Boy, 17, Critical After Shooting In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police are investigating a shooting that left a teenager in critical condition on Sunday. The incident happened at about 3 p.m. near the intersection of Lowry and Knox...
View ArticleMinneapolis Area Police Looking For Kitten Thief
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis area police are trying to track down a kitten thief. The woman took 8-week-old Persian kitten Saturday night from a Petland in Shakopee. The store captured the theft...
View ArticleBabysitter Accused Of Sexual Contact With Teen
STILLWATER, Minn. (WCCO) — A Cottage Grove, Minn. woman has been charged with having sex with a teenage boy she used to babysit. According to the criminal complaint, Desiree Cruz was 26 years old when...
View ArticleCourt Nixes Most Contempt Counts In MN Terror Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has thrown out 19 of the 20 contempt-of-court citations against a Rochester woman convicted of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia. The Eighth...
View ArticleMonticello Teen Arrested In Fatal Motorcycle Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office said Monday it has arrested a 19-year-old Monticello teen in connection with April crash in Big Lake Township that killed two people. Cody...
View ArticleDNR: Anglers Caught With Nearly 70 Fish Over Limit
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A tip call led to fines for three anglers who caught nearly 70 fish beyond the limit, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The three fishers now face fines in the...
View ArticleMan Allegedly Beat 3 Cops While Drunk At Kids’ Concert
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (WCCO) – A Georgia man whose name recalls a popular 1970s action movie hero was arrested after allegedly assaulting police officers while drunk at a sixth-grade choir concert. The...
View ArticleVikings FB Arrested For DWI At Eden Prairie McDonald’s
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) — It appears a late-night stop at McDonald’s in Eden Prairie led to the DWI arrest of Vikings’ fullback Jerome Felton, according to police. Authorities say they received a...
View ArticleColumbia Heights Man Sentenced For Knife Assault On Girlfriend
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (WCCO) – A Columbia Heights man was sentenced to 163 months in prison for attempted murder. Antonio Robinson, 39, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the second-degree from a...
View Article2 Injured After Street Racer Hits Bystander
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A man is in critical condition after police say he lost control of his vehicle while allegedly street racing in Minneapolis. Authorities say Jerry Vang was driving an orange...
View ArticleMan Gets 26 Years For Downtown Hotel Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 33-year-old Dayton man was sentenced to 26 years in prison Monday in connection with a February murder at a downtown hotel. A judge sentenced Brian Vincent Griffin to 312 months...
View ArticleTransgender Woman Gets 41 Months After Accepting Plea Deal
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 24-year-old transgender Minneapolis woman received a sentence of 41 months in prison Monday after making a plea agreement to a reduced charge of second degree manslaughter,...
View ArticleAuthorities Looking For Bank Robbery Suspect In Lake City
LAKE CITY, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities in Lake City are looking for a suspect after an apparent bank robbery Monday afternoon in the small southeastern Minnesota town. Lake City Police officers...
View ArticlePolice: $585 In Beer Stolen From St. Cloud Liquor Store
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Police in St. Cloud are looking for suspects after nearly $600 worth of beer was stolen in an apparent liquor store robbery. Authorities were called to the 1800 block of...
View ArticleJudge Reconsiders Charge For Woman Who Refused To Stand
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A federal judge will reconsider his penalty for a woman who refused to stand in court. Thirty-five-year-old Amina Farah Ali — a Muslim — refused to stand, citing her religious...
View ArticlePolice: Man Stole TV From Hospital, Claimed Mom Died
STILLWATER, Minn. (WCCO) – A man is accused of stealing a television set from the lobby of a Stillwater hospital after claiming he needed a place to stay for awhile because his mother had just died....
View ArticleStolen Kitten Found By Animal Shelter Employee
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — An 8-week-old Persian kitten that was stolen from a pet store in Shakopee has been found, authorities say. The kitten had been stolen from Petland in Shakopee on Saturday...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Hitting Boy While On Motorcycle
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — A 25-year-old St. Paul man is admitting he drove his motorcycle too fast and hit a little boy. Ernest Jonas was in Ramsey County Court Tuesday, where he pleaded guilty to two counts...
View ArticleVictim’s Father Speaks Out After Teen Charged In Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 16-year-old Minneapolis boy has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of another 16-year-old boy. Malcolm Maghundi Jackson, who was charged Monday, will...
View ArticleMan Gets 5 Years For Jealousy-Fueled Motel Assault
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A district judge sentenced a 20-year-old Brooklyn Park man to five years in prison for assaulting two people with a gun and shooting one at a Spring Lake Park motel last August,...
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