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Twin Cities weekend crime recap

Minneapolis recorded its 77th and 78th homicides over the weekend as well as several other shootings. Minneapolis police announced that a man who had been...

Police say ‘minor traffic stop’ led to arrest of suspect connected...

Police in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina say a traffic stop for texting while driving led to the arrest of a serial burglar who...

Minneapolis police ask Kia, Hyundai owners to take precautions amid 900%...

Minneapolis police are urging the owners of Kias and Hyundais to protect their vehicles after reporting a nearly 900% spike in thefts of those...

Two people murdered in downtown St. Paul Monday night 

Two people were killed in a double homicide Monday night in downtown St. Paul, according to police. Metro Transit and St. Paul police officers responded...

Twin Cities weekend crime recap

Minneapolis police were dispatched just after noon Thursday to an initial report of a shooting at the Twin Cities International Charter School at 277...

Man killed by St. Paul police had history of violent domestic...

Howard Peter Johnson, 24, was shot and killed by St. Paul police on Monday, Dec. 5 after police responded to a report of a...

St. Paul police release body-cam video from Monday night shooting 

The St. Paul Police Department released body-camera footage Thursday afternoon from a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old Howard Peter Johnson dead Monday night. The video...

Teacher accused of molesting children in class placed on paid leave 

A Benson, Minn., elementary teacher was charged with three counts of criminal sexual conduct Monday after he allegedly molested three different children during the...

Twin Cities weekend crime recap

Austin Robert LeClaire, 26, of Plymouth was charged Thursday in Hennepin County District Court with second-degree attempted murder in relation to a Nov. 25...

Charges: Hennepin County employees profited nearly $4M from stolen equipment, fraud

Two former Hennepin County information technology employees have been charged related to alleged theft and fraud schemes that spanned years and profited them nearly...