolis Police. On Saturday evening, a victim of a Jan. 23, 2014 shooting in south...
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2 Arrested In St. Paul Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two men have been arrested in a homicide on Van Buren Avenue in St. Paul Sunday, according to St. Paul Police. On Monday, police announced via Twitter that 21-year-old Damonte...
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Woman, 24, Pleads Guilty To Criminal Vehicular Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 24-year-old Brainerd woman admitted Monday to driving under the influence of alcohol last October when she hit and killed a bicyclist, the Cass County Attorney’s Office says....
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Minn. Man Reflects On Months Spent In UAE Prison
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minnesota man is opening up about spending nine months in a United Arab Emirates prison. Authorities arrested 29-year-old Shez Cassim after he posted a video to YouTube poking...
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Report: 37 Die From Domestic Violence Last Year
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new report says at least 37 people were killed last year as a result of domestic violence. The Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women released its 2013 Femicide Report on...
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Man To Plead Guilty In Synthetic Drug Death Case
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Texas man accused of leading a conspiracy to import and sell chemicals used to make synthetic hallucinogenic drugs that led to the overdose deaths of two teenagers in the Grand...
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1 Charged In St. Paul Stabbing, Deadly Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 24-year-old man faces a second-degree assault charge in a stabbing on Van Buren West in St. Paul Sunday, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. On Tuesday, Leevester...
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Man Charged In 1st Mpls. Homicide Of 2014
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Charges have been filed against a 24-year-old Richfield man police say was responsible for the first homicide in the city of Minneapolis this year. Police responded to a shooting...
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Lawmakers Working To Get Compensation For The Wrongfully Imprisoned
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A push is underway to compensate people who were exonerated for crimes for which they were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. Minnesota is one of 21 states that have no...
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Officials Meet To Address Crime On ‘U’ Campus
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Lawmakers, police and University of Minnesota officials met Tuesday to discuss improving student safety the school’s Twin Cities campus. So far this year, there have been 25...
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DOJ Will Review Superior Arrest
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice will review accusations of excessive force during a police officer’s arrest in Superior. Officer George Gothner has been on paid administrative...
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Brooklyn Park Police ID Officer Involved In Shooting
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (WCCO) – Brooklyn Park Police have identified the officer involved in Saturday night’s shooting, which sent a 22-year-old man to the hospital. Officer Jason Chadbourne shot Shoua...
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Man Charged In November Fatal Rollover
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 22-year-old man is charged with more than 20 counts of both criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation in a rollover crash that killed one person last November....
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Charges: Mpls. Man Severely Assaulted 18-Month-Old Child
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 23-year-old Minneapolis man is in custody after severely assaulting an 18-month-old child and a woman last week, according to Minneapolis Police. On the evening of Jan. 25,...
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School Bus Driver Charged With DWI After Crashing Into Tree
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A school bus driver has been charged with third-degree DWI after crashing into a tree with children on board Tuesday afternoon, according to Winona County authorities. Karl Herber,...
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Mankato Murder Suspect ‘Mentally Incompetent’ To Stand Trial
MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO) – A veteran has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial for first- and second-degree murder and attempted murder charges. According to the Blue Earth County Attorney’s...
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No Charges Against Archdiocese In Minn. Church Abuse
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — Ramsey County authorities will not be charging the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for its handling of the case of a priest who was later convicted of sexually...
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Synthetic Drugs In Cross Hairs Of Minn. Lawmakers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota may be taking a big step to stop the sale of synthetic drugs in the state. A special committee of lawmakers approved a sweeping set of changes Wednesday to end what some...
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