Police Looking For Suspect In Brooklyn Center Homicide
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (WCCO) — Police are trying to find out who murdered a Brooklyn Center man in his home Sunday night. Neighbors are telling police they heard muffled gunshots coming from the home...
View ArticleMusical Benefit For Slain Lake City Police Officer
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — At Willy’s American Guitars in St. Paul, Mark Schneider shows off some slide licks on his vintage Gibson. For him, playing the blues is very raw and deeply heartfelt. Slain Lake City...
View ArticleCharges: School Van Driver Touched Girl Inappropriately
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 63-year-old man from Morgan, Minn., is accused of touching a 5-year-old girl with special needs inappropriately while he drove her home from school, according to charges filed in...
View ArticleTapes Released Of Woman Describing Husband’s Murder
MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO) — For the first time, we’re hearing a Minnesota woman’s chilling words as she describes the killing of her husband. “It was horrible! It was horrible! Once it happened, I...
View ArticleSomali May Live In Ohio Pending Terror Sentencing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Somali-American who pleaded guilty to a terror charge in Minnesota will be allowed to live in Ohio with his wife and child pending sentencing. Twenty-seven-year-old Ahmed Hussein...
View ArticleValentine’s Flowers Violate No Contact Order
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan man who police say tried to strangle his wife is facing an additional charge after he was accused of sending some Valentine’s Day flowers to her. Prosecutors say the...
View ArticlePolice Make Arrests In BB Gun Shooting Spree
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (WCCO) — Brooklyn Park Police are made four arrests in a series of BB gun crime sprees that have been happening in the city over the past 15 days. Police said numerous cars have...
View ArticleCharges: Woman Stabbed Husband In Drunken Argument
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 24-year-old Bloomington woman was arrested early Sunday morning after she allegedly stabbed her husband during a jealous, drunken argument, according to charges filed Wednesday...
View ArticleWis. Man Says He Mistook Malnourished Teen For 8
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A Wisconsin man who found a severely malnourished 15-year-old girl walking barefoot outside in pajamas says she was bleeding from a gash on her nose and crying. Mike Vega told The...
View ArticleMan Gets 545 Days In Jail In Lakeville Fatal Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 39-year-old Farmington man was sentenced to 545 days in jail, 13 years probation and 90 days of home monitoring over three years in connection with a Christmas Eve 2009 crash...
View ArticleBrooklyn Center Man Killed Inside Home Identified
BROOKLYN CENTER (WCCO) — A man who was found murdered inside his Brooklyn Center home Sunday night has been identified. Neighbors are telling police they heard muffled gunshots coming from the home on...
View ArticleHouse Committee Examines Sex Offender Discharge
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson is defending her decision not to oppose the provisional discharge of a man who spent nearly 19 years in the Minnesota Sex Offender...
View ArticlePolice Looking For Man Who Exposed Himself To Girl
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities are looking for a suspect who allegedly exposed himself to a 9-year-old girl on Monday, according to Minneapolis Police. The incident happened at around 8:30 a.m. at...
View ArticleMinn. Man Sentenced For Assaulting Trooper
WALKER, Minn. (AP) — A northern Minnesota man has been sentenced to more than four years behind bars for assaulting a state trooper while she was trying to arrest him last October. A Cass County judge...
View ArticleNY Lacrosse Players Charged After Minn. Brawl
Gallery: Mug Shots From Bloomington PD BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) – The Swarm battled the Rochester (N.Y.) Knighthawks on Monday, Feb. 12 to a 9-6 victory. But for a handful of the losing players,...
View ArticleMan Convicted For Role In 2010 St. Paul Murder
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A 27-year-old St. Paul man was convicted in Ramsey County Court Wednesday for his role in the Nov. 9, 2010, shooting death of then 28-year-old Joseph John Sanchez. Nicholas...
View ArticleA 5-State Ban For ‘Piggyback Bandit’
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The stocky man showed up in a basketball uniform for a game at Century High School in North Dakota. Players and coaches assumed he was a fan who had come with another team, so...
View ArticlePolice: Man Exposed Himself To 2 Young Girls
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis police are looking for a man who may have exposed himself to two young girls. On Monday, police said they received a report that the man drove around a bus stop several...
View ArticleMan Arrested In Pine City Robbery Attempt
PINE CITY (WCCO) – Police have arrested a man in connection with an attempted home invasion and burglary that happened early last week. According to the Pine County Sheriff’s Office, officers arrested...
View ArticleNeighbors Had Reported Possible Abuse Of Wis. Girl
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Neighbors of a severely malnourished Wisconsin teenager found wandering outside, her bare feet purple and her face bleeding, say they rarely saw the girl leave home, and that when she...
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