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Bill Hillsman of Northwoods Advertising on negative political ads Who would steal a Hugo mom’s truck and her daughter’s wheelchair To help Kristin, you can go to her Facebook page and let her know....
View Article$40K Cello Stolen From Man’s SUV Recovered
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say a $40,000 cello that was stolen from a man’s unlocked SUV has been recovered. On Friday afternoon, police responded to a 911 call reporting that a cello in a case had...
View Article‘Cars For Courage’ Hurting After Thief Tows Car From Lot
BROOKLYN CENTER (WCCO) — At first glance, the cars in a lot off Brooklyn Boulevard may look old or forgotten. But to Kelly Buttler and Cars for Courage, they represent a new chance. So, she was...
View ArticlePolice: Craigslist Ad Leads To Teen Thief’s Arrest
HAM LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) – Police say they found a teenager who invaded a home in Ham Lake and robbed a couple at gunpoint thanks to a Craigslist advertisement. A man with a handgun busted into the home...
View ArticleHastings Police Ask For Help Finding Purse Thief
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are asking the public’s help in finding the person responsible for smashing a car window at the Hastings YMCA and stealing a purse inside. The suspect (pictured above)...
View ArticleCaught On Camera: Alleged Airport Baggage Thief
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL AIRPORT (WCCO) – When you check your luggage in for a flight out of town you expect to land with all your belongings still intact. But beginning in July 2012, a number of...
View ArticleMSP Airport Worker Charged With Stealing Guns
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A worker at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has been charged with stealing shotguns, revolvers and other weapons from the checked luggage of passengers who had...
View ArticleKennel Owner Seeking Help To ID Puppy Thief
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) – A man stole four puppies from a kennel in Prior Lake, but likely did not realize that his crime was caught on camera. Surveillance video from Thunder Owl Kennels early...
View ArticleFBI Wants Public’s Help IDing St. Cloud Robbery Suspect
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) — The FBI is asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect from a Friday robbery of the American National Bank. (credit: FBI) According to authorities, an elderly man...
View ArticleWoman Robs Bank In Stacy
Robbery suspect (credit: Chicago County Sheriff’s Office) STACY, Minn. (AP) — A female bank robber may have struck again in Minnesota. The Chisago County sheriff’s office say a woman robbed the Stacy...
View ArticlePolice: Help ID These Armed Robbery Suspects
The two suspects from the June 23 robbery on Linden Hills Boulevard. (credit: Minneapolis Police) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minneapolis police and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help in solving...
View ArticleU Of M Area On Alert After Recent Gunpoint Robberies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A string of armed robberies near the University of Minnesota has police urging students to pay close attention to their surroundings, especially in the nearby neighborhoods of...
View ArticleHopkins Dairy Queen Manager’s Act Of Kindness Goes Viral
HOPKINS, Minn. (WCCO) — Joey Prusak of Hopkins is still shocked after witnessing someone steal cash from a blind man in the Dairy Queen store he manages. Prusak said while working the register on...
View ArticleDQ Worker Gives Blind Customer $20 After Theft
HOPKINS, Minn. (WCCO) — His name is Joey Prusak — a name people all over the country are reading about this morning. The 19-year-old Hopkins Dairy Queen employee is stealing hearts all over the...
View ArticleCops: Bloomington McDonald’s Robbed At Gunpoint
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) – Bloomington police are investigating after an early Saturday morning robbery at a McDonald’s. The incident took place at 3:30 a.m. on Nicollet Avenue as police said a man...
View ArticleFormer Marine Foils Purse Snatcher In Blaine
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A would-be thief who picked the wrong woman to mess with is in jail. Blaine Police say Christopher Samuels tried to snatch Kathy George’s purse outside a Cub Foods on Tuesday. She...
View ArticlePolice: Thief Forgets To Log Off Facebook After Burglarizing Home
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota man is in jail because he logged on to Facebook. Police say 26-year-old Nicholas Wig checked his profile from a home he broke into, and then he didn’t log off. It...
View ArticleSheriff: Wisconsin iPod Thief Uploads Selfie
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office is trying to identify a man who used a stolen iPod to snap a selfie that uploaded to the victim’s cloud account. Detective Craig Quick told...
View ArticleUMPD Arrest Thief Again, This Time With Bait Bike
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — University of Minnesota Police nabbed a bike thief with the help of a GPS-enabled bait bicycle, and it was not the first time they arrested the man. The theft happened last...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Suspect In Purse Theft Of Unconscious Woman
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police have arrested a man Friday accused of stealing a woman’s purse after she collapsed in a Brooklyn Center laundromat Tuesday evening. Brooklyn Center police say Kimberly...
View ArticlePolice Investigate String Of Minneapolis Thefts
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police are trying to determine if the same thief is responsible for recent thefts at local businesses after a surveillance camera captured him stealing from a private area at a...
View ArticlePolice: Thief Arrested In Robbinsdale Suspected In Connection To Nearly 20...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Robbinsdale police officers caught up with a thief who is suspected of stealing from about 20 garages in the north metro. Law enforcement was investigating a call about an open...
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