Woman Gets Probation In Embezzlement Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 29-year-old woman was sentenced to two years probation in Minneapolis Federal Court on Monday for embezzling more than $25,000 from the Social Security office she worked at....
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Hitting, Killing Bicyclist In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 27-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty Monday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a man on his way to synagogue last November. Wesley Gubbin had been accused...
View ArticleCharges: Man Assaulted, Sexually Abused Infant Boy
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A 24-year-old Maplewood man is accused of assaulting a 4-month-old baby that wouldn’t stop crying and is also accused of sexually abusing the baby, according to charges filed...
View ArticleEdina Police Offer Reward To Capture Burglary Suspect
EDINA, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities in Edina are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of a suspect involved in multiple burglaries and auto thefts that have happened...
View ArticlePolice Working To Make Lake Street Light Rail Safer
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Crime is a serious issue at one stop on the light rail. And police have a new tactic to stop it. More assaults and robberies happen at the Lake Street station than any other,...
View ArticleCharges: Drunk Carnival Worker Tasered After Threats
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 39-year-old Mississippi man working at Pioneer Days in St. Francis is accused of drunkenly threatening others with a knife before being tasered twice and damaging a squad car,...
View Article$1,000 Reward Offered For Info On July Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A $1,000 reward is being offered for information on the suspected murder of a 26-year-old woman in Minneapolis last month. Minneapolis Police say officers found Adelaida Lane with...
View Article2 Arrested In Connection With St. Paul Teen’s Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – St. Paul Police have arrested two men in connection with the Monday morning death of a teenage girl. Nineteen-year-old Jacob Sawyer and 25-year-old Robert Kibble allegedly gave...
View ArticleFederal Charge Filed Against Man In Overdose Cases
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The case against a North Dakota man accused of manufacturing synthetic drugs that led to a pair of overdose deaths has moved to federal court. A complaint filed Wednesday against...
View ArticleCharges: Man Drunkenly Got Boat Stuck At South St. Paul Launch
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 29-year-old man is accused of driving under the influence after a group of men got a boat stuck trying to get it out of a South St. Paul lake, according to charges filed...
View ArticleCops: Man Beat Up Boy Over Ding Dong Ditch
FARMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) – Fed up with being “ding dong ditched,” a 45-year-old Farmington man allegedly tackled a juvenile into a fence and then punched the boy up to five times, leaving the juvenile...
View ArticleMan Gets 18 Years For W. St. Paul Attempted Murder
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 25-year-old man was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison Wednesday for the attempted murder of a 28-year-old man at the Cherokee Tavern last November. Stanaley Yoeun was...
View Article2 Mpls. Nightclubs Could Get Liquor Licenses Pulled
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — City staffers in Minneapolis are recommending pulling the liquor licenses of both Envy and Bootleggers to help curb crime on the weekends. The clubs are located along North First...
View ArticleMinn. Mother Pleads Guilty To Leaving Baby To Die In Woods
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A woman in southern Minnesota has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2001 death of her baby. Amy Ann Romero was also indicted on first, second and...
View ArticleCharges: Man ‘In Heat’ Exposed Himself To Girl, 15
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 25-year-old Burnsville man is accused of exposing himself to a man and his daughter outside their home and saying he was “in heat,” according to charges filed Thursday in Dakota...
View ArticleSuspects Released In Teen’s Codeine Cocktail Death
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — Two suspects in the codeine cocktail death of a 14-year-old girl have been released pending further investigation, the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office announced. Pauviera Linson, or...
View ArticleMan Convicted On 11 Counts In Hubbard County Fatal Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 23-year-old Park Rapids man was found guilty Thursday of 11 counts in connection with the July 14 crash in Hubbard County that killed one and injured an infant. Dean James...
View ArticleAuthorities Stop Gambling Ring In St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities in St. Cloud put a stop to an illegal gambling operation on Thursday at the Triple Crown Sweepstakes, police said. Authorities served a search warrant on the...
View ArticleJudge: Home Of Petters’ Former Assoc. To Be Seized
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A judge decided the U.S. Attorney’s office can seize a house purchased with money from the Tom Petters Ponzi scheme. Petters is serving 50 years in prison for running the $3.5...
View ArticleCass Lake Man Charged With Kidnapping, Assaulting Girl
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 28-year-old Cass Lake man now faces charges for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a girl while on Red Lake Indian Reservation in June of 2010, according to the U.S. Department...
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