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Deputies Seize 120 Marijuana Plants Worth $120K
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say 120 marijuana plants were seized from a county property in Beulah Township near Outing, Minn. The seized plants are said to have an estimated street value of $120,000....
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Former Bank Officer Sentenced To 1 Year For Embezzlement
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A former Jackson, Minn., bank officer received a one-year prison sentence Tuesday for embezzling between $30,000 and $120,000 from bank customers, the U.S. Department of Justice...
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Red Wing Man Gets 11 Years For Receiving, Possessing Child Porn
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 42-year-old Red Wing man was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in prison for receiving and possessing thousands of images and videos of child pornography, the U.S. Justice...
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Cottage Grove Man Gets 14 Years For Distributing Child Porn
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 31-year-old Cottage Grove man was sentenced Wednesday to more than 14 years in prison for distributing child pornography, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Steven Borgan, Jr.,...
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Mpls Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Child Porn
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis man, 50, pleaded guilty Wednesday to distributing child pornography in November of last year and to possessing more than 6,000 such images, the U.S. Department of...
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Charges: MSU Coach Had Videos Of Kids On Cell Phone
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — The head football coach at Minnesota State University-Mankato was charged Wednesday after police say three videos of young children were found on his cell phone. Todd Hoffner,...
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Wis. Man Accused Of Killing 3 Girls Now Faces Arson Charge
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The man accused of killing his three young daughters in River Falls, Wis., is facing an additional charge. Aaron Schaffhausen, 35, now faces an attempted arson charge. That charge...
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Man Shot, Killed In S. Mpls ID’d
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities have identified the man who was shot and killed Tuesday morning on the city’s south side. Twenty-five-year-old Venese Johnson died shortly after 7 a.m. on the 2100...
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Police: Man Lured Officers To Minnehaha Park To Harm Them
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police say a man faked a 911 call about being robbed near Minnehaha Park late Tuesday night in an attempt to harm officers responding to the call. The incident...
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Right To Privacy Protects Man From Police Bathroom Probing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Tuesday night trip to a Rosemount bar last December drew a line between one man’s rights and the law. Derek Boykin says the Rosemount Police Department went too far when they...
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Woman Found Guilty Of Beating Boyfriend’s Teen Daughter
WOODBURY, Minn. (WCCO) – A Woodbury, Minn. woman has been convicted of malicious punishment for beating her boyfriend’s daughter with a wooden spoon. According to the Washington County Attorney’s...
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68-Year-Old Woman Killed In St. Cloud, Son Arrested
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO/AP) – Police have arrested a 40-year-old man after his mother was killed in a case of apparent domestic violence in St. Cloud early Thursday morning. According to police,...
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Man Accused Of Luring, Stabbing Cops Charged; Officers ID’d
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 38-year-old Minneapolis man has been charged with two counts of second-degree attempted murder in the luring and stabbing of two Minneapolis Park Police officers, according to...
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Police Ask For Info After Mpls Bank Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are asking the public’s help after a man robbed a Minneapolis TCF Bank Wednesday afternoon and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. The Minneapolis Police Department...
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Phanthavong’s Passing: One Year Later
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It was one year ago tonight that a vehicle driven by a former Vikings’ wife hit and killed 38-year-old Anousone Phanthavong. Phanthavong’s car had stalled on a highway exit ramp...
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Authorities, Hotels Team Up To Fight Sex Trafficking In Ramsey Co.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A growing number of children in Minnesota are becoming victims of sex traffickers. Authorities say in many of the recent child sex trafficking cases the illegal transaction began...
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Man Arrested, Allegedly Shot Homeless Man At Library
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police have arrested a man they believe was responsible for the June shooting that left a homeless man paralyzed. Police said they have taken 23-year-old Timothy Harper...
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Cops: Robber Pistol Whips Clerk, Police Search For 2 Suspects
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – St. Cloud police are looking for help finding the two men believed to be involved in a Thursday night robbery of a business on the 10 block of Wilson Avenue Northeast....
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Synthetic Marijuana Seized From Blaine Shop
BLAINE, Minn. (WCCO) – The Anoka-Hennepin Drug and Violent Crime Task Force and the Blaine Police Department seized synthetic marijuana from a tobacco shop Friday morning, said authorities. Officers...
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Man Charged With Murder Of His Mother
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Chad Matthew Pulju, 40, was charged Friday in Stearns County District Court with second-degree murder for the stabbing death of his mother. Police say at 12:34 a.m. on Aug....
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