Hennepin Co. To Review Hecker's Unusual Marriage
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says it will decide by Monday whether the wedding between former auto mogul Denny Hecker and Christi Rowan-Hecker was legal.
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The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says it will decide by Monday whether the wedding between former auto mogul Denny Hecker and Christi Rowan-Hecker was legal.
In the latest twist in the saga of former auto mogul Denny Hecker, WCCO has learned that Hecker and his then-girlfriend, Christi Rowan, were married last week at a church in Maple Grove.
In a surprise move Denny Hecker's girlfriend Christi Rowan has decided she will not fight charges she stole money that belonged to Hecker and her creditors.
The girlfriend of former auto mogul Denny Hecker remains in jail, after making an unexpected court appearance Thursday -- a day before she was scheduled to be sentenced for fraud.
Fallen auto mogul Denny Hecker's girlfriend, Christi Rowan, was arrested Wednesday while visiting Hecker inside the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, according to authorities.
Christi Rowan filed court papers on Friday asking to be sentenced to the lowest possible sentence under the sentencing guidelines.
Fallen auto mogul Denny Hecker found out last week that he's going to spend at least the next seven years in prison. In a call from jail Thursday, however, he told WCCO-TV in an exclusive interview that what he's really worried about is his girlfriend's future.
Denny Hecker's attorney made the point at sentencing that Denny Hecker was not like Tom Petters because for years he ran a legitimate business.
A gaunt and pale Denny Hecker apologized for his crimes at his sentencing. Still, a judge gave him the maximum 10-year sentence, saying his actions were appalling.
A federal judge has sentenced former Minnesota auto magnate Denny Hecker to a maximum 10 years in prison on fraud charges.
On Friday morning, former auto dealer Denny Hecker finds out how much time he'll serve in prison.
A long-time employee of former auto mogul Denny Hecker will be headed to prison for more than two years.
A 49-year-old former employee of auto mogul Denny Hecker was sentenced Thursday for lying to investigators and helping to hide Hecker's Cadillac from creditors.
Denny Hecker has filed nearly 300 pages of documents, asking for a downward departure of eight years in prison and extra credit for the time he's already served.
Disgraced Twin Cities auto dealer Denny Hecker has written a letter to a bankruptcy judge accusing a bankruptcy trustee and his own former attorney of lying.
Federal prosecutors want fallen auto mogul Denny Hecker's girlfriend put away for the full amount of prison time she faces.
Fallen Twin Cities auto magnate Denny Hecker now has a sentencing date.
U.S. prosecutors want fallen Twin Cities auto dealer Denny Hecker to get the statutory maximum sentence.
A gaunt-looking Denny Hecker will be staying in jail for the time being after a hearing held Tuesday.
Prosecutors want Denny Hecker to stay in jail because he is a flight risk and "an economic threat to the community."
The white snow flew and the red ink grew as 2010 drew to a close in Minnesota, but the blizzard that brought down the Metrodome roof and the projection of a daunting $6.2 billion state deficit were just two of the year's most notable stories.
U.S. Marshals are serving a search warrant on Denny Hecker's home in Medina, Minn.
Denny Hecker's girlfriend avoided going to jail on Tuesday, but just barely.
The girlfriend of former auto mogul Denny Hecker could soon be joining him behind bars, as she is set to appear in bankruptcy court on Tuesday.
Former auto mogul Denny Hecker's girlfriend is being evicted from the $1.8 million Medina home she shared with Hecker. However, under a deal reached Wednesday, she will be able to stay in the home through the holidays.
