SO WE EXPECT THINGS TO GET
PRETTY HEATED.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO COVER THIS
STORY, THANK YOU, ASHLEY.
A MAN CHARGED WITH RAPING A
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS CLEARED
AFTER DNA EVIDENCE SHOWS HE DID
NOT DO IT.
OFFICERS ARRESTED CHARLES
STEVENSON IN NOVEMBER, THE
VICTIM PICKED HIM OUT OF A
LINEUP.
THE TEENAGER WAS WALKING NEAR
29th AND IRVING AVENUE NORTH
WHEN A MAN PUT A GUN TO HER
HEAD, FORCED HER INTO AN ALLEY
AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER, HE
HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED
OF RAPING A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL
BACK IN 2003, DNA LYNXED HAROLD
DAVIS TO THE CASE, DAVIS WAS ON
INTENSIVE SUPERVISED RELEASE OF
BEING CONVICTED OF A SEXUAL
ASSAULT IN 2008.
MIKE FREEMAN SAID IT ORIGINALLY
LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD GOOD,
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE ON
STEVENSON, WHEN THE NEW
EVIDENCE CAME IN, THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAD THE
COURAGE TO ARREST STEVENSON, HE
FAILED TO REGISTER AS A SEX
OFFENDER.
POLICE BE ARE LOOKING FOR
TWO ROBBERS THEY SAY USED
CRAIGSLIST TO FIND THEIR
VICTIM, THE MEN SHOWED IN
SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS RIGHT HERE
ARRANGED TO COMPLETE THE
CRAIGSLIST TRANSACTION AT THE
VICTIM'S HOME, THEY TOOK THE
VICTIM'S WALLET AND IPAD BEFORE
USING HIS STOLEN CREDIT CARTS
IN BROOKLYN PARK, THE DIRECTOR
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS IN A
SITUATION LIKE THIS DON'T GIVE
OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION OR
HANDLE THE TRANSACTION AT HOME.
I WOULD DEFINITELY GO INTO A
PUBLIC BUILDING.
I WOULDN'T DO IT IN A PARKING
LOT.
I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I HAD
OTHER SAFE PEOPLE AROUND ME.
PRETTY GOOD ADVICE, POLICE
SAY THE ROBBERY IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION, IF YOU HAVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TWO
MEN, YOU SHOULD CALL EDEN
PRAIRIE POLICE.
A MINNESOTA MAN REFUSED TO
GIVE UP AND ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE
OF IT.
WHAT I NEEDED AT THAT POINT
WAS THE ABILITY TO REALLY FOCUS
AND TO DRAW IN WHAT WAS
INTERNALLY AVAILABLE TO HELP ME
GET MOVING.
DR. RICHARD OLSON BROKE HIS
LEG AFTER FALLING INTO A DITCH
WHILE PHEASANT HUNTING, WITHOUT
THE ABILITY TO WALK THE RETIRED
PEDIATRICIAN CRAWLED AND PUSHED
HIMSELF FOR 16 HOURS TO FIND
HELP.
UNBELIEVABLE, ALLEY IS HERE NOW
WITH MORE ON THIS STORY.
JASON THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
STORY.
DR. OLSON SURVIVED AFTER HE
BREAK HIS LEG.
SO I HAD MY EYES ON 0 THE
DOGS, AND ONE MINUTE I WAS
WALKING, THE NEXT MINUTE I WAS
FALLING AND IT HAPPENED THAT
QUICK.
AND ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY I
HAD TWO THOUGHTS FLASH THROUGH
MY MIND, I DIDN'T HAVE MY CELL
PHONE, I KNEW THAT.
I KNEW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO
BE REALLY BAD.
AFTER FALLING AND BREAKING
HIS LEG, OLSON HAD TO CRAWL OUT
OF THAT DITCH TWO TIMES THEN
PUSH HIMSELF BACK WARDS TO HIS
TRUCK, HE FELL IN THAT HOLE AT
4:00 THAT AFTERNOON AND DIDN'T
REACH THE ROAD UNTIL 8:00 THE
NEXT MORNING, OLSON SAT BY A
FENCE AND WAIVED AT SIX
VEHICLES THAT PASSED BEFORE A
TRUCKER FINALLY STOPPED, THAT
TRUCKER, BRIAN DUNCAN HAD SEEN
THE SAME TRUCK THE NIGHT
BEFORE.
HE STOPPED THIS TIME BECAUSE
THE TRUCK'S WINDOWS WERE
FROSTED OVER AND HE SAW OLSON
WAVING IN THE DITCH.
THEN HE OPENED THAT DOOR AND
I TELL YOU, ALL I DID WAS
BLUBBER, BUT I BLUBBERED PLEASE
DON'T LEAVE ME.
NOW TESTIFIES DIPPED INTO
THE TEENS, HE SUFFERED FROST
BITE ON HIT FINGERS AND
UNDERGOING PHYSICAL THERAPY ON
HIS LEG.
NOW RICHARD OLSON SAYS HIS DOGS
WERE THE ONLY HUMERUS PART OF
THIS ORDEAL, HE SAYS DURING THE
NIGHT THEY WOULD OCCASIONALLY
HOW AT DISTANT COYOTE SOUNDS.
THE DOGS WERE RESCUED, HE SAYS
THE BIGGEST LESSON PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE FROM THIS NEVER BE
AFRAID OF REACHING OUT TO SEE
IF SOMEONE IS OKAY, JUST A
REMARKABLE STORY.
YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
DISCOURAGED HE MUST HAVE BEEN,
SIX CARS GO BY, FINALLY
SOMEBODY STOPS TO HELP.
16 HOURS, TOO, JUST TO REACH
THE ROAD.
THE MENTAL STRENGTH TO POWER