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Sheriff: 3 Hurt In Alcohol-Involved ATV Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Three people were injured in an ATV crash in Cass County Sunday evening, according to the sheriff’s office. The crash happened along Big Boy Drive Northeast in rural Boy River at...
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Authorities: St. Paul Man Arrested In Wis. For Driving Drunk With 2 Small Kids
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 35-year-old St. Paul man has been arrested in Wisconsin’s Dunn County after he allegedly drove drunk with two young children in his vehicle, according to the Wisconsin Department...
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Charges: Drunken Driver Caused Halloween Crash That Left 1 In A Coma
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 34-year-old Minneapolis woman is accused of causing a Halloween crash in West St. Paul that left one victim in a coma with a severe brain injury. According to charges filed in...
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Appeals Court Says Urine Tests Without Warrant Unconstitutional
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals says a state law making it a crime for someone arrested for drunken driving to refuse a urine test without a warrant is unconstitutional. The...
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Wis. Lawmakers Trying To Up Drunken Driving Penalties
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers are trying again to increase penalties for repeat drunken driving. Rep. Jim Ott and Sen. Alberta Darling have introduced a bill that would make a fourth...
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Woman In Wis. Accused Of Stealing Squad Car While Drunk
LYNDON STATION, Wis. (AP) — A Baraboo woman is accused of her third drunken driving offense and this time sheriff’s officials say she was behind the wheel of a stolen squad car. The Juneau County...
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Police: Drunken Driver ‘Upset’ Over Election Causes Crash In Lino Lakes
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A woman gave police an excuse they’ve never heard before when they pulled her over for driving drunk and causing an accident. She blamed her accident on Donald Trump winning the...
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Wis. Man Accused Of 11th DWI Had Valid License
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man recently charged with his 11th drunken driving offense had a valid driver’s license at the time of his arrest. Steven Johnson of Fond du Lac was arrested by police...
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Minn. Man Gets 10th DWI In Wisconsin On 4th Of July
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minnesota man is facing his 10th drunken driving offence after being pulled over in western Wisconsin on the Fourth of July. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says...
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Wisconsin Driver Charged In Crash That Injured Officer
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — Criminal charges have been filed against a woman accused of striking and critically injuring a Green Bay area police officer while driving drunk. Twenty-eight-year-old Kalin...
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Victim In Alleged Drunken Driving Crash Was Lawyer Set To Be Married
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A night out at the Bruno Mars concert ended tragically early Sunday morning when a 29-year-old attorney was killed by an alleged drunken driver. Police say Kacy Merseal, of Des...
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Charges: Driver Was Over Twice The Legal Limit In Fatal Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 29-year-old Shakopee man was allegedly over twice the legal limit in a weekend crash that killed an Iowa lawyer in southern Minnesota. Brandon Dellwo is charged with one count of...
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Enhanced DWI Enforcement Period Aims To Catch Repeat Offenders
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Law enforcement officials are stepping up DWI enforcement throughout Minnesota for the remainder of the month. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says the enhanced...
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Worker Dies After Suspected Drunken Driver Crashes Into Business
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man has died after a suspected drunken driver crashed into a business in Zimmerman earlier in the week. Charges against 63-year-old Robert Johnson have been upgraded to criminal...
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Charges: Drunken Driver Screams ‘Kill Me,’ Kicks Trooper In Face
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 26-year-old man is accused of kicking a female state trooper in the face while being arrested over the weekend for drunken driving. Richard Ayewonou, of Coon Rapids, is charged...
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Ahead Of ‘Blackout Wednesday’, Officials & Loved Ones Speak Out On DUIs
ST.PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Starting Wednesday night, also called “Blackout Wednesday,” extra patrols will be out on the roads looking for drunk drivers. The night before Thanksgiving is a popular night...
View Article‘Make A Sober Game Plan’: DPS Says Over 2,500 DWI Arrests Over Holidays
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Ahead of the Super Bowl coming to Minneapolis, the Department of Public Safety is reminding motorists to make a sober ride game plan. On Wednesday, public safety officials released...
View ArticleState Patrol: 424 Arrests Through St. Patrick’s Weekend
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — The Minnesota State Patrol arrested nearly 100 more individuals for driving while intoxicated this St. Patrick’s Day weekend than they did the previous year. The state patrol...
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Homicide Charges Filed Against Driver In St. Paul Drunken Driving Crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Criminal vehicular homicide charges have been filed against the man accused in a drunken driving crash in St. Paul last week that left one of his passengers dead. (credit: Ramsey...
View ArticleWoman Who Already Had 11 Kids Taken From Her Arrested Again For DUI
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota mother of 11 children is being called one of the worst drunken driving offenders in the nation after a recent arrest in Illinois. On Monday, police in Riverside,...
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Man Who Crashed, Left Girlfriend To Die Gets Prison Time
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man who crashed his car, killing his 20-year-old girlfriend, was sentenced Thursday to 52 months in prison. A jury found Michael Campbell guilty last month of vehicular homicide...
View Article111 Drunken Driving Arrests In Minnesota Over New Year’s
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 100 drunken driving arrests were made in Minnesota between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The Associated Press reports that 111 people were arrested statewide between...
View ArticleMan, 34, Killed In Rollover Crash In Arden Hills
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities have identified a driver who was killed when his car rolled over in Arden Hills on Sunday. The crash happened near the southbound ramp from Interstate 35W to County...
View Article‘Run For Ria’: Family & Friends Honor Young Woman Killed In Crash To Raise...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Family and friends of a young woman killed in a crash are keeping her memory alive. Ria Patel died in a suspected drunk driving crash in September 2017. She was a junior at the...
View ArticleCharges: Vikings’ Jayron Kearse Drove Drunk On Closed Portion Of I-94 With...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings safety Jayron Kearse was charged Tuesday with multiple gun and alcohol counts after authorities say he was driving impaired while a loaded handgun containing more...
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Wisconsin Senate To Consider Tougher Drunken Driving Penalties
The state Senate is set to vote on two bills that would stiffen drunken driving penalties and potentially generate millions of dollars in new prison costs.
View ArticleWisconsin Man Arrested For 10th DWI
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 53-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in western Wisconsin for his 10th drunken driving offense. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says state troopers found the Tomah man...
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Iowa City Councilman Matthew Dominick Charged With Drunken Driving
Police say Dominick's vehicle struck a parked car in Humboldt and overturned before coming to rest on its top.
View ArticleWisconsin Man Arrested For 7th DWI Had Child In Car
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities in western Wisconsin say a man had a child in his car when he was arrested for this seventh DWI. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says the 49-year-old...
View ArticleJason Rothmeyer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison Over Deadly Police Chase Crash
ELK RIVER, Minn. (AP) — A drunken driver who led police on a chase that ended with a deadly crash in Sherburne County has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. Jason Rothmeyer, 39, had a...
View ArticleWisconsin Woman Arrested On Christmas For Drinking And Driving With...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities in western Wisconsin say a woman was arrested on Christmas for drinking and driving with an 11-month-old child in her car. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation...
View ArticleK-9 Officer Finds Suspected Drunken Driver Hiding In Frozen Marsh
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Authorities in the southwest metro say they found a suspected drunken driver hiding in a frozen marsh after he led them on a chase late last month. The Eden Prairie Police...
View ArticleEagan Mayor Mike Maguire Charged With Drunken Driving
EAGAN, Minn. (AP/WCCO) — The mayor of Eagan is accused of driving drunk and crashing into a snowbank with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. Mike Maguire was arrested near his home...
View ArticleMichael Coombes Charged In Fatal Crash That Killed Friend In Eagan
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say a drunken driver killed his friend in a crash just days before Christmas. Their car slammed head-on into a tree in Eagan. Prosecutors charged Michael Coombes in the...
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Alleged Drunken Driver Hits St. Cloud Squad Car Head-On
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — An alleged drunken driver struck a St. Cloud police squad car head-on Sunday morning. The Waite Park Police Department, which responded to the crash, said the officer was treated...
View Article2 People Get DWIs In Same Traffic Stop After Switching Seats While In Motion
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Eden Prairie Police Department said that not just one, but two people were arrested for DWI in a single traffic stop earlier this year. Police say that the arrests happened in...
View ArticleAmid Spike In Traffic Deaths, MN Law Enforcement Agencies Ramping Up Extra...
COTTAGE GROVE, Minnesota (WCCO) — Minnesota law enforcement agencies are taking extra steps to stop drunk drivers beginning Wednesday and through the end of the year. The state patrol held a news...
View ArticleNearly 200 DWI Arrests Over Holiday Weekend: ‘Too Many Minnesotans Rang In...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota State Patrol says nearly 200 motorists were arrested for driving while intoxicated over the holiday weekend. According to the patrol, 199 drivers statewide were...
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Charges: Driver Had 10 Drinks Before Fatal Wrong-Way Crash On I-394
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (WCCO) — The wrong-way driver who killed another driver in a head-on crash last week had 10 drinks before getting behind the wheel, charging documents say. Twenty-year-old Joseph...
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Charges: Drunken Driver Blamed Wind For Haphazard Steering
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (WCCO) — A driver whose blood alcohol content was allegedly twice the legal limit after he was pulled over in Apple Valley blamed his errant driving on the wind, a criminal...
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