AM 1240 WJON » stearns county attorney’s office http://wjon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 20:45:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Formal Charges Filed Against Triple Crown Sweepstakes Owners [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/formal-charges-filed-against-triple-crown-sweepstakes-owners-audio/ http://wjon.com/formal-charges-filed-against-triple-crown-sweepstakes-owners-audio/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:01:45 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=155664 Formal charges have been filed against the owners of Triple Crown Sweepstakes in St. Cloud.

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]]> http://wjon.com/formal-charges-filed-against-triple-crown-sweepstakes-owners-audio/feed/ 0 Photo by WJON.com's Jim Maurice Charges Dropped Against Accused Shooter http://wjon.com/charges-dropped-against-accused-shooter/ http://wjon.com/charges-dropped-against-accused-shooter/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:45:40 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=142509 Charges have been dropped against a St. Cloud man accused in a shooting incident last month that injured another man.

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]]> http://wjon.com/charges-dropped-against-accused-shooter/feed/ 0 Stearns County Jail photo Rosemount Man Charged With Murder of St. Cloud Mom http://wjon.com/rosemount-man-charged-with-murder-of-st-cloud-mom/ http://wjon.com/rosemount-man-charged-with-murder-of-st-cloud-mom/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:28:55 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=127586 A Rosemount man is being held on $3-million bail in the murder of his south St. Cloud mother Thursday. The Stearns County Attorney's office has charged 40-year-old Chad Pulju with one count of second-degree murder with intent-not premeditated.

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]]> http://wjon.com/rosemount-man-charged-with-murder-of-st-cloud-mom/feed/ 0 Chad Pulju, Stearns County Jail photo Waite Park Man Sentenced in Attempted Murder Case http://wjon.com/waite-park-man-sentenced-in-attempted-murder-case/ http://wjon.com/waite-park-man-sentenced-in-attempted-murder-case/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:29:49 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=95885 A Waite Park man who admitted to trying to kill his wife has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison. 44-year-old Joseph Benson had earlier pleaded guilty to first degree attempted murder stemming from the August 2011 incident.

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]]> http://wjon.com/waite-park-man-sentenced-in-attempted-murder-case/feed/ 0 Stearns County Jail photo Waite Park Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of Wife http://wjon.com/waite-park-man-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder-of-wife/ http://wjon.com/waite-park-man-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder-of-wife/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:49:12 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=77832 A Waite Park man has admitted to trying to kill his wife. 43-year-old Joseph Benson pleaded guilty to first degree attempted murder stemming from the August 2011 incident. Court records show the couple was having marital problems when Benson used a knife to attack his wife.

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]]> http://wjon.com/waite-park-man-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder-of-wife/feed/ 0 Stearns County Jail photo Albany Man Pleads Guilty to Additional Domestic Abuse Charge http://wjon.com/albany-man-pleads-guilty-to-additional-domestic-abuse-charge/ http://wjon.com/albany-man-pleads-guilty-to-additional-domestic-abuse-charge/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:50:07 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=44421 An Albany man has pleaded guilty to a domestic assault by strangulation charge in a case that has been ongoing for about two years. Brian Andvik has pleaded guilty to the charge and will be sentenced at a later date.

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]]> http://wjon.com/albany-man-pleads-guilty-to-additional-domestic-abuse-charge/feed/ 0 Stearns County Jail photo Appeals Court Rules Stearns County Man Should Get New Sentence http://wjon.com/appeals-court-rules-stearns-county-man-should-get-new-sentence/ http://wjon.com/appeals-court-rules-stearns-county-man-should-get-new-sentence/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:56:02 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=37250 A former Fairhaven Township man will be re-sentenced after the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled his sentence for trying to kill his wife was improperly calculated. 52-year-old Jerry Thompson was accused of going to his estranged wife's home in 2008, firing a gunshot at her and kidnapping her at gunpoint.

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]]> http://wjon.com/appeals-court-rules-stearns-county-man-should-get-new-sentence/feed/ 0 Stearns County Jail photo ROCORI Student To Face Second Degree Assault Charges http://wjon.com/rocori-student-to-face-second-degree-assault-charges/ http://wjon.com/rocori-student-to-face-second-degree-assault-charges/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:24:38 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=12575 A ROCORI seventh grader is expected to be charged with second degree assault after a gun incident at the Middle School Tuesday. Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall says a petition has been filed alleging that the student should be charged.

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