Metro Drug Study Shows Meth & Heroin ‘Epidemic’
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150427183637830AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There’s disappointing news concerning the Twin Cities efforts to reduce illegal drug use, especially the...
View ArticleFormer Radio Host Jeff Dubay Arrested Again
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Former radio host Jeff Dubay is in trouble with the law again after an arrest for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on Wednesday in Cottage Grove. Dubay, 47, has...
View Article41 Indicted In Alleged Heroin Ring On Reservations
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150528191430343AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Prosecutors on Thursday charged 41 people with operating a multi-million dollar drug ring that supplied Indian...
View ArticleMan Charged With Dealing Meth In North Dakota, Minnesota
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a man accused of dealing methamphetamine in North Dakota and Minnesota. Arnulfo Ramos pleaded not guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to possess with intent...
View ArticleMan Attempts To Flee Police By Driving Into Cornfield In Meeker Co.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 35-year-old man was arrested Thursday after fleeing police in Meeker County. Brian Berwald, of Hutchinson, faces charges of driving after cancellation of license and fleeing a...
View ArticlePope County Dispatcher Accused Of Selling Meth
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A dispatcher with the Pope County Sheriff’s Office is accused of selling 10 grams of methamphetamine. Faline Yackel, 31, of Glenwood, was charged Monday with first-degree sale and...
View ArticleMan Accused Of Dealing Meth Sentenced To 3 Months
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of dealing methamphetamine in North Dakota and Minnesota has been sentenced to three months in prison. Brian Noyes is charged in federal court with conspiracy to...
View ArticlePolice: Woman In Custody After Faribault Inmate’s Fatal Meth Overdose
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An Alexandria woman is accused of smuggling methamphetamine into a Faribault jail, leading to the overdose death of an inmate. Faribault police say an inmate at Minnesota...
View ArticleMpls. Man Sentenced With Possession, Intent To Sell Meth In N.D.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for dealing large quantities of methamphetamine in North Dakota and Minnesota. Dennis Lee Richardson pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleMN Man Charged With Dealing Meth In N.D. To Plead Guilty
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man says he will be plead guilty to a federal drug charge in North Dakota. Arnulfo Ramos, of Crookston, Minnesota, is charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to...
View ArticleWhat Is Methamphetamine?
This article is sponsored by Ocean Breeze Treatment Centers Methamphetamine is part of the family of drugs known as amphetamines. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, it is a powerful,...
View ArticleDouglas County Attorney: Missing Starbuck Woman Died Of Drug Overdose
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Human remains that were found near Alexandria in October have been confirmed to belong to the missing Starbuck woman Laura Schwendemann, and authorities say she died of an overdose...
View ArticleBloomington Man Pleads Not Guilty To Dealing Meth In 2 States
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man is accused in federal court of dealing large amounts of methamphetamine in North Dakota and Minnesota. Damian Mata, of Bloomington, Minnesota, is charged in North Dakota with...
View ArticleAuthorities: 1 Pound Of Meth Seized In Moorhead; 2 Arrested
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two people are in jail after an overnight Moorhead methamphetamine bust, according to city officials. Moorhead officials say that shortly after midnight, narcotics investigators...
View ArticleComplaint: Man Used GPS Tracker To Terrorize Estranged Wife
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Farmington man faces several criminal charges for allegedly terrorizing his estranged wife, who is in the process of divorcing him. The Dakota County Attorney’s Office says...
View Article2 Women Charged In Morrison County Meth Bust
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two women from the Twin Cities are accused of being involved in the possession and sale of methamphetamine in Little Falls, according to charges filed Monday in Morrison County...
View ArticleCharges: Woman Hid Meth Pipe From Officers In Vagina In Inver Grove Heights
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 24-year-old Kansas woman is accused of hiding a drug pipe in her private area while being a passenger in a stolen vehicle in Inver Grove Heights back in January, according to...
View ArticleCharges: Woman Drove While High On Meth With Child In Car
MINNEAPOOLIS (WCCO) – A 27-year-old woman is accused of driving while she was high on methamphetamine in Coon Rapids with a child in her car, according to charges filed in Anoka County Court. Leighann...
View Article19 Plead Guilty In Minnesota-Wisconsin Meth Ring
MADISON, Wis. (AP/WCCO) — Nineteen people have pleaded guilty in a drug ring that authorities say trafficked 127 pounds of methamphetamine from the Minneapolis area to central Wisconsin communities...
View ArticleSheriff: Arrest Made After Meth, Marijuana Found In Big Lake Drug Bust
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 29-year-old man was arrested last Friday after authorities seized large amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana during a drug bust in Big Lake. Derek Alan Snaza was arrested for...
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