Austin officer convicted of drug possession

Austin Daily Herald, http://www.austindailyherald.com Austin, MN An Austin police captain has been convicted of removing prescription narcotics from the department’s evidence room. A jury convicted Curt Rude late Thursday of felony drug possession and another...

Arguments rested on whether Rude was acting as a cop

Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota) Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News BYLINE: Janice Gregorson, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Austin, MN Nov. 6 — ROCHESTER — Before jurors began six hours of deliberation on Thursday in the Curt Rude case,...

Arguments rested on whether Rude was acting as a cop

Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota) Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News BYLINE: Janice Gregorson, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Austin, MN Nov. 6 — ROCHESTER — Before jurors began six hours of deliberation on Thursday in the Curt Rude case,...

Austin cop testifies in theft of medication trial

Rochester, MN One of Austin’s top police officers took the stand Wednesday afternoon to defend himself against charges that he stole prescription drugs from the department’s evidence room. Curt Rude is on trial for allegedly stealing evidence, possessing a...

Austin cop testifies in theft of medication trial

Rochester, MN One of Austin’s top police officers took the stand Wednesday afternoon to defend himself against charges that he stole prescription drugs from the department’s evidence room. Curt Rude is on trial for allegedly stealing evidence, possessing a...

Jury selection starts in Austin police captain trial

Post-Bulletin, www.postbulletin.com Link to Article BYLINE: Janice Gregorson Rochester, MN Jury selection was to begin this morning in the case of an Austin police captain charged nearly two years ago with illegally removing a prescription painkiller from the...