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Mpls. Calls For Shut Down Of Child Trafficking Website
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis City Council approved a resolution on Friday calling on Village Voice Media to end publication of its online classified section that facilitates the trafficking of...
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St. Paul Police Sting Craigslist Runaway Robbers
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police in St. Paul say they stopped a string of Craigslist robberies when an undercover officer posed as a potential seller. The robberies started this spring. People offering...
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Man Pleads Guilty To False $250K Art Insurance Claim
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A St. Paul man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to filing a false insurance claim for $250,000 worth of art. Jason William Sheedy, 39, was charged via an information with one...
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Brooklyn Center Shooting Leaves 2 Wounded; Police Looking For Suspects
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Brooklyn Center Police are looking for two suspects after they say a “neighborhood dispute” Friday night led to two men getting shot. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. on the...
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Police: Early Morning Party Ends With 1 Dead, One Injured
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One person died and another suffered non-life-threatening injuries after an early Saturday morning shooting on the 2100 block of Penn Avenue North in Minneapolis, police say. The...
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Cops: Wis. Man Arrested For Driving Under Influence For 7th Time
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WCCO) – A 54-year-old Eau Claire, Wis., man was arrested for operating while under the influence for the seventh time, police say. According to the Wisconsin State Police, Leo F. Owen...
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3 Family Members Killed In Head-On Crash
KANDIYOHI COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) — A grandmother, her daughter and her 8-year-old granddaughter were killed in a head-on crash in Kandiyohi County on Friday night, and alcohol may be a factor with the...
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Man Dies After Found In The Street After Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man is dead after police found him at the intersection of 22nd Street East and Portland Avenue South, following a shooting. The man, said to be in his 30s, was taken to Hennepin...
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Police ID Man Shot, Killed Saturday In Mpls
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police have ID’d the man who was shot and killed early Saturday morning on the 2100 block of Penn Avenue North as Lavelle Ja’ron Priest, 21, of Minneapolis. Another person suffered...
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Man Charged With 3 Counts Of Criminal Vehicular Homicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 21-year-old man from Cokato, Minn. was charged with criminal vehicular homicide Monday, in connection with a weekend crash that killed three generations of a family. According to...
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Man Pleads Guilty To Sexually Assaulting 4-Month-Old
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A 24-year-old Maplewood man pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree criminal sexual assault of a 4-month-old baby. Errick Noe Rios was charged with one felony count of...
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Mpls Police Looking To Identify Weekend Murder Witness
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis Police say they are looking to identify and locate a possible witness to Saturday’s murder on the city’s south side. On Saturday, officers responded to a call of shots...
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County Attorneys Meet With St. Paul Police Chief To Discuss Crime Lab Problems
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – The Dakota, Ramsey and Washington county attorneys have met with St. Paul’s police chief to discuss issues relating to how the St. Paul Crime Lab handles narcotics cases. John...
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Indictment: 4 Face Charges In New Year’s Day Murders
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A federal indictment unsealed Monday charges four men for stabbing a couple to death on the Red Lake Indian Reservation on New Year’s Day 2011, according to the U.S. Department of...
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Man Found Dead In Street This Weekend Identified
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis Police have identified the man found shot to death on the city’s south side last Saturday. Police said officers responded to a call of shots fired around 8:45 p.m. on...
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Former Olympian Busted For Soliciting Prostitution
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A former Olympian who is now running for parks commissioner in the west metro area was busted for soliciting a prostitute. Police told the Pioneer Press that 43-year-old...
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Man Shot, Killed In South Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) –- Authorities are investigating after a man was shot and killed Tuesday morning on the south side of Minneapolis. Minneapolis Police learned of a shooting through their Shotspotter...
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Cops: Repairman Impersonator Robs Woman, 71, At Knifepoint
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 71-year-old woman was robbed at knifepoint in her apartment by a man impersonating a TV repairman, according to Minneapolis Police. On Saturday at 6:45 p.m., police officers...
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Minn. Lawmaker In Rest-Stop Scandal Still Silent
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota state lawmaker involved in a sex scandal involving a 17-year-old boy at a rest stop maintained his public silence Tuesday as another Democratic candidate for his...
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West St. Paul Council Member Accused Of Misconduct
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – A city council member from West St. Paul has been accused of misconduct as a public employee and disorderly conduct after allegedly trying to stop the development of a property...
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