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Charges: Man Pimped Out Woman With Mild Retardation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 36-year-old Minneapolis man is accused of soliciting his girlfriend, a vulnerable female adult with mild retardation, for prostitution, according to charges filed Friday in...
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Wis. Police Shoot, Kill Minn. Man Who Raised Gun
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin police have shot and killed a Minnesota man who they say raised his gun as officers tried to investigate him for an attempted car theft. The man was identified Saturday...
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GOP Leaders Work To Stop Sex Offender’s Release
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man who has been labeled as a predatory sex offender — and locked up in the state hospital in St. Peter — is about to be released. Clarence Opheim has admitted to a 100...
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Man Arrested After 3 Die In Wis. Rollover
Fitchburg, Wis. (AP) — A driver has been arrested on tentative charges of homicide by drunken driving after a rollover crash in Fitchburg that killed three people and left a fourth critically injured....
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Police: St. Paul Residents Find Body Near Their Garage
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — St. Paul Police are investigating a suspicious death in the city. Police said the residents of a house on the 1100 block of Western Avenue found a man’s body Sunday morning near a...
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Sex Offender’s Release Prompts Backlash, Defense
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – State lawmakers plan to hold a special meeting Monday to try to close a loophole in the sex offender notification law. Republican leaders are hoping to pass a bill allowing the...
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Why Didn’t Abused Wisconsin Teen Seek Help?
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Madison teen who was starved, beaten and sexually abused for years had run away on several occasions, and said she used to sneak outside and dig in the garbage for food. Some might...
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Man Arrested In His Underwear In Des Moines
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A 20-year-old man wearing only underwear has been arrested at building that houses the Polk County prosecutors’ office in Des Moines. Joseph Edwards, of Waukee, was arrested...
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Hennepin Co.: Significant Violent Crime Drop Since 2006
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says new statistics show that violent crime has decreased 38 percent countywide from 2006 to 2011. According to the Sheriff’s Office, 2011 was...
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Man Found Dead In St. Paul ID’d, Death Ruled Homicide
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — St. Paul Police have identified the body of a man discovered Sunday morning and ruled his death a homicide. Police said the residents of a house on the 1100 block of Western Avenue...
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Woman Stabbed In Columbia Heights
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) – Police are investigating after a woman was stabbed in an apparent domestic dispute late Sunday evening. According to police, it happened at about 11 p.m. on the 3700...
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1 Killed, 3 Seriously Hurt In Home Invasion
BLUE EARTH, Minn. (WCCO) – One person was killed and three others were injured in a home invasion that happened early Monday morning in Blue Earth, Minn. According to the Bureau of Criminal...
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Minn. House Passes Sex Offender Notification Bill 127-1
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — After a Ramsey County judicial panel gave the green light for Clarence Opheim’s release into a neighborhood halfway house, state lawmakers’ phone lines lit up. There was...
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Suspect Arrested In Connection With Home Invasion
ST.PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the Blue Earth home invasion that left one dead and three seriously injured Monday. According to the Bureau of Criminal...
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Starved Wis. Girl’s Statements Detail Her Life
MILWAUKEE (AP) — When the malnourished 15-year-old awoke each morning, she could hear her family eating and getting ready for the day. If she felt especially brave or desperate she would call to her...
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‘KKK’ Painted On Items In Iowa Neighborhood
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Vandals have struck a northwest Cedar Rapids neighborhood, marring vehicles, mailboxes and garage doors with the letters KKK. Homes in the Stoney Point neighborhood have been...
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Suspect Awaiting Charges In Fatal Home Invasion
BLUE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — Investigators say they aren’t looking for any other suspects in a fatal attack at a home in Blue Earth. The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says a lone suspect is in the...
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Police Seek Suspect After 2 Shot, Injured In St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities in St. Cloud are looking for a suspect after two people were shot during an argument Saturday night, according to police. The incident happened at about 6:34 p.m....
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Officials: 2 Playground Arson Fires In 2 Days
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Local fire departments say they’ve responded to what appears to be two playground arson fires over the weekend. The first fire occurred around 3 p.m. Saturday on the 1500 block of...
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BCA: Suspect In Home Invasion Was Husband Of A Victim
BLUE EARTH, Minn. (WCCO) – Police have identified the man they arrested in connection with a deadly home invasion in Blue Earth. He is the husband of one of the three women injured in the attack. The...
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