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Ex-Archdiocese Employee Charged With Tax Crimes
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former accounting director for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been charged with failing to pay taxes and filing false returns. Fifty-one-year-old Scott Domeier...
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Judge Dismisses Charges Against East Bethel Horse Breeder
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An East Bethel, Minn. horse breeder has been cleared of 35 counts of animal cruelty because searches of his property were conducted without a warrant. On Dec. 3, Anoka County Judge...
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Red Lake Man Sentenced For Abusing 2 Young Girls
RED LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) – A 60-year-old Red Lake man has been sentenced for sexually abusing two young girls, according to the United State Attorney’s Office. On Monday, Dean Earl Wilkens received 30...
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Police Looking For Car, Driver Connected To Injured Man On Fridley Roadside
FRIDLEY, Minn. (WCCO) — Authorities still want to know what happened to a man who was found early Saturday morning in Fridley with serious injuries. Police say someone reported a man laying on the side...
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Video, Audio Recordings Detail Little Falls Deaths
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Video and audio recordings could shed light on what happened during a confrontation with a homeowner that left two teenagers dead. Byron Smith is charged with murdering Nick Brady...
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Man Sentenced After Distracted By Sex In Fatal Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 24-year-old man, accused of having sex while driving, has been sentenced in the fatal crash that killed two people. Mark Anders Chalin, of St. James, made a tearful plea before a...
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Police Search For Beltrami Co. Bank Robber
KEILLIHER, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities are searching for a suspect who robbed the First State Bank of Big Fork Monday afternoon in Kelliher, Minn. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s office received a call at...
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Brooklyn Park Burglars Foiled By Observant Neighbor
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (WCCO) – Many neighborhoods have a neighborhood watch – all with the hope that nothing will ever happen. But on the rare occasion it does, it’s good to know a neighbor’s watching....
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Man Gets 50 Months In Crash That Killed 2 While Having Sex
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Mankato man will spend more than four years in jail for a crash that killed two people, including a woman with whom he allegedly was having sex with, while driving back in August...
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Man Gets 34 Years For Killing Girlfriend, Hiding Body
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A St. Paul man has been sentenced to nearly 34 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and hiding her body. In October, 32-year-old Corey Dean Thomas pleaded guilty to one count...
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Man Shoots Granddaughter Thinking She’s An Intruder
ROCHESTER, Minn. (WCCO) — A grandfather said he had a recent nearby burglary on his mind when he accidentally shot his 16-year-old granddaughter, thinking she was an intruder. Police say the man and...
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Somali Woman Linked To al-Shabab Gets Prison For Support
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A woman who fled war-torn Somalia as a child was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for sending $1,450 to members of a terrorist organization in her native country. Nima Ali...
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Minneapolis Police Looking For Suspect In Sexual Assault
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis police are looking for a man, who they say followed a woman home on a bus and later sexually assaulted her. It happened around 2 a.m. early Saturday morning. It’s the...
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Virginia MN Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison Over Meth
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 33-year-old man from Virginia, Minn., was sentenced Tuesday for conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Jeffrey Donald Doig was sentenced to 120 months in...
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Police Release Photos Of Man Suspected In Sex Assault
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis Police hope releasing photos of a suspect in an apparent sexual assault on Saturday will lead to an arrest in the case. Police said a sexual assault occurred at about 3...
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Charges: MN Man Forced 2 To Stand Along Cold ND Highway
GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man is accused of forcing his girlfriend and her daughter to stand along a North Dakota highway in extreme cold. Forty-four-year-old Scott Boothman of Warroad, Minn.,...
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Police: Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teenage Girl
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 29-year-old man from Elk River was arrested Tuesday in connection with an incident involving criminal sexual conduct with a pre-teenage girl. Wayne Leistico was arrested on...
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Police: Drunken Driver Calls 911, Worries Cops Will Catch Him
RIVER FALLS, Wis. (WCCO) — Police in Wisconsin arrested a man after he dialed 911, possibly by accident, and started talking about how he hoped the police didn’t catch him drinking and driving....
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Ex-Bus Driver Accused Of Slapping Boy Reaches Deal
BLUE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — A former Minnesota school bus driver accused of slapping a 6-year-old passenger has agreed to a deal with the prosecutor. Under the agreement, the prosecutor will dismiss the...
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WCCO Exclusive: Suspect Ryan Larson Talks About Cold Spring Case
COLD SPRING, Minn. (WCCO) — The man arrested, then released after the death of Cold Spring, Minn., police officer Tom Decker is talking exclusively to WCCO. Ryan Larson said from the moment he was...
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