Minn. Man Facing Sentencing In Nev. Abduction Case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 34-year-old Minnesota man could get probation or prison time in Nevada after pleading guilty to felony coercion for keeping his ex-girlfriend against her will at a motel in the...
View ArticleDeposed Archbishop Says He Can’t Recall Abuse Case
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WCCO) — Another videotaped deposition was released Monday from a leader in the Catholic Church. This time it’s from Robert Carlson, the archbishop of St. Louis, who was also a...
View ArticlePolice: 16-Year-Old Shoots Brother In Columbia Heights, Flees
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Columbia Heights Police are searching for a 16-year-old boy after he allegedly shot his older brother Monday afternoon. Police officers were dispatched at 3:33 p.m. to an apartment...
View ArticleInvestigators: Transgender Woman Held Captive, Abused For Years
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minnesota woman is free after being held captive in Louisiana for two years. Authorities say she had recently made the transition from male to female, and was forced to do hard...
View ArticlePolice: 2 Men Injured In St. Paul Shootings
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities are looking for at least one suspect after two men were shot in St. Paul early Tuesday morning. St. Paul Police were called to the area of Western Ave. North and...
View ArticleHennepin Co. Law Enforcement Conducting Warrant Sweeps
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police officers, sheriff deputies and FBI agents in Hennepin County will be making an extra effort on Tuesday to find drug offenders with warrants. This follows a rise in heroin...
View Article1 Charged In Columbia Heights Home Invasion, Assault
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Columbia Heights man faces charges after a home invasion robbery and assault last week, the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. On June 5, police officers responded...
View ArticleMan Gets 40 Years For Murdering Minn. Nat’l Guardsman
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A South St. Paul man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to shooting and killing a staff sergeant in the Minnesota National Guard in a scheme with the...
View ArticleAuthorities: 16-Year-Old Accused Of Shooting Brother Turns Himself In
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 16-year-old boy who allegedly shot his older brother in Columbia Heights Monday afternoon has turned himself in. Police officers were dispatched at 3:33 p.m. to an apartment on...
View ArticleVictims’ Lawyer Seeks Electronic Data From Church
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for victims of alleged sexual abuse by clergy are asking a judge in St. Paul to order the archdiocese to turn over its electronic data on accused priests — such as emails,...
View ArticleConvicted Murderer Questioned In Abduction Of Jacob Wetterling
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A convicted killer questioned just last month in the disappearance of Jacob Wetterling spoke out Tuesday from prison. Tips about 83-year-old Delbert Huber have been coming into law...
View ArticleOne Of Hennepin County’s Most Wanted Nabbed On 1st Day Of Sweep
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Law enforcement officials say they nabbed one of Hennepin County’s top 10 most wanted on the first day of a county-wide warrant sweep aimed at drug dealers. Sheriff’s deputies...
View ArticleDoctor To Evaluate 12-Year-Old Stabbing Suspect
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a friend in a quest to please a spooky fictional character will have a mental evaluation, while an attorney for a second girl also charged...
View ArticleDouglas Co. Deputy Cleared In February Shootout
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (AP) — A prosecutor has cleared a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy involved in a February shootout with two suspects who later died in a murder-suicide. Douglas County Attorney Chad...
View ArticleFrm. Minn. Priest Admits To Decades Of Sexual Abuse
MINNAEPOLIS (WCCO) — A videotaped deposition of a former Minnesota priest shows him calmly describing graphic sexual encounters with at least ten boys. The deposition of former priest Thomas Adamson is...
View ArticleCounties Say It’s Too Costly To Hold Prisoners For ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s going to take an order from a judge for county jails to hold prisoners requested to be detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Hennepin County officials...
View ArticlePolice Call For Expanding ShotSpotter Program In North Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Increased gun violence in north Minneapolis and a call for added protection has police asking to expand the ShotSpotter program. The City Council will vote Friday to provide extra...
View ArticleWe ‘Never Hurt Amy’: Pagnac’s Mom On Investigation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Amy Pagnac would have been 38 years old this week. Some 25 birthdays have passed since she went missing from an Osseo gas station. But what was once a cold case is now active....
View ArticleOfficials: Offender Should Stay At MSOP For Now
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials with the Department of Human Services disagree with experts who say a man in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program should be immediately released, arguing in court documents...
View ArticleFormer Marine Foils Purse Snatcher In Blaine
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A would-be thief who picked the wrong woman to mess with is in jail. Blaine Police say Christopher Samuels tried to snatch Kathy George’s purse outside a Cub Foods on Tuesday. She...
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