Rush City Student Arrested, Accused Of Making Threats
RUSH CITY, Minn. (AP) — A student at Rush City High School in Chisago County is accused of making threats to bomb or “shoot up” his school. Sheriff’s officials say the 17-year-old male student was...
View ArticleExtra 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...
View ArticleCharges: Man Threatens To Shoot Up Coon Rapids Hospital
COON RAPIDS (WCCO) — A 38-year-old Wisconsin man has been accused of threatening to shoot up a Coon Rapids, Minn. hospital earlier this month, according to charges filed. On the early afternoon of Jan....
View ArticleOfficials Close Chaska High School After Reported Threat
CHASKA, Minn. (WCCO) – A threat to Chaska High School put the school on lockdown Tuesday morning and canceled classes for students later in the day. Police and the school officials are not giving...
View ArticleExtra Police At Eden Prairie High School Thursday After Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities say there’s an enhanced police presence at Eden Prairie High School Thursday after tensions between students prompted the threat of a gun being brought to school....
View ArticleCharges: Eagan Teen Threatens Dad’s Life Over Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – An Eagan teen faces charges after her father told police she threatened his life when he wanted to take her car away, court documents filed last week say. On March 12, a man told...
View ArticleDoor-To-Door Booksellers Target Children, Creep Out Parents
HUGO, Minn. (WCCO) – It seems an online rumor has parents in the Twin Cities scared that their kids could be kidnapped. Parents in Washington County and Inver Grove Heights said they’re being...
View ArticleBomb Threat Prompts Evacuation Of Mpls. CVS
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police and bomb squad units are investigating after a bomb threat was called in at a local CVS Pharmacy on Monday. Officials say employees at the CVS Pharmacy at Franklin and...
View ArticleThreat Prompts Maple Lake To Cancel Classes
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Maple Lake Public Schools have canceled classes after a threat was left in a bathroom stall, according to officials. At approximately 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, a threat was found on...
View ArticleMan Arrested For Threatening Student At Somerset (Wis.) School
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 20-year-old man was arrested Thursday after he verbally threatened a student at Somerset (Wis.) Elementary School and forced the school district to go into a lockdown, according...
View ArticleEsko School Evacuated After Bomb Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A written bomb threat prompted the evacuation of Esko School Tuesday afternoon, according to the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office. At 12:25 p.m. the bomb threat was found inside the...
View ArticleCops: Man Threatened To Shoot Neighbor Teaching Daughter To Ride A Bike
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (WCCO) – A Minnesota man is charged with two felonies after police say he admitted to pointing a shotgun at his neighbor over how he was teaching his daughter to ride a bike....
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View ArticleWashburn High School Open After Threat Deemed Not Credible
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials at Washburn High School in Minneapolis say classes will go on as usual Thursday after a threat was made and police determined it was not credible. The school sent out a...
View ArticleMOA Strengthens Security Following Video Threat
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Mall of America is beefing up security after the terror group that carried out a deadly attack at an African shopping mall called for a similar mission on shopping venues in...
View ArticleTalking Points: Klobuchar On Al-Shabaab Threat Video
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The latest terror video from al-Shabaab comes days after the White House convened a terror summit that focused on combating recruiting here in the Twin Cities and the rest of the...
View ArticleMinn. Law Officials Express Concern Over Stalled Homeland Security Bill
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Congress has until midnight Friday to avoid a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland security. The agency’s funding bill has become tied up in the immigration dispute...
View ArticlePolice: Man Threatened To Shoot Up National American University
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 20-year-old man is accused of threatening to carry out a shooting at National American University in Burnsville last Friday over his frustrations in locating the school for a...
View ArticleCell Video Shows Cop Allegedly Threatening To Break Teen Suspect’s Leg
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150403193926420AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A smartphone appears to have captured a Minneapolis police officer threatening a teenager. Seventeen-year-old...
View ArticleCrime Alert: U Student Threatened, Robbed On University Avenue
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials say a University of Minnesota student was threatened and robbed of her purse early Tuesday morning near campus. University officials say Minneapolis police were called...
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