Wayzata Man Charged In North Minneapolis Pot Bust
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 25-year-old Wayzata man is accused of possessing marijuana and fleeing police after a drug bust at a north Minneapolis residence on Monday, according to charges filed Friday in...
View ArticlePolice: Man Points Gun At 12-Year-Old In Road Rage
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A man and his 12-year-old daughter found themselves looking down the barrel of a handgun Tuesday afternoon as they passed a man on Highway 169, Brooklyn Park police said. The road...
View ArticleReport: DWI Attorney Arrested For DWI
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Stillwater DWI attorney found himself in jail early Friday morning after being arrested for allegedly drinking and driving, authorities said. Washington County jail documents...
View ArticleSt. Paul Mother Acquitted In Her 2-Year-Old Son’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A St. Paul woman was acquitted Saturday night in the death of her 2-year-old son. Twenty-four-year-old Jessica Caldwell had been charged with murder after her son, Julian Williams,...
View ArticlePolice: Group Robs, Beats St. Cloud Man
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 21-year-old St. Cloud man is recovering Sunday after a group of men stuck a knife to his chest, punched him, threw him to the ground and stole his wallet, authorities said. St....
View ArticleMan Arrested After Dropping Hammer From Balcony
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities arrested a man in Bloomington Sunday after he allegedly dropped a sledgehammer from his balcony that landed near a neighbor with whom he had been arguing. Police...
View ArticleNew London To Cut Police Hours
NEW LONDON, Minn. (WCCO) – Residents of New London, Minn. will have fewer hours of police protection next year. In a cost-cutting move, the city council voted to reduce the hours. The city is covered...
View ArticleMbakwe Sentenced For Violating Restraining Order
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Trevor Mbakwe has been sentenced for violating a harassment restraining order stemming from an incident in January. Mbakwe was sentenced to one day in the Ramsey County Jail but...
View ArticleCoach Gets Probation For Sexual Assault Of Student
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) — A former Twin Cities hockey coach has been sentenced for sexually assaulting a student. James Brent Vandusartz, 57, was charged with criminal sexual conduct in the third...
View ArticleKanabec County Deputy Arrested For DWI
CAMBRIDGE, Minn. (WCCO) – The Isanti County Deputy’s Office said they arrested a deputy from the sheriff’s department of neighboring Kanabec County for allegedly driving while intoxicated. Isanti...
View ArticleVan Driver Charged With Assaulting 11-Year-Old Girl
BALSAM LAKE, Wis. (WCCO) – A 60-year-old van driver is charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Polk County, Wis. According to the charges, Paul L. Burritt, of Turtle Lake, was driving...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Swindling From Hoo-Hoo
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – A 60-year-old Inver Grove Heights man pleaded guilty to swindling a nonprofit organization of more than $154,000 from a Twin Cities nonprofit organization over the course of...
View ArticleWoman, 28, Pleads Guilty To Drunken Crash That Killed 1
HASTINGS (WCCO) — A 28-year-old Inver Grove Heights woman has pleaded guilty in connection to a September 2010 drunken crash that killed her passenger, according to the Dakota County Attorney’s Office....
View ArticleMan Charged In St. Paul Murder Of 24-Year-Old
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 22-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of a 24-year-old man in St. Paul. Adrian Ricardo Flowers, of St. Paul, was charged with one count of intentional...
View ArticleJudge Threatens To Toss Suit Against Minn. Diocese
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge is threatening to throw out a Nevada man’s lawsuit against a diocese in southwestern Minnesota over claims he was sexually abused by an Irish priest. U.S. District...
View ArticleWoman Accuses Ticket Seller Of Costing Group $12K
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – VIP tickets, backstage passes and a chance to meet a famous singer, all for a bargain price. Jacqui Marano says a ticket seller made her offers she couldn’t refuse for Bret...
View ArticleDA: Minn. Assessor Brought Shotgun Into Courthouse
BENSON, Minn. (AP) — Swift County Assessor Ed Pederson has been suspended without pay for a month after he allegedly brought a shotgun into his courthouse office in October. The 51-year-old is also...
View ArticlePolice: Dad Arrested For Assaulting Son At B-Ball Game
LAKEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) – An Eagan father was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his son after a basketball game. The incident happened last Saturday after an eighth grade basketball game that was...
View ArticleHastings Man Accused Of Peeping, Threatening Boy
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – A 34-year-old Hastings man is accused of peeping in on a young boy, showing him pornographic magazines and purchasing tobacco for him, according to charges filed Tuesday in...
View ArticleMan Gets Nearly 15 Years In White Bear Lake Robberies
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A 38-year-old White Bear Lake man was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison Tuesday in connection with a string of burglaries in White Bear Lake over the summer. Paul Jinhee...
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