Man Killed In Officer-Involved Shooting Identified
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The man shot and killed by police, after an incident in Richfield, has been identified. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified the man as 25-year-old Jeffrey O’Connor....
View ArticleUFC Fighter Still Jailed In Hennepin County
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter who missed a nationally-televised match because of his arrest in Minneapolis remains in jail. Twenty-six-year-old Jeremy Dean Stephens was...
View ArticleMinn. Trial Reveals Details Of Life With Al-Shabab
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who left the United States to join a terror group in Somalia told others he wanted to return to Minneapolis because a friend was sick. Instead, he was somehow talked...
View ArticleOfficers Identified In Richfield Police-Involved Fatal Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The three officers involved in last Friday’s fatal shooting in Richfield, Minn. have been identified. Police say a man, later identified as Jeffrey Michael O’Connor, was shot and...
View ArticleFmr. Faribault Teacher Charged With Criminal Sexual Conduct
FARIBAULT, Minn. (WCCO) - The Minnesota Bureau Criminal Apprehension and the Faribault Police department are investigating a former teacher accused of abusing students at Shattuck – St Mary’s School....
View ArticleMinneapolis Man Recovering After Random Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis man is recovering after he was shot by a man he had never seen before just blocks away from his home. Hassan Karron says he was shot as he walked home from a...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty In West Metro Burglary Ring
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 44-year-old man accused of hitting at least six west metro homes in burglaries this year has pleaded guilty to charges, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office. Jeffrey...
View ArticlePolice Say Erratic Driver Hid Meth, Pipe Inside Herself
CIRCLE PINES, Minn. (WCCO) – A woman who Centennial Lakes Police pulled over for driving erratically has been charged after a drug-sniffing dog found methamphetamine hidden inside the woman’s body....
View ArticleMore Charges For St. Paul Priest Accused Of Abusing 2 Boys
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — A former pastor at a St. Paul parish who faces charges for allegedly molesting one boy and exposing himself to another is now facing 15 more counts of possessing child pornography....
View ArticleMom, Boyfriend Accused Of Abuse That Left Girl Paralyzed
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An Apple Valley woman has been charged with malicious punishment of a child, assault and neglect after police say she and her boyfriend abused a 2-year-old to the point of being...
View ArticleMpls. City Councilman Finds His Stolen iPhone, Teaches Thief Lesson
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — When Don Samuels saw a young man urinating on a building on near Broadway and Irving, he felt compelled to say something. “This is right on the corner of the street,” said Don...
View ArticleCoach’s Lawyers Again Seek Dismissal Of Child Porn Charges
MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO) – A Minnesota football coach, arrested after nude videos of his own children were found on his cell phone, is again asking for the charges to be dropped. Todd Hoffner was the...
View ArticleCops: Help Find Man Accused Of Sexual Conduct With A Child
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are searching for a Minnesota man accused of sexual conduct involving a child. They’ve issued a warrant for David Betts after he failed to appear in court in Wright County....
View ArticleAnother Accused Of Child Sex Abuse At Shattuck-St. Mary’s
FARIBAULT, Minn. (WCCO) – Faribault police say there may be more cases of child sex abuse at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. On Monday, WCCO reported about the 17 sex abuse charges filed against former drama...
View ArticleMinneapolis Dispatch Makes Changes After Workplace Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The City of Minneapolis says it plans to change the way it handles emergency calls in the wake of last month’s deadly mass shooting at Accent Signage. Police said Andrew...
View ArticleRoseville Man Arrested For Breaking Into Wis. Capitol
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 21-year-old Roseville man is accused of breaking into the Wisconsin State Capitol and breaking windows in the building on Sunday, according to charges filed Wednesday in Dane...
View ArticleDNR: Karlstad Fire Was Arson, Reward Offered
Web Extra: Karlstad Wildfire Gallery KARLSTAD, Minn. (WCCO) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the wildfires that caused plenty of damage in the Karlstad area appear to have been...
View ArticlePolice: Man Arrested, Charged In Mpls Hit-And-Run
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police say a 19-year-old University of Minnesota student has been arrested and charged in the June hit-and-run accident involving a 24-year-old man. Tyler Adam Braunschweig was...
View ArticleWitness: Minn. Terror Defendant Not At Meetings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota man who joined the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia says he never saw a man accused of supporting recruits take part in planning meetings at a Minneapolis mosque. Kamal...
View ArticlePolice: Rash Of Burglaries In Webber, Camden Area Of N. Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minneapolis Police Department is alerting north Minneapolis residents to a rash of burglaries. According to Minneapolis Police, there has been 22 residential burglaries...
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