Missing Predatory Offender, Teenage Bicyclist Injured in Hit and Run: West Metro Crime Report
A wrap-up of police, fire and court incidents in the west metro for the week of Sept. 8-15, 2012, including a businessman sentenced for failing to pay taxes.
The following is a collection of articles that recently appeared on Patch sites in Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Click on the headline to read the full story.
The arrest last week marks the sixth arrest for Jeffery Logeais.
Pedro Chavez Jumping Eagle was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 1993. He was missing when police checked his home in July.
Police say they found a loaded .38-caliber revolver in Dashawn Jermaine Jackson's pocket when they arrested him in Minneapolis.
Police say Cornell Derrick Waters had a blood-alcohol content of .22 percent when he punched, bit and strangled the woman.
Minnetonka businessman Stephen Paul Clough was sentenced Monday for his actions as owner of Gamma Vacuum in Shakopee.
An Orono police officer pulled into the police squad lot early Friday morning and found two squad cars fully engulfed in flames.
The latest Plymouth Police report shows several violations by juveniles including a weapon's offense.
Collision happened early last week.
Up to $1,000 is available for information that leads to the arrest of any of the suspects.
There were also several burglaries reported in the first week of September 2012.
Hennepin County released a statement Wednesday regarding two men who were arrested after attempting to steal copper from a Rogers business.
Patch looks into the oversight that 37-year-old Pedro Chavez Jumping Eagle had before he disappeared.
Police still searching for victim.
Police also put out a small vehicle fire at the intersection of Rutledge and Brookside avenues.
Police say Abdul Rahim Trotman grabbed a Richfield officer's firearm and pressed the magazine release button before they were able to restrain him.
Latest Plymouth Police report shows a variety of criminal damages to private property.
Adai Rajihi Williams has been charged with auto theft and fleeing police in a motor vehicle.
A look at the recent arrests made by the Golden Valley Police Department. This report does not indicate charges or convictions.
Matthew Thomas Rush's whereabouts are currently unknown to probation and his last known residences were found vacant and boarded up.
Mike McLean
11:18 am on Monday, September 17, 2012
Sunday morning I found three bikes in the alley next door. They were stolen. Heard rumors that there were a lot of breakin's the last several nights. Someone running down the alley or street carrying a color TV.
Best bet to make sure everything is locked up.
James Sanna
11:31 am on Monday, September 17, 2012
Whereabouts did you find these, Mike? Any neighborhoods that should be on the lookout?
Mike McLean
4:03 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Richfield (I should have mentioned that in the first entry) between 70th street to 72 and Nicollet to 4rd Ave - -
Caitlin Burgess
10:16 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Were they garage break-ins? Or residences?
Mike McLean
7:48 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I think my neighbor said that they were garage break-ins.
James Sanna
8:44 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I wonder if it's the same people who've been bugging us up here in SW Minneapolis. We had a big rash of them over the summer. Almost exclusively bicycle thefts, although a few cars lost their spare change or GPS units.
Ghislaine Ball
10:25 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Our garage (76th and Harriet) was broken into on Sat. night - they 'stole' my bike but then left it in the driveway. We figured it was a group of roving teenagers being, well, teenagers.
Caitlin Burgess
12:59 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Ha! That's kind of funny that the bike just made it to the driveway. But, even so, it's annoying.