Authorities: Man Abducted, Robbed Woman He Met Online
SPRING LAKE PARK, Minn. (WCCO) — A man accused of abducting a woman from her home and robbing her Tuesday morning has been arrested. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the victim, who lives on the 3500...
View ArticleThieves Break Into Minn. Soldier’s Family’s Home
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The holidays can be tough enough when dad is stationed overseas. However, for the Ottum family, that was just the beginning. Last night, the Ottums came home to find a Grinch had...
View ArticleRamsey County Jail Settles With Deaf Man
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — The way a deaf man was treated after he was arrested and held in the Ramsey County Jail has led to a settlement that calls for significant changes. The settlement will make the jail...
View ArticleBixby Energy Founder Accused Of Lying To Investors
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The founder of Bixby Energy Systems Inc. was indicted Wednesday on a charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, a week after the Minnesota-based alternative energy company...
View ArticleMpls. Man Arrested For 8th DWI
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Wisconsin State Patrol arrested a Minneapolis man for his 8th DWI offense Wednesday night. David Lehman, 47, is charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the...
View ArticlePolice Ask For Help ID’ing Attempted Rape Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis Police are asking the public for help identifying an attempted rape suspect. Police released surveillance photos of a man they believe attempted to rape a 16-year-old...
View ArticleMankato News Anchor Arrested For DWI
NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO) – A news anchor for KEYC-TV in Mankato was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated, weeks after a video showing her slurring through a newscast went viral....
View ArticlePolice Think 1 Person Behind At Least 4 Burglaries
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police think one man is responsible for a string of at least 4 home break-ins in Minneapolis this week. Police say the homes were in the Marcy-Holmes and Como neighborhoods....
View Article2 Arrested In $50K Pot Bust In St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD (WCCO) — St. Cloud Police say they arrested two people after they discovered 130 marijuana plants worth an estimated street value of $50,000. On Friday morning, authorities executed a search...
View ArticlePolice: Store Supervisor Stole Nearly $4,500 From Till
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – A West St. Paul store supervisor is charged with stealing nearly $4,500 from the store’s cash registers. According to the criminal complaint, 27-year-old Christina Perron was...
View ArticleHelp Coming For Soldier Whose Family Was Robbed
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis soldier’s family has learned about the abundance of help on the home front after thieves took all the Christmas presents from under the tree. While Jason Ottum is...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Found Dead On Mpls. Street
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police discovered a dead woman on a Minneapolis street Thursday afternoon. At 3:22 p.m., Minneapolis Police were called to the 1500 block of Emerson Avenue North on the report of a...
View ArticleHockey Dad Charged With Choking Son’s Coach
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – A St. Paul father has been charged after allegedly choking his son’s youth hockey coach. According to the criminal complaint, a fight broke out between three hockey players at...
View ArticlePolice: Violent Crime In Mpls To Looks To Remain Flat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis looks to grow safer for the sixth year in a row, authorities say. Minneapolis police report that violent crime numbers look as though they will come in flat or...
View ArticlePetters Asks Full 8th Circuit To Rehear Appeal
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for Minnesota businessman Tom Petters have asked the full Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear his appeal of his conviction of running a $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme....
View ArticleDriver Charged In Passenger’s Death In April Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis man has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a crash last April that killed his passenger. Twenty-two-year-old Dejon Culberson was...
View ArticleFBI: Armed Robbery At East Franklin Ave. Bank
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man walked into a bank, drew a handgun and demanded cash at a Minneapolis bank Thursday afternoon, according to the FBI. The armed robbery occurred at the Woodlands National...
View ArticleBoy Hit By Car At MSP Airport Released From Hospital
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Twin Cities boy hit by a suspected drunk driver at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has been released from the hospital. The family released a statement Friday...
View ArticleCharges: Man Assaults Husband Of Woman He Desires
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 24-year-old man faces charges of attempted murder, assault and burglary after he allegedly sneaked into a Cass County home early Friday morning through the doggy door and beat a...
View ArticleSuspects At Large After Violent Group Home Invasion
ROSEVILLE (WCCO) – The Roseville Police Department needs help identifying people who they believe may be responsible for a violent group home invasion Thursday. Police were dispatched at 9 a.m. to the...
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