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Minn. Man Had Frequent Calls With Somali Travelers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man accused of helping supply fighters to a terror group in Somalia started laughing during questioning last year when authorities played recordings of phone calls in...
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Police: Man Shot After Vigil For Murder Victim In St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities are investigating a shooting Monday night in St. Paul that sent one man to the hospital just an hour after a vigil took place for a murder victim in that area,...
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Marriage Amendment Signs Vandalized In Bemidji
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) – A Bemidji church official says he’s not discouraged after more than a dozen signs supporting the marriage amendment hanging outside the building were vandalized. The signs outside...
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Hockey Dad Who Choked Son’s Coach Sentenced To Jail
HASTING, Minn. (WCCO) — A St. Paul father has been sentenced to jail for choking his son’s youth hockey coach in December 2011. On Tuesday, Thomas Tonda, 50, received a 180-day jail sentence with a...
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Defense Questions Handling Of Minn. Terror Suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —A Minneapolis man accused of helping send young men to Somalia to join the terror group al-Shabab told authorities he was a “team leader” and that new groups of local Somalis could...
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No Charges In Fatal Stabbing After Bus Fight
ST. PAUL (WCCO) – The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office announced they are not pursuing criminal charges over the July stabbing death of a 25-year-old St. Paul man. Police released a 28-year-old man they...
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Fergus Falls Man, 27, Arrested In Overdose Death
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (WCCO) — A 27-year-old Fergus Falls man has been arrested in the overdose death of a 23-year-old man, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday at 3:15 p.m.,...
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Woman Charged With Cutting Boyfriend’s Neck With Knife
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 50-year-old woman faces up to 27 years behind bars for a gruesome attack on her boyfriend. Dawn Renee Peel has been charged with second-degree attempted murder and second-degree...
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Police: Man Stabbed Near LRT Station In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are investigating after a man was apparently stabbed near a light rail transit station on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis early Wednesday morning. Authorities were...
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Police: Suicidal Man Led Cops On Chase
EAGAN, Minn. (WCCO) – Police have arrested a man they say was suicidal when he led officers on a police chase through Eagan and tried to jump from a bridge over the Mississippi River. The police chase...
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Transcripts Reveal Chilling Details From Workplace Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police have released transcripts of the 911 calls made as the deadly workplace shooting at Accent Signage unfolded nearly three weeks ago. Police say Andrew...
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1 Of 2 Men Sentenced In Homeless Man’s Beating Death
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Richfield teen has been sentenced to five years in prison for the beating death of a homeless man in North Minneapolis, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. On...
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Defense: Case Against Somali Terror Suspect Faulty
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for a Minnesota man accused of helping supply fighters to a terror group in Somalia says the government’s case is built on the testimony of corrupt witnesses. Andrew...
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Feds: Suspect Sent ‘Cannon Fodder’ To Somalia
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota terrorism suspect used young men as “cannon fodder” when he helped send them from Minneapolis to their native Somalia to join the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab, a...
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Best Man Found Naked, Intoxicated In Hotel Hallway
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A man faces charges after Chaska police say he was allegedly found naked and intoxicated in a hotel hallway, being belligerent to guests and employees. When police arrived at the...
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Final Person Pleads Guilty In 4-Year-Old Hit With Wrench
BROOKLYN CENTER (WCCO) — A 20-year-old New Hope woman has pleaded guilty to charges connecting her to an incident where a 4-year-old was struck in the head with a wrench, according to the Hennepin...
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Dozen Nabbed In Domestic Violence Sweep
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — In unmarked vehicles, four teams of St. Paul Police family violence officers spread out across the east metro Wednesday — armed with the list of 60 offenders wanted by outstanding...
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Jury Resumes Deliberating Somalia Terrorism Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors have resumed deliberating in the trial of a Minnesota man accused of helping send men to Somalia to join the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab. Mahamud Said Omar is charged with...
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Mpls. Police, Crime Stoppers Team Up To ID Armed Cab Robber
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis Police Department’s Robbery Unit is seeking the public’s help to identify a man who may be responsible for five cab robberies beginning on Oct. 6. Descriptions of...
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Woman Is Sentenced In Minn. Wal-Mart Kidnapping
NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) — A Worthington woman accused of making a bomb threat, taking a Wal-Mart cashier hostage and forcing her into the parking lot has been sentenced to about six months in jail....
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