Man In Custody After Allegedly Setting Roommate On Fire In Andover
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 29-year-old Andover man was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly setting another man on fire inside a home over a dispute, according to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office....
View ArticleWaseca Teen Accused Of Planning School Attack Back In Court
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 17-year-old Waseca boy is back in court Wednesday, addressing charges that he plotted to kill his family and then stage a Columbine-like attack on his school. John David LaDue...
View ArticleZellers Says Gov. Dayton Mismanaged Sex Offender Program
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A leading Republican candidate for governor is calling for an investigation into how important documents were destroyed in the case of a high-profile sex offender. Thomas Duvall,...
View ArticleMinnesota Man Convicted Of Arms Smuggling
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Minnesota man of smuggling arms to Nigeria and lying on firearms purchase records. Fifty-one-year-old Sheriff Olaleran Mohammed was convicted of one...
View ArticleAuthorities: Andover Man Set On Fire Dies From Injuries
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 55-year-old Andover man who was allegedly set on fire by his roommate has died from his injuries, the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. On Tuesday, officers were...
View ArticleMoorhead Police Chase Cuts Across Golf Course
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A nice round of golf in Moorhead turned into a scene from a movie on Tuesday, and the fairway turned into a crime scene. A man wanted on theft and drug charges led police on a...
View ArticleMan Charged With Attempted Murder Of Foster Son
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Benedict, Minn. man has been charged with the attempted murder of his foster son on Tuesday, according to the Hubbard County Attorney’s Office. Dennis James Sullivan was charged...
View ArticleCharges: Coach Photoshopped Student Into Child Porn
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Brooklyn Park volleyball coach faces felony charges for allegedly having child porn on his computer and photoshopping images of a student he knew onto pornographic pictures....
View Article3 More Charged In Connection With Waseca Plot
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Three more people have been charged in connection with what investigators are calling a 17-year-old Waseca boy’s plot to kill his family and stage a Columbine-like attack on his...
View ArticleMinnesota Surgeon Arrested In North Dakota
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota surgeon choked his foster son by forcing a latex glove down the 10-year-old boy’s throat and stopped only when interrupted by his wife, according to a criminal...
View Article1 Hospitalized After N. Mpls. Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One man was sent to the hospital after being shot in North Minneapolis early Saturday morning. Police responded to a call around 1 a.m. of a shooting in the 4900 block of Camden...
View ArticleJewelry Store Robber Shoots Himself After Cops Show Up
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in Woodbury are investigating a robbery at a jewelry store Saturday that ended when the robber killed himself. Police say at around 9:30 a.m. a gunman entered Johnson...
View ArticleArrest Made In Jewelry Store Robbery Where Suspect Shot, Killed Himself
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a failed jewelry store armed robbery where the suspect shot and killed himself, Woodbury authorities announced Sunday. At...
View ArticleMan Arrested In Police Chase, SUV Fire Identified
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 51-year-old South Dakota man is custody after allegedly leading police on a chase that led to a SUV fire Sunday afternoon, according to authorities. Police officers were...
View ArticlePolice: 1 Dead In Hastings Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said a man was found dead after an apparent shooting in Hastings Sunday night. Hastings Police were called at about 9:56 p.m. to the 1200 block of Eddy Street on a...
View ArticleArrest Made In St. Paul Suspicious Death
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Police said Monday an arrest has been made in connection with a suspicious death of a woman on the east side of St. Paul Saturday night. Authorities were called to a wooded...
View ArticleDakota Co. Att’y Investigating St. Paul School District
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — The Dakota County attorney’s office is looking into whether St. Paul school district staffers broke the law by not reporting allegations against a custodian now charged with...
View ArticleMan Sentenced To 8 Years For Brutal Elk River Home Invasion, Police Chase
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 31-year-old Brooklyn Center man has been sentenced to 8 years in prison in connection to a brutal Elk River home invasion and high-speed police chase in February. On Friday, Ryan...
View ArticleWinona Diocese Releases Priest Abuse Details
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Diocese of Winona released details Monday about 14 priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children, calling their decision an effort to be transparent and...
View ArticleThief Forgets To Log Off Facebook After Burglarizing Home
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota man is in jail because he logged on to Facebook. Police say 26-year-old Nicholas Wig checked his profile from a home he broke into, and then he didn’t log off. It...
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