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CBS News
3 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Family escapes Brooklyn Center house fire, with downed power line complicating efforts
A family of five managed to escape a house fire overnight Thursday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, but their home was destroyed. A WCCO crew at the scene reports departments from neighboring Brooklyn Park, Osseo and Fridley were called in to assist with the fight on the 5900 block of Washburn Avenue North. The chief of the Brooklyn Park Fire Department says a downed power line kept re-igniting the fire, and power had to be cut for the whole block. There is no word yet from investigators on the fire's origin.
CBS News
4 days ago
- General
- CBS News
St. Paul man sentenced for robbing Twin Cities postal workers at gunpoint
A St. Paul man who pleaded guilty to robbing two Twin Cities postal workers at gunpoint has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. Rubin Adams entered guilty pleas for two counts of armed robbery of a mail carrier in December. On Thursday, a judge handed down concurrent sentences of 132 months in prison and five years of supervised release for each count, according to court records. One count each of theft of postal service keys and mail theft against Adams were dropped. Prosecutors said Adams robbed mail carriers in Edina and Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Nov. 18 and Nov. 19, 2023, brandishing a gun and demanding mailbox keys in each instance. Authorities tied Adams to the robberies using surveillance footage, cellphone data, social media videos and a GPS-enabled ankle monitor he was wearing due to charges in Georgia. The judge also ordered Adams to pay nearly $78,000 in restitution.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Car goes off highway, through fence and strikes tree in Brooklyn Center crash
The Brief Two cars collided on Highway 252 in Brooklyn Center, sending one of them through a fence. After going through the fence, the vehicle struck a tree and overturned. The only injuries reported were those in the vehicle that struck the tree. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (FOX 9) - Two cars collided, causing one of them to veer off the highway, go through a fence, strike a tree and overturn in Brooklyn Center. What we know According to the Minnesota State Patrol, just after 3 p.m. officers responded to a crash on Highway 252 near 66th Avenue North. Two vehicles driving in the same direction collided, causing one of them to go off the highway, through a fence, strike a tree and overturn, authorities said. Law enforcement says that only the occupants of that vehicle had injuries. No pedestrians or bystanders were hurt. What we don't know The number of occupants in the vehicle is currently unknown, as is the extent of the injuries reported. What led up to the crash is not known, but State Patrol is investigating. The Source A press release from the Minnesota State Patrol.
