2 Mpls. Women Accused Of Shoplifting, Crashing Into Squad Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two Minneapolis women are facing serious charges stemming from a shoplifting incident at Burlington Coat Factory and a crash that damaged a squad car. Angela Sue Nelson, 36, was...
View ArticleCharges: Dad Shot Son Because He Wouldn’t Pay For Cable
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An 84-year-old man is charged with shooting and killing his son after a dispute over the son paying to install cable television in the house, according to charges filed Thursday....
View ArticleFired Gov’t Worker Charged With Accessing Info On 800 Day Care Providers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A human services worker, fired for identity theft, has been charged with burglary and theft after returning to her former workplace, stealing office equipment and accessing the...
View ArticlePolice Identify Fargo Cell Phone Store Burglars
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police say three Minnesota men broke into three Fargo stores last spring and stole more than $100,000 worth of products. The men are each facing three counts of conspiracy to...
View ArticleTwo Harbors Man Pleads Guilty To Stabbing, Killing Duluth Man
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 42-year-old Two Harbors man pleaded guilty to stabbing and killing a Duluth man inside his Central Hillside apartment, according to the St. Louis County Courthouse. On Thursday,...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Army Vet
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 32-year-old Wyoming, Minn. man pleaded guilty Thursday to a hit-and-run crash that killed an Army veteran last June. Derek Sanders pleaded guilty to one count of felony criminal...
View ArticleBill Rescinding Legislators’ DWI Immunity In Doubt
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota lawmakers’ immunity to drunken driving arrests would end under a bill that passed a House committee on Friday, a day after the Senate’s version was tabled by lawmakers...
View ArticleBenton Co. Sheriff: Missing Foley Man’s Death Was Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Benton County Sheriff’s office says a missing Foley man, whose body was found Tuesday, was a victim of homicidal violence. Jamie Wylie, 31, was found Tuesday on the side of...
View ArticleCops: Small Explosive Devices Found On School Playground
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials in southern Minnesota are asking the public’s help in figuring out why three homemade explosive devices — one of which was found inside a stuffed animal — were discovered...
View ArticleMNsure Interim CEO Faces DWI Charge
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Scott Leitz, the interim CEO of MNsure, has a DWI charge against him stemming from last summer, officials say. MNsure spokeswoman Jenni Bowring-McDonough said Friday night that...
View ArticleWoman Hit By Stray Bullet In S. Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A woman walked away from a shooting in south Minneapolis with minor injuries on Friday night. Police received a report of shots fired around 11:30 p.m. near 38th Street and Elliot...
View ArticleMan Charged With DUI After Crash With Child In Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 21-year-old Amery, Wis. man is charged with driving under the influence after crashing his car with a 6-year-old boy inside. According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, Andrew...
View ArticleMan, 31, Shot And Wounded Outside St. Cloud Bar
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP/WCCO) — St. Cloud Police say a man has been shot and wounded in an early-morning altercation outside a bar. The police department says a 31-year-old St. Cloud man was shot Saturday...
View ArticleWaite Park Police Search For Armed Robber
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man robbed a Waite Park gas station Saturday evening with a partially-concealed handgun, according to police. The robbery happened at the Super America at 29 3rd Street NE at...
View ArticleCharges: St. Paul Man Beat, Raped Hearing-Impaired Woman
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 53-year-old St. Paul man faces serious charges in connection to the beating and rape of a hearing-impaired woman Friday, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. Michael...
View ArticleMan Facing Attempted Murder Charge In St. Cloud Bar Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 24-year-old Mississippi man is accused of shooting a bar employee in St. Cloud last weekend after he was kicked out of the bar for giving alcohol to underage girls, according to...
View ArticleMinnesota Angler Pleads Guilty In Lake Trout Case
CRANE LAKE, Minn. (AP) — A contrite Minnesota angler pleaded guilty to breaking Canadian fishing laws and paid a fine for exceeding his daily catch limit and keeping what otherwise might have been...
View ArticleBuffalo Church Vandal Sentenced
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The 30-year-old man who vandalized six Buffalo, Minn. churches in September 2012 because he was angry with God has been sentenced. Wade Edward Murray of Buffalo was specifically...
View ArticleMissing Wis. Teen Believed To Be In Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis Police are asking for help locating a missing 16-year-old who they believe may be currently in the Twin Cities metro area. Police said that Alissa Blanco, of Somerset,...
View ArticleYacht Couple Charged With Welfare Fraud Arrested In Fla.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota couple who allegedly received more than $167,000 worth of public assistance from Minnesota while living in Florida on a $1.2 million yacht have been arrested. The...
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