Mpls. Police Release Photos Of Suspected Purse Snatcher
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police investigators hope releasing surveillance images of a suspected purse snatcher in the Camden neighborhood will lead to his arrest. During the last month, police...
View ArticleVideo Released Of Rogers High-Speed, Wrong-Way Police Chase
ELK RIVER, Minn. (WCCO) – Two men sit in the Sherburne County Jail charged with a brutal Elk River home invasion. But the biggest threat came as 40-year-old Aaron Martin and 31-year-old Ryan Woehler...
View ArticlePolice: Driver Of Car Hit By Two Northstar Trains Cited
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials in Elk River say the driver of the car involved in Tuesday’s collision with two Northstar Commuter Rail trains was cited for not stopping at the railroad crossing signal....
View ArticleJuvenile Shot In North Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police say a boy was shot while walking down a north Minneapolis street early Wednesday evening. Police spokesman John Elder says the boy was walking on North Lowry and...
View ArticleMan Found Shot To Death In North Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are looking for a suspect after a man was found shot to death inside a north Minneapolis home early Thursday morning. Authorities were called to the 2000 block of North...
View ArticleMinnesota Man Charged In Iowa Slaying Has Cancer
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Minnesota man charged with killing his wife in Iowa in 1997 is suffering from prostate cancer and other illnesses and may only have months to live, his defense attorney said...
View ArticleFederal Judge Lets Minn. Sex Offender Suit Proceed
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A federal judge is refusing to throw out a lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s treatment system for sex offenders and again suggesting he might scrap the whole program. U.S. District...
View ArticleAudit: Coordination Of Prison Health Care Needed
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A state audit says health care services for the approximately 9,000 adult inmates in Minnesota prisons should be better coordinated and more accountable. Minnesota has one of the...
View ArticleExaminer Identifies Man Shot Dead In North Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police have identified the man who was found shot to death inside a north Minneapolis home early Thursday morning. Authorities responded to the 2000 block of North Hillside Avenue...
View ArticleMinn. Deputy Shoots, Wounds Armed-Robbery Suspect
MORRIS, Minn. (AP) — A deputy in western Minnesota has shot and wounded a man suspected of armed robbery. The Swift County sheriff’s office says the 55-year-old was taken to a hospital. His condition...
View ArticleWis. Man Arrested For Alleged DUI With Child In Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 30-year-old Amery, Wis. man was arrested Sunday morning for operating a vehicle under the influence with a child in the vehicle, according to police. Maurice Lipscomb was pulled...
View ArticleMpls. Police: Man Shot, Found Dead Inside SUV
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man is dead after a shooting in south Minneapolis Sunday afternoon, according to Minneapolis Police. Just before 4 p.m., police responded to a shots fired report on the 3400...
View ArticleTwin Cities Man, 92, Given Knight Of The Legion Of Honor Medal
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — At a ceremony in Coon Rapids Sunday, U.S. Senator Al Franken pinned the Knight of the Legion of Honor medal on 92-year-old Benny Arechiga. “It’s something that I do every once in a...
View ArticlePolice: Subway Employee Tied Up In Armed Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are investigating after a Subway employee was tied up during an armed robbery in Alexandria Sunday night. At approximately 8:52 p.m., Alexandria Police responded to the call...
View Article2 Stores In Hastings Robbed At Knifepoint
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Hastings Police are investigating after two stores were robbed at knifepoint this weekend. Authorities say at 6:30 p.m. Friday the Hastings Tobacco Store on 1769 Market Blvd. was...
View ArticleJury Reaches Verdict On 3rd Try, Finds Man Guilty In Mpls. Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 29-year-old Minneapolis man has been found guilty of shooting a man dead in north Minneapolis in 2012, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Hennepin County...
View ArticleMaplewood, North St. Paul Police Investigate Armed Kidnappings
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two women are unharmed and alive after narrowly escaping two separate carjackings at gunpoint. In both cases, the women said their attacker was intending to rape them. The two...
View Article‘They’ve Used An Atom Bomb To Kill An Ant’: Attorney On Suspension After Tweet
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It was supposed to be joke, a sarcastic response. But a two-word tweet caused an uproar in the Elk River School District. Reid Sagehorn, 17, was suspended for seven weeks after he...
View ArticleMinneapolis 911 Operators Call For Change
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — For some people, it could be the most important phone call they will ever make but in a WCCO investigation, some 911 operators and dispatchers in Minneapolis said they’re in the...
View ArticleOfficer-Involved Shooting Leaves 2 Dead In Douglas County
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said two people are dead and a sheriff’s deputy was hurt after an officer-involved shooting on Monday in northwestern Minnesota. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was...
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