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Minn. Vacation Photo Helped Solve Child Porn Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say a photo taken at a resort in west-central Minnesota helped them solve a child pornography case and rescue a girl from her...
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Police Looking For Man In Credit Card Fraud Case
RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities are looking for a man they believed stole a credit and used it to make purchases at several Twin Cities stores, including the Best Buy in Richfield. Police said...
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Charges: Hamline Basketball Player Assaulted Woman In Washington
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A basketball player from Hamline University in St. Paul is in a Spokane, Wash., jail after apparently punching a woman in the face on New Year’s Eve, authorities said. Eugene...
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Minneapolis Officials Release 2012 Crime Stats
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and the city’s new police chief are planning to release crime statistics for 2012 — as well as outline their public-safety priorities for this year....
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Eagan Victim In Drunken Altercation Identified
EAGAN, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities have identified a man who died earlier this week following a drunken altercation with his roommate in Eagan. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified...
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Captain Arrested At MSP On Suspicion Of Alcohol
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An American Eagle pilot was suspended after failing a blood-alcohol test as he prepared to fly on Friday from Minneapolis to New York City, authorities said. Police at...
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Man Questioned In Officer Slaying Commits Suicide
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP/WCCO) — A man questioned several times in the slaying of a Cold Spring police officer fled from investigators and committed suicide this week, authorities said Friday. Eric Joseph...
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Charges: Man Fired Shots In Downtown St. Paul
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 22-year-old man faces shooting and gun possession charges for allegedly firing shots at people in downtown St. Paul two days before Christmas in an apparent gang-related scuffle,...
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Hamline Coach Suspended, 14 Players Disciplined In Wake Of Assault Charge
ST. PAUL (WCCO) – The Hamline University men’s basketball team coach has been suspended indefinitely, and 14 of its players have also been disciplined stemming from a New Year’s Eve incident in which...
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Authorities: Northeast Mpls Standoff Ends In Apparent Suicide
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A standoff situation with an armed man Friday afternoon in northeast Minneapolis ended in an apparent suicide, authorities say. Minneapolis police responded to the 2400 block of...
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Cold Spring Reacts To Developments In Cop-Killing Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Many townspeople in Cold Spring, Minn., said Friday that they think the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office owes 34-year-old Ryan Larson – the initial suspect in last year’s officer...
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4 Dead After Police Standoff In Colo.
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say four people are dead, including the suspect, after an hours-long police standoff at a Colorado townhome. Police Sgt. Cassidee Carlson says a SWAT team was called...
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Esme’s Blog: Questions Continue In Decker Case
Now that Eric Thomes, who authorities describe as a “person of interest” in the murder of officer Tom Decker, is dead we may never know exactly what happened Nov. 29 outside Winners Bar in Cold Spring,...
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Mpls. Police Investigate Early Morning Fatal Stabbing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Police are investigating after a man was stabbed and killed early Sunday morning. Officers were dispatched to a home around 3:25 a.m. Sunday on the 2900 block of...
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Police Investigate Shooting In Brooklyn Park
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Brooklyn Park Police are investigating a shooting that injured one person. Officers responded around 12:44 a.m. Sunday to the intersection of Brookdale Drive and Welcome Avenue...
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1 Shot Outside Bobby & Steve’s Gas Station
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — One person was shot outside a Bobby and Steve’s gas station overnight. Police say it happened around 1 a.m. in the parking lot of the downtown Minneapolis station. Shots were...
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St. Louis County Warns Of ‘Fake Police’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after receiving a report of “fake police” who used dash-mounted emergency lights to pull over a woman on County Highway 4....
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Police Arrest 21 At Packers Game Against Vikings
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay police arrested 21 people at the Packers NFC wildcard playoff game versus the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field. WLUK-TV reports it’s the highest arrest total this...
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Pedestrian Struck In St. Cloud, Driver Flees
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) — Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in front of a nightclub in St. Cloud early Monday morning. According to officers, the incident happened...
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Extra Security At Sleepy Eye, New Ulm Schools After Online Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Extra security is now in place with students resuming class in Sleepy Eye and New Ulm Monday. The action was taken after a teenager was arrested for allegedly posting threats on...
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