Man Sentenced To 2 Years For Smuggling AK-47 Parts
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling AK-47 parts to Paraguay. Fabian Patricio Lojano-Lojano, of Minneapolis, was sentenced Tuesday in St. Paul...
View ArticleMan Charged With Stabbing Toddler, Assaulting Others
ROCHESTER, Minn. (WCCO) – A Rochester, Minn. man faces 12 criminal counts of attempted murder, assault, burglary and terroristic threats after allegedly stabbing a toddler and two adults. According to...
View ArticleCharity To Refuse Dahmer Tour Money
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A business offering walking tours of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s haunts in Milwaukee plans to donate some proceeds to a charity that supports the parents of murder victims, but that...
View ArticleFmr. Bank Manager Admits Stealing $80K From Bank
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The former vice president and branch manager of Star Bank in Bertha, Minn. admitted in federal court Monday to stealing $80,000 from the bank. Kenneth Marlyn Ashbaugh, 67, pleaded...
View ArticleACLU Sues Minnewaksa Schools In Facebook Incidents
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union sued Minnewaska Area Schools and Pope County officials Tuesday, claiming they violated a middle school student’s constitutional rights in two...
View ArticleJury: Bakdash Guilty On 9 Counts In ‘U’ Hit-And-Run
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The man accused of a deadly hit-and-run at the University of Minnesota has been found guilty on nine counts, according to the jury. The jury found 29-year-old Timothy Bakdash...
View ArticleWoman Pleads Guilty To Social Security Embezzlement
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 28-year-old woman who worked for a social security benefits company pleaded guilty in Minneapolis Federal Court on Tuesday to stealing more than $25,000 in those benefits from...
View ArticleMan Sentenced In House Flipping Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 47-year-old Cottage Grove man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Tuesday after defrauding investors out of more than $5 million in a house-flipping scheme that...
View ArticleAssault Trial Opens For Vikings CB Cook
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A domestic assault trial for Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook will turn on whether jurors believe his version of events or his girlfriend’s. Several details were released...
View ArticleOakdale Man Gets 15 Years In Child Porn Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 51-year-old Oakdale man was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Minneapolis Federal Court Wednesday for distributing child pornography. Brian Gene Montgomery was indicted on one...
View ArticleCharges: Ex-Co. Commissioner Candidate Had Child Porn
ST. PAUL (WCCO) – A 39-year-old Minnesota House worker and former candidate for Ramsey County Commissioner has been charged with 12 counts of possessing child pornography. According to the criminal...
View ArticleMan Charged With Assault For Throwing Vise At Vehicle
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 39-year-old man from Bloomington has been charged after police say he threw several objects at cars and trucks, including a vise that seriously injured an Iraq War veteran....
View ArticleMan Gets 25 Years For White Bear Lake Armed Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection to an armed robbery of a White Bear Lake bar, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Tyice Alexander...
View ArticleArchdiocese Dismisses Member Amid Credit Fraud Case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A member of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul has been dismissed amid allegations of a scandal involving credit card fraud, the organization confirmed Wednesday...
View ArticleWCCO Investigates Complaints Of Rosemount Police
ROSEMOUNT (WCCO) — For months, some businesses in one Twin Cities suburb have been complaining that the cops are costing them money. Rosemount bar and restaurant owners have complained to the city...
View ArticleAccused Vise Thrower Arrested After Charged In 14 Cases
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 39-year-old Bloomington man has been arrested after being charged with first-degree damage to property and first-degree assault for 14 separate crimes. Gerret Parks was arrested...
View ArticleHusband Of Woman Slain In Fargo Arrested
FARGO, N.D. (WCCO/AP) – Authorities say they located the husband of a North Dakota woman found dead in her apartment by tracking his credit cards. Police said they arrested 49-year-old Henry Leo...
View ArticleWoman Accused Of Mailing Puppy Deemed Incompetent
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 40-year-old woman charged with trying send a puppy through the mail has been deemed incompetent. Stacey Champion was supposed to go on trial last July on two misdemeanor charges...
View ArticleWR Ge’Shun Harris Dismissed From Gopher Football Team
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Gopher wide receiver Ge’Shun Harris has been dismissed from the University of Minnesota football program, head coach Jerry Kill said Thursday. Kill said Harris was dismissed for...
View ArticleMan Arrested In Hennepin County Meth Bust
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 31-year-old Crystal man was arrested Tuesday in connection with methamphetamine investigation conducted in Hennepin County. Julian Ruiz Lozano was charged Thursday by the...
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