A man faces prison for crushing animals, a groundbreaking for Mankato home for women veterans, and mourning the loss of a Minnesotan and Kenyan community leader.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
COMING UP...
[DOUGH BOY GIGGLE... ]
WE REMEMBER ONE OF THE VOICES BEHIND THE ICONIC PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY.
PLUS … MINNESOTA HUNTERS ARE BRINGING IN MORE DEER THIS SEASON.
[PAUL BURR, DNR: ACROSS THE BOARD WE’RE UP IN HARVEST.]
BUT FIRST...
--ANIMAL CRUSHING GUILTY VERDICT--
VIEWERS PAID TO WATCH ANIMALS BE TORTURED ONLINE.
NOW… THE WEST METRO MAN WHO PROFITTED OFF THE ANIMAL CRUELTY FACES PRISON.
A FEDERAL JURY FOUND BRYAN WESLEY EDISON OF CARVER GUILTY ON ALL SIXTEEN COUNTS OF "ANIMAL CRUSHING."
PROSECUTORS SAY EDISON POSTED NEARLY 350-VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE...
HE CHARGED VIEWERS TO SEE SOME OF THEM...
IN SOME VIDEOS... HE PUT SMALL LIVE ANIMALS IN WITH LARGE REPTILES AND RECORDED THE ATTACKS.
HE NOW FACES UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON ON EACH COUNT. SENTENCING IS SET FOR MARCH.
--BURGER KING HUMAN RIGHTS CHARGES--
A HALLOWEEN ENCOUNTER AT A BURGER KING IN FARIBAULT.. SOUTH OF THE METRO/TWIN CITIES... HAS LED TO A STATE DISCRIMINATION CHARGE.
ATTORNEYS FOR SHAVELLE DEVINE SAY SHE FILED THE CHARGE WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS... AFTER SHE RECORDED A DRIVE-THROUGH EMPLOYEE SERVING CUSTOMERS IN BLACKFACE... SAYING "I'M JUST BLACK TODAY."
THE VIDEO WENT VIRAL.
HER LAWYERS WANT TO KNOW WHY MANAGERS ALLOWED THE WORKER TO SERVE CUSTOMERS.
BURGER KING SAYS THE FRANCHISEE IS ADDRESSING THE INCIDENT WITH THE EMPLOYEE AND STAFF.
--SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS WARRANTLESS ARRESTS FROM TIPS--
MINNESOTA’S SUPREME COURT IS CONSIDERING WHEN POLICE CAN TRUST A TIP ENOUGH TO MAKE AN ARREST WITHOUT A WARRANT.
THE CASE INVOLVES A WOMAN WHO TOLD EAGAN POLICE THAT A MAN HAD TRAFFICKED HER...
POLICE THEN FOUND AND ARRESTED HIM AT A SOUTH METRO HOTEL.. IN A ROOM REGISTERED IN THE WOMAN'S NAME.
AN APPEALS COURT UPHELD HIS TWO SEX TRAFFICKING CONVICTIONS IN FEBRUARY...
THE SUPREME COURT AGREED TO HEAR THE CASE TO CONSIDER THE USE OF TIPS IN WARRANT-LESS ARRESTS.
THE STATE’S PROSECUTOR ARGUED TUESDAY THAT POLICE HAD BACKED UP KEY DETAILS OF THE WOMAN'S REPORT...
JONES’ LAWYER.. ADAM LOZEAU.( loh-ZOH PRONUNCIATION ON SUPREME COURT TAPE) SAYS OFFICERS NEEDED MORE TO MAKE AN ARREST.
[ADAM LOZEAU / DEFENSE ATTORNEY: IT MIGHT BOLSTER IT TO BE SUSPICIOUS, BUT THAT’S NOT PROBABLE CAUSE, RIGHT? LIKE, REASONABLE SUSPICION DOESN’T EQUATE TO PROBABLE CAUSE.]
THE RULING COULD AFFECT WHAT EVIDENCE MINNESOTA COURTS CAN USE AFTER SIMILAR ARRESTS.
--APPLETON IMMIGRATION FACILITY--
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAID NEARLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FOR A WESTERN MINNESOTA PRISON THAT’S NOW HOLDING IMMIGRATION DETAINEES.
ICE SAYS THE APPLETON CENTER OPENED MONDAY.... IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW MANY PEOPLE THE GOVERNMENT IS HOLDING THERE.
--LUTSEN RESORT--
THE MAN ACCUSED OF BURNING DOWN THE NORTH SHORE’S LUTSEN RESORT FOR INSURANCE MONEY IS HEADED TO TRIAL.
A COOK COUNTY JUDGE REFUSED TO DISMISS CHARGES OF ARSON AND INSURANCE FRAUD AGAINST FORMER LUTSEN LODGE OWNER BRYCE JAMES CAMPBELL THIS WEEK.
PROSECUTORS SAY HE SET FIRE TO THE LODGE FOR INSURANCE MONEY.
CAMPBELL DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS..
COURT DOCUMENTS ALLEGE HIS COMPANIES WERE MORE THAN 14-MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT WHEN THE LODGE BURNED.
HE’S DUE IN COURT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
--MANKATO WOMENS VETERANS HOME--
WOMEN VETERANS RECOVERING FROM ADDICTION AND P-T-S-D WILL SOON HAVE A NEW PLACE TO LIVE AND GET SUPPORT IN MANKATO.
THE NON-PROFIT... ‘BRAVO ZULU HOUSE’... BROKE GROUND ON ITS NEW FACILITY YESTERDAY AS PART VETERAN'S DAY …
THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA HOME WILL OPEN NEXT YEAR... OFFERING HOUSING … TREATMENT … AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN VETERANS ALSO DEALING WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS.
[WTIP: DEER HARVEST NUMBERS]
MINNESOTA HUNTERS TOOK AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF DEER ON THE OPENING WEEKEND OF FIREARMS SEASON THIS YEAR.
[PAUL BURR, DNR: LAST YEAR WE WERE AROUND 65 THOUSAND, THIS YEAR WE’RE AROUND 76 THOUSAND.]
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE’S PAUL BURR TELLS AMPERS MEMBER STATION W-T-I-P LAST WEEKEND'S FIREARMS-HARVEST WAS UP 17-PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR’S OPENER … WITH A 15-PERCENT TOTAL INCREASE IN ALL HUNTING METHODS.
BURR SAYS MILD WINTERS HAVE HELPED DEER POPULATIONS REBOUND …
[PAUL BURR, DNR: I AM HOPEFUL AND VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL REACH THAT 200,000 MARK THAT WE DO HAVE OUTLINED IN OUR DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN.]
BUT.. HARVESTS REMAIN LOW IN PARTS OF THE ARROWHEAD.
THE STATE ALSO REPORTS GOOD RESULTS FOR MANDATORY TESTING FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.
--KENYAN AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY LEADER FUNERAL--
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE REMEMBERING A COMMUNITY LEADER WHO HELPED CHILDREN IN MINNESOTA.. AND HIS NATIVE KENYA.
PAUL MORANDE LED A KENYAN COMMUNITY GROUP THAT DISTRIBUTED TOYS TO MINNESOTA CHILDREN..
AND... ONE OF MORANDE'S LONG-TIME PARTNERS ESTIMATES HE HELPED SEND ABOUT 225-THOUSAND BOOKS TO SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES IN KENYA.
MORANDE WAS SIXTY-FOUR.
--VOICE OF PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY DIES--
AND FINALLY …
[DOUGHBOY GIGGLE]
YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE HIS GIGGLE BEFORE YOU KNOW HIS NAME …
JOBE CERNY … ONE OF THE ACTORS WHO HELPED GIVE THE PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY HIS DISTINCT VOICE … AND LAUGH … HAS DIED AT 78.
CERNY PERFORMED WITH CHICAGO'S SECOND CITY AND SPENT DECADES DOING VOICEWORK.
THE DOUGHBOY MADE HIS T-V DEBUT IN 1965 FOR MINNESOTA-BASED PILLSBURY.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES, I’M XAN HOLSTON.