Record 30-Year Sentence For Meth Ring Kingpin
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Hennepin County District Court judge sentenced a 37-year-old man, accused in a major meth ring, to 30 years in prison. The sentence is a state record for a drug crime. Pedro...
View ArticleVirginia MN Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison Over Meth
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 33-year-old man from Virginia, Minn., was sentenced Tuesday for conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Jeffrey Donald Doig was sentenced to 120 months in...
View ArticleAnoka Man Charged After Crash Into Family Vehicle
ANOKA, Minn. (WCCO) – An Anoka man is charged with leading police on a chase while high and crashing his vehicle into another vehicle carrying a family of five. The criminal complaint says that police...
View ArticleAuthorities: 2 Arrested After 5-Month Meth Investigation In St. Cloud
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) — Two men have been arrested after a 5-month investigation into the manufacturing of methamphetamine in the St. Cloud metro region, according to authorities. On Tuesday, Central...
View ArticleSuspect In Meth Conspiracy Gets 27 Years In Prison
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The last of three family members from California accused of supplying methamphetamine to buyers in North Dakota and Minnesota has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison. Henry...
View ArticleTainted Meth Sends Several To Hospital Within 24 Hrs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A dozen people have been taken to the hospital in the past 24 hours from overdosing on a particularly bad batch of meth. Deputies think the meth is coming from the east metro, and...
View Article49-Year-Old Man Gets Life For Meth Distribution
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A 49-year-old Moorhead, Minn., man has been sentenced in North Dakota to life in prison on a federal charge of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. U.S....
View ArticleBurnsville Man Charged With Possessing $400K Of Meth
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) – A 35-year-old Burnsville was charged Friday in connection with possessing 12 pounds of methamphetamine, worth a street value of more than $400,000. Albert Morris Johnson was...
View Article5 Arrested In Elk River Meth Bust
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Five people are in jail after a meth bust in Elk River Monday, according to the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Joel Brott said investigators from the Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleClaremount Man Pleads Guilty For Conspiring To Sell Meth
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 33-year-old man from Claremont, Minn., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court for conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. Specifically, Michael Steven...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Selling 11 Lbs Of Meth In Target Parking Lot
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 35-year-old Arden Hills man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to distributing about 11 pound of methamphetamine after trying to sell to an undercover cop at a Target...
View ArticleStockton Man Charged With Conspiring To Sell Meth
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 27-year-old Stockton man has been charged with conspiring to deal more than 500 grams of meth. Gabriel Orion Lowther was charged with one count of conspiracy as his indictment...
View Article2 Charged In Large Cocaine, Meth Bust In Dakota Co.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two men have been charged after 6 pounds of cocaine and over 2 pounds of methamphetamine were recovered in Inver Grove Heights Tuesday, according to the Dakota County Attorney’s...
View ArticleCharges: Man Had 18 Pounds Of Meth With Intent To Sell
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 21-year-old Anoka man is accused of possessing more than 18 pounds of methamphetamine at his home valued at up to $1,000,000, according to charges filed in Anoka County Court....
View ArticleInver Grove Heights Man Sentenced To Prison For 6 Lbs. Of Cocaine
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 27-year-old Inver Grove Heights man was sentenced to prison on Monday in Dakota County court for possessing about 8 pounds of illegal narcotics. Mike Sanchez pleaded guilty to...
View ArticlePolice Identify 2 Suspects In Stearns Co. Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The two people arrested after a 33-year-old man was shot in St. Augusta, Minn. earlier this week have been identified. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says 30-year-old Erik...
View ArticleHearing Delayed For 1 Of 2 Brothers In Drug Case
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A change of plea hearing for one of two brothers charged in a conspiracy to deal large quantities of methamphetamine was postponed after the defendant asked for more time to think...
View ArticleFamily, Friends Search For Man Last Seen In Anoka
ANOKA, Minn. (WCCO) – An Anoka family is searching for a missing father of two. Kevin Casserly, 22, was last seen near the North Star station in Anoka on Nov. 12. Casserly has not contacted his family...
View ArticleDrug Busts Net $40K Of Meth, Five Arrests
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (WCCO) – Five people are in the Douglas County Jail after the West Central Minnesota Narcotics Task Force, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and local police departments...
View Article3 Suspects Arrested In Beltrami Co. Burglaries
BEMIDJI, Minn. (WCCO) – Three men have been arrested and are believed to be connected to a series of burglaries in Beltrami and Cass Counties. According to the county sheriff’s office, 29-year-old...
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