2 Teens Charged With Rogers Robbery
ROGERS, Minn. (WCCO) – A teenage male and female, both 17 years old, were charged with one count each of aggravated robbery in the first degree by the Hennepin County Attorney. The charges stem from...
View ArticleHennepin Co. Att’y Touts Clean Elections, Criticizes Voter ID
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman released a video called “Case Closed: Clean Elections in Hennepin County,” which touts clean elections and criticizes the voter ID amendment....
View ArticleHennepin Co. Attorney: 10 Charged In Major Witness Tampering Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Ten people have been accused of bribing and intimidating witnesses to recant their testimony in a Minneapolis murder trial that sent three men to prison for life, Hennepin County...
View ArticleVigil Held For Child Killed By Handgun
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A community came together Saturday to offer support to a family dealing with the loss of a child. Two-year-old Neegnco Xiong was killed when his 4-year-old brother accidentally...
View ArticleExaminer: 2-Year-Old Boy Died After Shot To Chest
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has determined that the 2-year-old Minneapolis boy who was shot by his brother died of a gunshot wound to the chest. Neejnco Xiong and his...
View ArticleFather Of 2-Year-Old Shot By Brother Charged With Felonies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The father of a 2-year-old boy who was accidentally shot dead by his brother now faces two felony charges in connection with the shooting. Kao Chongsua Xiong, 31, has been charged...
View ArticleFather Of Drowned Baby Makes 1st Court Appearance
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Jonathan Markle turned himself in to authorities to face possible legal punishment. But according to Markle’s attorney, Joe Friedberg, the felony charge of criminal vehicular...
View ArticleFather Found Guilty After Son Accidentally Shot, Killed Brother
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis father whose 4-year-old son found a gun in the home and accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old brother with it has been found guilty on four criminal counts,...
View ArticleDad Whose Son Accidentally Shot, Killed Brother Gets Probation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minneapolis father who was found guilty of manslaughter and child endangerment after his son accidentally shot and killed his brother has been sentenced to serve 10 years’...
View Article‘Different From Player To Player’: Frazier On Dealing With Vikings In Trouble
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For the second time this month another member of the Minnesota Vikings is in trouble with the law. This time the player, cornerback A.J. Jefferson was released from the team....
View ArticleMpls. Nurse Allegedly Stole, Tampered With Medication
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Burnsville, Minn. man was charged with tampering with and stealing medications from a nursing home where he was working in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Hennepin County Attorney Mike...
View ArticleWoman, 23, Charged In Pond Crash That Killed 2 Children
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Maple Grove mother who crashed into a St. Louis Park retention pond with a car full of children is now facing jail time. Marian Guerrido, 23, was driving with her three kids and...
View ArticleOfficials Reviewing Claim That Billy Glaze Was Wrongfully Committed
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Hennepin County Attorney was reviewing new evidence Wednesday that could clear a man convicted of serial killings in the 1980s. The Innocence Project filed court papers...
View ArticleDNA Helps Crack 1998 Mpls. Double Murder Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — When 18-year-old Carrie Richter and 20-year-old Dustin Baity didn’t show up for a gathering on Christmas Day 1998, their families grew suspicious. The couple was later found...
View ArticleMan, 24, Charged In Connection With N. Mpls. Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis man has been charged with second degree murder and attempted second degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting in north Minneapolis that occurred over Fourth...
View ArticleElectrical Company Accused Of Illegally Pocketing Over $250K
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An electrical company faces criminal charges for illegally pocketing more than $250,000. The company had worked on an expansion project at Normandale Community College. Hennepin...
View ArticleHennepin County Attorney: Billy Glaze Should Not Get A New Trial
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Hennepin County Attorney said Friday in a court filing that a man convicted of a serial killings in the 1980s should not receive a new trial. Billy Richard Glaze, 70, was...
View ArticleBrooklyn Center Man Convicted In Gang-Related Shooting Outside Target Field
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A jury found a Brooklyn Center man guilty of two counts of attempted murder for a gang-related shooting incident outside Target Field last April. James Davis, 28, was convicted of...
View ArticleParents Of At-Risk Teens Weren’t Warned After Sex Assault
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150506231425153AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The mother of a teenager who says she was sexually assaulted says her daughter’s attack should have been...
View ArticleAdmission Of Guilt From Barway Collins’ Father Contrasts Months Of Denial
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota father who lied for months about the disappearance of his 10-year-old son, admitted Monday that he killed the boy, then asked for the community’s forgiveness. Pierre...
View ArticlePanel Grants Sex Offender Conditional Release From Lockup
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judicial panel has granted a 47-year-old man conditional release from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, despite objections from medical experts and program officials. Local...
View Article2 Charged In Downtown Minneapolis Bar Close Gunfight
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Two men have been charged with shooting at police officers after a bar close gunfight in downtown Minneapolis left six people injured this weekend. Maurice Carter, 25, and Detroit...
View Article3rd Gunman Charged In Downtown Mpls. Bar Close Gunfight
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A third man has been charged with shooting at police officers after a bar close gunfight in downtown Minneapolis left six people earlier this month. Maurice Carter, 25, and Detroit...
View Article10 Years After Vandalism, Hindu Temple Builds ‘Garden For Peace’
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (WCCO) — Ten years after vandals desecrated Hindu sculptures, a community is coming together to commemorate that day. The Hindu Temple in Maple Grove broke ground Saturday for the...
View ArticleEden Prairie Woman Found Guilty Of Embezzling $1.3M
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Eden Prairie woman behind the largest embezzlement case ever prosecuted in Hennepin County made no apologies to her victims in court today. Stephanie Castillo, 42, admitted to...
View ArticleTeen Sentenced To 25 Years For Beating Death Of 2-Year-Old
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An 18-year-old is sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday for the beating death of a 2-year-old girl in June. A Hennepin County District Judge handed down the sentence — which was...
View ArticleFraudulent Tax Preparer Captured In Indiana, Sentenced To 46 Months
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis woman who pleaded guilty to 17 counts of tax crimes was finally captured in Indiana after nearly a month on the run and sentenced to 46 months in prison, according to...
View ArticleHennepin County To Continue Program Giving Young Curfew Violators A Break
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and non-profit The Link are continuing a curfew diversion pilot program aimed at giving children who break curfew resources instead of a...
View ArticleU.S. Appeals Court Rules Against ‘Please ID Me’ Buttons At Polling Places
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Minnesota law banning political apparel at polling places does not infringe on First Amendment rights and includes shirts and buttons...
View ArticleMan Involved In Brooklyn Center Walmart Shooting Sentenced To Probation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A third man involved in a shooting at a Brooklyn Center Walmart last year was sentenced to probation and one year in a county work house. Treshaun Brian Mason, 24, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleProtests Interrupt Hennepin Co.’s Press Conference On Blevins Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office’s press conference discussing the shooting of Thurman Blevins was cut short Monday due to protests. At the morning press conference,...
View ArticleJerry Curry Sentenced To 30 Years For Abusing Disabled Daughters
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis man was sentenced Wednesday for crimes he committed against his two mentally disabled daughters. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says Jerry Curry, 52, was...
View ArticleHennepin Co. Att’y Mike Freeman Taking Leave To ‘Deal With Health Issues’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman is taking a leave of several weeks to deal with what his office referred to as “health issues.” Freeman’s leave of absence closely follows the...
View Article‘I Am Determined To Reclaim My Health’: Mike Freeman To Enter Alcohol Treatment
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says he will enter an alcohol treatment program after announcing last week he was taking a medical leave of absence. “I am determined to...
View ArticleMinneapolis Landlord Found Guilty of Perjury
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis landlord has been found guilty in Hennepin County District Court for lying to cover up the poor conditions of his building. Stephen Frenz was found guilty of one...
View ArticleMai Vang Sentenced To 4 Years, 6 Months In Prison For Farming Fraud Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 51-year-old woman has been sentenced to over four years in prison for an elaborate farming fraud scheme that stole nearly half a million dollars from the Minnesota Hmong...
View ArticleHennepin Co. Attorney Mike Freeman Will Not Seek Re-Election: ‘It’s Time To...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says he will not be seeking re-election after over 20 years in the position. On Wednesday, Freeman released a statement announcing his...
View ArticleFormer Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty Announces Campaign For Hennepin...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Hennepin County’s former chief public defender is now running to be its top prosecutor. Mary Moriarty announced Monday morning she will run for Hennepin County attorney. Current...
View ArticleDFL House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler Announces Hennepin County Attorney...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new name is now in the race to be the next Hennepin County attorney. DFL House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler announced his run Tuesday morning. In a statement, Winkler said if...
View ArticleHouse Majority Leader Ryan Winkler Enters Race For Hennepin Co. Attorney
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Democratic majority leader in the Minnesota House is looking for a new challenge. Rep. Ryan Winkler (DFL-46A) announced Tuesday that he’ll be running for Hennepin County...
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