Police: 2 Shot Near Target Field
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two people are hospitalized after a shooting in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday morning. According to Minneapolis Police, the shooting happened near a light rail platform on...
View ArticlePolice: 19 Arrested, No Officers Injured After Gophers’ Loss
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Gopher men’s hockey team didn’t take home the national championship but that didn’t stop hockey fans from causing another rowdy night in Dinkytown. Police arrested 19 people...
View ArticleMinn. Man Who Shot, Killed Teens Heading To Trial
LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — After a central Minnesota man repeatedly shot a teen who entered his home, he dragged the boy’s bloodied body into a basement workshop, authorities say, sat down — and...
View ArticleBesides Alcohol, What Else Led To Dinkytown’s Disturbance?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s clear that alcohol and excessive drinking played a role in the behavior of some of the people in the crowd in Dinkytown Saturday night. But what else may have led them to...
View ArticleSentencing Scheduled In Synthetic Drug Conspiracy
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – One of 15 people to plead guilty in a synthetic drug conspiracy that resulted in the overdose deaths of two teenagers is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court. Casey Rosen is...
View ArticlePolice: 16-Year-Old Robbed At Gunpoint, Punched In Sauk Rapids
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Sauk Rapids Police Department is asking for the public’s help after a 16-year-old boy was robbed and punched early Sunday afternoon. Police say at 6 p.m. the teen victim was...
View ArticleFmr. DNR Employee Sentenced In Data Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A former Department of Natural Resources official convicted of illegally accessing drivers’ license data on thousands of Minnesotans has been sentenced. On Monday, 49-year-old John...
View ArticleMinnesota Man Gets 20 Years In Prison In Drug Case
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in a synthetic drug conspiracy case in North Dakota. Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Myers on Monday announced the...
View ArticleJury Selection Monday For Little Falls Man Who Shot, Killed 2 Teens
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The trial is getting underway this week for a Little Falls man who said he killed two teenagers in self-defense. When Byron Smith – who is free on bond – walked into court, he...
View ArticleMilitia Leader Pleads Guilty To ID Theft
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man accused of stealing identification information from members of his former Army unit has pleaded guilty to an identity theft charge. Prosecutors say Keith Michael...
View ArticleDeputy Shot In Norman County, Suspect Arrested
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The vest of northern Minnesota sheriff’s deputy caught a bullet for him Tuesday morning, officials say, when he was shot in the back by the older brother of the teenager he was...
View ArticlePine Co. Minister Faces 59 Counts Of Sex Abuse, Nationwide Warrant Issued
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities have issued a nationwide warrant for a 52-year-old man accused of having sex with two underage girls while ministering to a religious group in Northern Pine County....
View Article3 Teens Charged In Minneapolis-Edina Robbery Spree
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Three teenagers are charged in a string of robberies that resulted in one man being hospitalized for stab wounds to the neck. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced the...
View ArticleDay Care Provider Gets 30 Days In Jail, Community Service In Baby’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 46-year-old Farmington day care provider was sentenced Tuesday in connection with the July 2012 death of a 3-month-old at her in-home day care. Rebecca Lynn Graupmann was...
View ArticleAugsburg Student Faces Rioting Charges After Dinkytown Mayhem
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The only person facing serious charges after Saturday’s Dinkytown disturbance made his first court appearance on Tuesday. Michael Conley Juberian, 22, is an Augsburg College...
View ArticlePolice Say Moorhead Man Tried To Kill Girlfriend
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man was being held on $1 million bond Tuesday after being charged with attacking his girlfriend in their North Dakota apartment, including beating her with a metal...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Body Discovery In Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Duluth police are investigating the discovery of a body. Police say a passer-by Tuesday noticed the body near an intersection along a fence and brush line. Investigators are trying...
View ArticleApple Valley Man Arrested In Iowa Khat Bust
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 38-year-old Apple Valley man was arrested Tuesday in Iowa for being in possession of an amphetamine known as khat, according to police. Members of a drug task force near Mason...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Role In Teen’s Death After Underage Drinking Party
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 19-year-old man from western Minnesota pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges in the March 9 death of a teenager found in the cold after an underage drinking party. Erik Patrick...
View ArticleNo-Parole Sentence Reinstated For Minnesota Man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release for a man who was two months shy of his 18th birthday when...
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