Man Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy Case
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for dealing drugs in North Dakota and Minnesota. Carl Renecker was charged in federal court with conspiracy to possess with intent to...
View ArticleSherburne County Deputies Raid Suspected Drug House
CLEAR LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) — It was just before daylight on Wednesday morning when Sherburne County sheriff’s deputies and area SWAT teams swarmed a rural Clear Lake home. Armed with a judge’s search...
View ArticleMan Arrested In Douglas County Meth Bust
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 37-year-old man was arrested in Douglas County on Wednesday for possessing about 240 grams of methamphetamine, authorities said. Chad Michael Larson was the focus of an...
View ArticleDrugs Found In Vehicle Of Officer-Involved Shooting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – St. Paul Police said Wednesday that several pounds of methamphetamine and marijuana were each recovered from a suspected vehicle involved in an officer-involved shooting...
View Article3 Arrested After Drug Bust In Sauk Rapids
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Three men were arrested on Friday following a large drug bust in Sauk Rapids, according to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies observed a speeding vehicle at...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Was Smoking Meth While Child Was In Tub
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Northfield, Minn. woman was arrested after she allegedly was smoking methamphetamine while her baby was sleeping in a bathtub, according to police. Police say they were...
View ArticleMinnesota Man Sentenced To Life In SD Drug Case
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man charged with distributing methamphetamine in South Dakota has been sentenced to life in prison. Fifty-one-year-old Viengxay Chantharath of Worthington, Minn.,...
View Article5 Indicted Northern Minn. Methamphetamine Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Four men and one woman were indicted recently in Minneapolis Federal Court in connection with case involving the distribution of methamphetamine in northern Minnesota. The...
View Article5 Arrested After St. Cloud Meth Bust
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – Authorities arrested five people in an apparent drug bust involving methamphetamine in St. Cloud, according to police. Police executed a search warrant at about 9:30 a.m....
View ArticleDrug Dealer Sentenced To 32 Years In Prison
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A violent drug dealer hailed by associates in North Dakota and Minnesota for his ability to stay out of jail was sentenced Monday to 32 years in federal prison. Jeremy Jon Hoff,...
View Article20 People Charged In Twin Cities-Based Meth Ring
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors have charged 20 people in connection with a methamphetamine ring that was based in the Twin Cities. Gallery: Meth Bust Press Conference The Hennepin County attorney’s...
View ArticleWoman Accused Of Bringing Meth To Judicial Center
HASTINGS, Minn. (WCCO) – A St. Paul woman is accused of possessing methamphetamine, which she allegedly had in her jacket when trying to enter a judicial center. According to the criminal complaint,...
View Article7 Sentenced In Brainerd Area Meth Ring
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A large-scale federal drug investigation that showed methamphetamine was being funneled from the Twin Cities to the Brainerd Lakes Area to Fargo, ND, is in the final stages with...
View ArticleMan Agrees To Plead Guilty In ND Meth Conspiracy
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — One of three family members from Bakersfield, Calif., accused of supplying methamphetamine to buyers in North Dakota and Minnesota plans to change his plea. Henry Paredez Jr. and...
View Article2 Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Meth
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Minnesota, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. Alfredo Cazares-Medina, 40, of Phoenix,...
View ArticleCops: Man Found Asleep In Middle Of Road With Meth
SHERBURNE COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) – Police arrested a 46-year-old Princeton, Minn., man after they found him asleep in his car in the middle of the road with methamphetamine. According to the Sherburne...
View ArticlePolice Seize $60K Of Meth In Stearns County
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Stearns County authorities recovered $60,000 worth of methamphetamine during an early morning bust on Friday. Three children were present during the search and they have now been...
View ArticlePolice Say Erratic Driver Hid Meth, Pipe Inside Herself
CIRCLE PINES, Minn. (WCCO) – A woman who Centennial Lakes Police pulled over for driving erratically has been charged after a drug-sniffing dog found methamphetamine hidden inside the woman’s body....
View ArticleFergus Falls Man, 27, Arrested In Overdose Death
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (WCCO) — A 27-year-old Fergus Falls man has been arrested in the overdose death of a 23-year-old man, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday at 3:15 p.m.,...
View ArticleSon Shows School Principal Evidence That His Mom Uses Meth
WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) – After a 12-year-old boy showed his school principal evidence that his mother was using narcotics, 32-year-old Sabina Marie Coolen, of Chatham Township in Wright County,...
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