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911 Calls Shed Light On U Of M Student’s Murder
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More details are emerging on the night Timothy Bakdash ran down four University of Minnesota students and killed one last April. Bakdash was found guilty of second-degree murder...
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Fmr. Police Chief Pleads Guilty To Sex Assault, Child Porn
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A former Minneapolis Park Police chief pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of criminal sexual conduct and to possessing child pornography, according to the court documents in...
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Jury Finds Vikings’ CB Chris Cook Not Guilty On All Counts
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After two days of deliberation, a jury found Minnesota Vikings’ cornerback Chris Cook not guilty of all counts. Cook, 25, was accused of choking his girlfriend and was facing four...
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Anoka Co. Corrections Officer Accused Of Groping Inmate
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 57-year-old man who was a correctional officer at the Anoka County Jail is accused of touching an inmate inappropriately, according to charges filed Thursday in Anoka County...
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Domestic Violence Expert Reacts To Cook’s Acquittal
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There’s fear among domestic violence experts that Chris Cook’s acquittal could cause some victims to not come forward. Carol Arthur is the executive director of the Domestic Abuse...
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Fear Grips Taxi Community After Fatal Shooting: Victim ID’d
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police in North Minneapolis are working leads after a taxi driver was shot and killed Wednesday, but no arrests have been made. The shooting happened just after 10 p.m. near the...
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Billboard Campaign Seeks To Find Toddler’s Killer
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A new effort is underway to get leads in the shooting death of a 3-year-old North Minneapolis boy. Terrell Mayes Jr. died after a bullet broke through a wall in his home and hit...
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State Urges Execution Of SD Man Who Killed Guard
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State prosecutors have asked the South Dakota Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence of a prison inmate who killed a prison guard. Eric Robert pleaded guilty to killing prison...
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Couple Lose Custody Of Son After Chaining Him To Crib
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Southern Minnesota couple who chained their five year old son to his crib have lost their parental rights. Brian and Charity Miller of rural Dexter spent six months in jail after...
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Attempted Murder Suspect Testifies In Own Defense
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man on trial for allegedly shooting a man outside a North Dakota movie theater says the man ambushed him with a gun. Forty-five-year-old Felipe Estrada of Dilworth,...
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2 Seriously Injured In Highway 12 Crash
INDEPENDENCE, Minn. (WCCO) – At least two people were seriously injured in a three-car crash along Highway 12 in Independence, Minn. Friday morning. According to authorities, the crash happened near...
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Prelim Hearing Resumes In Wis. Starved-Teen Case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A preliminary hearing will resume for the Madison couple accused of starving and torturing the man’s 15-year-old daughter. The hearing is scheduled for Friday afternoon. It began...
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Man Charged In Kid-Hitting Robbery
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — St. Paul Police say they’ve arrested a man they believe tried to rob a convenience store at gunpoint, striking a child in the process. Andrew Kenneth Nickles, 26, was arrested...
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Woman Collides With Troopers With Kids In Her Truck
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police arrested a 31-year-old Ironton woman after she led police on a chase Friday and struck three squad cars while three children – ages 2, 3 and 7 — were passengers in her...
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Feds Say 19 Arrested In 9 States In ID Theft Ring
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal authorities say 19 people in Nevada and eight other states have been arrested in a debit and credit card identity theft and trafficking ring that prosecutors allege operated as...
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Charges: St. Paul Man Slashed Victim In Front Of Her Kids
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 22-year-old St. Paul man faces charges of domestic abuse after he allegedly slashed his girlfriend’s leg with a knife in front of their 1-year-old son. The Ramsey County...
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Rally Against Violence In North Minneapolis Saturday
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A call to action will be held in North Minneapolis on Saturday after gun violence took another life earlier this week. William Harper, a taxi driver, was shot and killed on...
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Man, 25, Pleads Guilty In 2 Sexual Assaults
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — A 25-year-old Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two separate alleged sexual assaults. According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Hennepin County...
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Man Leads Police On Multi-County Chase
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police jolted a man with a Taser after he displayed a knife following a chase through multiple counties Saturday, authorities said. The Hector Police Department said in a press...
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St. Paddy’s Party Starts In Mpls, Police Prepared
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The pub crawls began early for many celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Minneapolis. Area pubs, especially ones with an Irish theme, were flooded with people eager to enjoy the...
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