Man Pleads Guilty In N.D. Synthetic Drug Deaths
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Texas man accused of distributing chemicals that ultimately resulted in the synthetic drug deaths of two teens in the Grand Forks, N.D., area has pleaded guilty. Charles Carlton,...
View ArticleMan Charged With Attempted Murder In Tom Reid’s Bar Shooting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — A 30-year-old man is charged with second-degree attempted murder after a shooting at a popular downtown St. Paul sports bar Friday night. St. Paul Police responded just after...
View ArticlePolice Investigate After 2 Assaulted, Robbed In Eden Prairie
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Eden Prairie Police are investigating after two victims were assaulted and robbed about an hour apart. In the first incident, officers responded to a 911 call around 5:50 p.m....
View ArticleMpls. Police Just Need A Little More Info To Arrest Suspect In Woman’s Killing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in Minneapolis are looking for the public’s help in solving a 20-month-old homicide. Lois Swenson, 76, was found dead inside her north Minneapolis home in June of 2012....
View ArticleM.E. IDs Victim In Fatal North Minneapolis Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man who was found shot in North Minneapolis and later died over the weekend. Authorities say the incident happened...
View ArticleRep. Bachmann: Gay Activists Are The Real Bullies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Rep. Michele Bachmann spoke out against Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s recent decision to veto a measure that some say would’ve allowed businesses to refuse service to gay people....
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty Of Kidnapping Verizon Store Manager
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One of the two men charged with kidnapping a Verizon Wireless retail store manager in the Twin Cities and stuffing him in a trunk last September has pleaded guilty. According to...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Death After Dispute In St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities said they are investigating a death in St. Paul early Tuesday morning after a dispute in the Dayton’s Bluff area. Police were called around 1 a.m. to the 700 block...
View ArticlePolice: Alexandria Armed Robberies May Be Linked
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (WCCO) — An armed robber is on the loose after tying up an employee and a customer at a video store Monday night, according to Alexandria Police. The incident happened at Premiere...
View Article2 Charged With Beating, Robbing Man At Life Time Fitness
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two men were charged Tuesday after police say they beat and robbed a man in the locker room of a Life Time Fitness in Eden Prairie, according to the Hennepin County Attorney. Dalal...
View ArticleArchbishop Nienstedt Won’t Be Charged In Alleged Groping Incident
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Charges will not be filed against Archbishop John Nienstedt in connection with an alleged groping incident involving a boy. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office says St. Paul Police...
View ArticleCharges: Toddler Gets High On Meth After Dad Takes Him To ‘Dope House’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 22-year-old man faces charges after police say he took his 2-year-old boy to a “dope house,” where the boy became high, after another individual was smoking meth in front of him....
View ArticleMan Gets Nearly 5 Years For Sex Trafficking
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suburban St. Louis man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for transporting five female victims for prostitution purposes between Missouri and five other states....
View ArticleMinn. Head Shop Attorney Suspended For 30 Days
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Supreme Court has suspended Golden Valley attorney Randall Tigue for 30 days for trust account violations. A referee found that Tigue failed to maintain trust...
View ArticleTrucker Arrested In Minn. Accused Of Keeping Sex Slaves
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah truck driver kept sex slaves in his semitrailer for months at a time while he traveled the country, filing down their teeth, forcing them to alter their appearance and...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Fleeing Police, Killing 1 In Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 34-year-old St. Paul man has pleaded guilty to fleeing police and crashing into a vehicle, killing one person and seriously injuring another, according to the Hennepin County...
View ArticlePolice: Drug Possibly Tied To 2 Recent Deaths In Mankato
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Mankato authorities are receiving leads as they continue to track down the source of a deadly drug that killed two young people in the past week. Police say a 17-year-old Mankato...
View ArticleForest Lake PD Seek Suspect In Attempted Sex Assault
FOREST LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) — Forest Lake Police are asking for the public’s help in finding the suspect in an attempted sexual assault. The incident happened Monday evening in the Washington County...
View ArticleMpls. Police Reopen Cold Case On Bicyclist’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The death of a bicyclist on his way to work five-and-a-half years ago is still fresh in the minds of Minneapolis Police. Jim Nisser, 65, was killed in the early morning hours of...
View ArticleMan Found Dead In St. Paul Had His Head Kicked Like A Football, Witness Says
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A St. Paul man faces a murder charge in connection to the Tuesday morning death of a man who was kicked repeatedly in the head, as though it were a football, a witness says. Peter...
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