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Woman Charged For Sex Trafficking, Promoting Prostitution
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 29-year-old Minneapolis woman faces sex trafficking and prostitution promotion charges after police found two Wisconsin runaway teens working as prostitutes in her home. Police...
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Minn. School Bus Driver Charged With DUI
HAYFIELD, Minn. (AP) — A school bus driver is accused of driving under the influence in southeastern Minnesota. A bus driver was reported driving poorly in the Hayfield area Monday morning. A Dodge...
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Distracted Driver Gets 1 Year In Fatal Lakeville Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A distracted driver who caused the death of two women and an unborn child will go to jail for only one year. The crash happened in May of 2010 on Interstate 35 near Lakeville. A...
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Police Warn Of Robberies In Corcoran, Powderhorn
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are warning Minneapolis residents that there has been an increase in robberies in certain neighborhoods over the course of the last month. According to police, the spike in...
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Authorities: Bus Driver Drove Drunk While Transporting Children
HAYFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) — A Stewartville man has been arrested for allegedly driving a school bus drunk while transporting children to summer school. On July 30 at 8:59 a.m., the Dodge County Sheriff’s...
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Man Sentenced For Prostituting Minn. Girl In Denver
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A New Jersey man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Wednesday in federal court after taking a Minnesota girl to Denver for prostitution. Floyd Henry, of Newark,...
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Cops: Pastor Caught Paying For Sex
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A pastor from Red Wing, Minn., was cited for allegedly exchanging money for sex with an undercover police officer, St. Paul Police say. According to police, Gary Elg, 60,...
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4 Plead Guilty To Stealing $2M Via ID Theft
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Four Twin Cities residents pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court for stealing personal information from hundreds of people and using it to create fake documents and counterfeit...
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Crime Lab Controversy Could Drop Drug Cases
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A crime lab controversy could force prosecutors in three Twin Cities counties to drop cases against drug suspects. Questions came to light last month about how the St. Paul...
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Police: 1 Dead, 2 Hurt After Triple Shooting In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One person was killed and two others were hurt in a triple shooting on the north side of Minneapolis overnight, according to police. Police said the incident happened just after...
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Police: 2 Arrested After Series Of Lake Minnetonka Boat Thefts
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities said Thursday that two people have been arrested in connection with a series of thefts from boats on Lake Minnetonka. Police said there have been at least 16 thefts...
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Police Search For Burglars In Shakopee
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (WCCO) – Police are searching for burglars they believe entered a home, with children present, before fleeing the scene. Authorities are looking for one or two suspects near the area of...
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Funeral Set For Minn. Coach’s Infant Son
MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) — A funeral is set for the 5-month-old son of Southwest Minnesota State men’s basketball coach Brad Bigler and his wife Heather. Services for Drake Bigler will be held at 1 p.m....
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Minneapolis Man Charged In South Mpls. Murder
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 33-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of a south Minneapolis man. Darrell Mandall Nickerson, Sr. was charged with murder and attempted second-degree murder in...
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Mpls. Wants Adult Ads Pulled From Backpage.com
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minneapolis City Council is going after a website that investigators consider a major hub for child sex trafficking. A city council committee’s resolution wants the website...
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Teens Face Felonies After Allegedly Running Amuck In St. Cloud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Two teenagers face felony vandalism charges after allegedly running amuck in St. Cloud, spray-painting buildings, slashing tires and breaking the mailboxes of some 20 victims over...
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Professor Concerned Crime Lab Issues Placed Innocents In Prison
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minnesota law professor is questioning the state’s justice system and evidence labs following the controversy surrounding the St. Paul Police Department’s Crime Lab. “It could...
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Two More Plead Guilty To Multi-State ID Theft Ring
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two Minneapolis men pleaded guilty Thursday in St. Paul to roles in an identity theft ring responsible for the loss of $2 million to banks and retail stores in 14 states. Steven...
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Mayo Agrees To $1.26 Million Settlement Over Billing Practices
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Mayo Clinic and three related persons agreed Thursday to a $1.26 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleged the hospital submitted false claims of payment for lab tests it...
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Police: 2-Year-Old Shot In The Head In St. Paul
ST. PAUL (WCCO) – Police are investigating after a 2-year-old boy was reportedly shot in the head in St. Paul Thursday afternoon. St. Paul Fire Medics were called around 12:14 p.m. to the 1300 block...
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