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Man Who Jumped Into Mississippi River Charged
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 19-year-old man is charged with a misdemeanor after authorities say he jumped off a bridge in a Twin Cities suburb in the name of charity. The Hennepin County sheriff’s office said...
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Police: Large Wood Processor Stolen From Mora Business
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in Mora are asking for the public’s help after a large wood processor was stolen from a business. Authorities said the incident happened at about 6 a.m. Tuesday on the 2200...
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2nd Suspect Arrested In Mankato Assault, Nelson Dismissed From Rutgers
MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a weekend fight that left a former Minnesota State, Mankato, linebacker critically injured. As news of the second arrest...
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Ex-Cop Gets Prison Time For Preying On Girls Over Facebook
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A former Minneapolis Police officer was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for using social media to prey on young girls. Bradley Schnickel, 33, of Andover, pleaded guilty...
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Charges: Men Stole Vehicles Using Tow Truck
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – Two men are accused of using a tow truck to steal vehicles from a parking lot, and were caught when they unknowingly lifted a “bait car.” According to charges filed in Dakota...
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McDonald’s Manager Charged With Sexually Touching Employees
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An assistant manager at a Lakeville McDonald’s has been charged with criminal sexual conduct after allegedly touching two employees – one of whom was under 18 – in inappropriate...
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Third Civil Suit Filed Against Shattuck-St. Mary’s
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A third civil suit was filed Tuesday in a Rice County Court against Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in Faribault, Minn., alleging that administrators knew a teacher had engaged in...
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Lawsuit Accuses Woman Of Exploiting Immigrants
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is accusing a Shakopee woman and her companies of falsely posing as immigration lawyers. Swanson alleges that Ornella Hammerschmidt and...
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Mpls. Police Award Man Who Chased Kid-Punching Thief
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Tuesday was a day of awards for the Minneapolis Police Department. At a morning ceremony, Chief Janeé Harteau handed out several awards to different officers. The chief also gave...
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St. Cloud Hunter Banned From Big Game Hunting For 5 Years
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who violated a federal hunting law has been banned from hunting big game anywhere in the U.S. for five years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says 41-year-old...
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Rise In Lakeville Road Rage May Be Due To Construction
By Jennifer Mayerle, WCCO-TV MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We’ve all felt this way before: annoyed while sitting in traffic, or mad someone cut us off. You may want to honk, but that’s where it usually ends....
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Good Question: How Is Bail Determined?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Former University of Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson was out of jail Monday afternoon after posting $20,000 bail. He allegedly assaulted another man, leaving him in critical...
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2nd Man Charged With Assault In Mankato Fight
MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — A man arrested in a weekend assault that severely injured a former Minnesota State, Mankato, football player has been charged with two felony counts. Police arrested...
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Minnesota Enacts 1st Law On Cellphone Disabling
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota enacted the nation’s first law Wednesday requiring smartphones and tablets sold in the state to have a remote shut-off feature as a way to deter theft. The “kill...
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Small Girl May Lose Eye After Mpls. Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two Minneapolis men are accused of shooting at a vehicle containing a woman and four small children, one of whom was seriously injured in the eye, according to Minneapolis Police....
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Woman Gets Probation In Minnesota Al-Shabab Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minnesota woman who lied to a grand jury about raising money for men who left the state to join a terrorist group in Somalia was sentenced Wednesday to three years of...
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Mpls. Man Gets 25 Years For Shooting Boy, 2 Others
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 35-year-old Minneapolis man was sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for shooting a 4-year-old boy and two others last June, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s...
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Dayton Signs Bill To Permanently Seal ‘Reformed Offender’ Records
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill into law Wednesday making it easier to erase the criminal records of some offenders. The law could affect thousands of Minnesotans. It allows...
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Former ‘U’ Research Assistant Arrested After Police Catch Him ‘Cooking Meth’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 30-year-old man is in custody and charged with a felony after police say he was caught cooking meth in a storage facility in St. Paul. According to the criminal complaint,...
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New Developments Revealed In Jacob Wetterling Abduction Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There is a new development in one of Minnesota’s most infamous unsolved crimes: the abduction of Jacob Wetterling. A masked stranger grabbed the 11-year-old as he biked home from a...
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