Monday, April 15, 2013
This week's selections include a man accused of punching his girlfriend in the face, disorderly conduct in Target, fires, stalking and Craigslist issues.
Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Fingerprints Link Fugitive Suspect to Wayzata Burglary Scene The Hennepin County Crime lab lifted fingerprints from the scene of an attempted burglary and positively matched them to an Elk River man. Man Charged After Allegedly Strangling Girlfriend at Aqua City Motel Police say Randall Velachi Jackson punched his girlfriend numerous times in the face, strangled her and held a knife to her throat. 'Heavily Intoxicated' Man Allegedly Strangled, Threatened to Kill …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Most Minneapolis voters had politics on the mind on Tuesday. Others had romance.
Most Minneapolis voters had politics on the mind on Tuesday. Others had romance. When one voter at Anthony Middle School walked into his polling place on Tuesday, he suddenly found himself distracted by the scent of cupcakes: You were wearing a jean skirt and smelled like cupcakes. You finished voting before me and vanished, but I'd really like to get to know you. Simply beautiful. Across town, an election judge at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park was in similarly romantic spirits. An evidently hunky, bearded man in scrubs came up to her table with a problem: I was the helpful judge who figured out the solution to your problem. After you voted, you thanked me (flirted, maybe?) and as you left I called to you to ask for your number but before…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A woman claiming to be moving from Spain took his money after mailing a bad check.
An Ecco man trying to rent his apartment online was swindled out of $1,800. The man placed an ad on Craigslist for the $1,100 a month apartment on the 3400 block of Girard Avenue and received a reply from a woman who said she was moving to Minnesota from Spain. After corresponding through text messages, the woman sent him a check by FedEx for $3,200—almost $2,000 more than the rent. She then persuaded the man to send $1,800 via MoneyGram to a Maryland car dealership so that, according to the police report the man eventually filed, she “would have a vehicle when she arrived in Minnesota.” On May 7, the woman asked the man to send her an additional $600, at which point he discovered that her original check had bounced. When he informed her …
