Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A roundup of crimes and incidents reported to the Minneapolis Police Department Nov. 20-26.
Click on the thumbnails at right to see the incidents plotted on a map of the Fifth Precinct, which includes Southwest Minneapolis. Nov. 26 Three burglars led police on a foot chase through several streets near Lake Harriet around noon. Around 9 p.m., a car parked on the 3900 block of Stevens Avenue South was struck head-on by another car, which fled the scene. Police reported “moderate” damage to the car’s front end. Cars parked on the 6000 block of Lyndale Avenue South and the 100 block of West Diamond Lake Road were broken into overnight. One car had music equipment taken out of its trunk, while thieves stole a wallet from the other. Nov. 25 A car parked on the 3700 block of 1st Avenue South was stolen overnight. A second car parked …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Several streets were blocked off as police searched for suspects.
Shortly after noon on Monday, officers with the Minneapolis Police Department were dispatched to the 3800 block of Aldrich Avenue South on a report of a burglary in progress. According to a report filed by officers with the Minneapolis Police Department, three men forced their way into a home on that block via a rear door. Several neighbors witnessed the event and contacted police. The trio fled with an iPod from the empty house, and officers called in reinforcements. At one point, nine squad cars were involved in cordoning off the 3900 blocks of Aldrich, Lyndale, Garfield, and Harriet Avenues South, according to an email one local block captain sent to Patch. The police report notes that two of the three suspects, both 16 years old, were …
Monday, November 26, 2012
A roundup of crimes and incidents reported to the Minneapolis Police Department Nov. 24 to Nov. 25
Around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night, Nov. 24, police were called to an alley behind the 5600 block of 1st Avenue South. A witness had reported a suspected prowler in the alley, but when officers arrived, they discovered two men, neither of whom lived in the area, according to a report filed by officers with the Minneapolis Police Department. The men, a 37-year old Bertha resident and a 19-year old Apple Valley resident, gave conflicting explanations for what they were doing in the alley. The older man, police said, had injection equipment on his person, and the younger man had property belonging to a Windom resident with him. The report did not note whether the Windom man had reported any thefts or burglaries. Both men were cited for …
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Entryway rug is the only reported loss.
Monday night, a very unusual burglar visited an apartment building on the 500 block of West 35th Street. According to a resident of the building, who called police shortly afterwards, an unknown man entered the building's stairwell around 10 p.m. Surprisingly, the nefarious man stopped before he got to any of the doors to the building's units. Instead, he stooped down, scooped up the entry-way rug, and fled. The resident said the man fled in his vehicle. The resident noted that around an hour earlier, he had received delivery of a pizza at the same address, but the report filed by officers with the Minneapolis Police Department didn't elaborate on the pizza's suspicious nature. The incident has been recommended for further investigation…
A roundup of crimes and incidents reported to the Minneapolis Police Department on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29.
Monday, Oct. 29 A resident of the 5000 block of Dupont Avenue South returned home from work around 4:30 p.m. to find that someone had broken into their house and stolen a laptop and an undetermined amount of money. Crime lab technicians processed the scene. Around 10 p.m., burglars snuck into the stairwell of an apartment building on the 500 block of West 35th Street and stole a rug. A resident of the 4000 block of Grand Avenue South reported a bicycle had been taken from their garage some time in the last two days. The door had been left open, the resident said. One of the Wise Acre Eatery’s dinner patrons had their car broken into around 7 or 8 p.m. A messenger bag was snatched from the back seat and left in a nearby bush after the thief…
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
A roundup of burglaries, thefts, and other major incidents reported to the Minneapolis Police Department from Sept. 11 to 17.
A resident of the 4100 block of Blaisdell Avenue South returned home to find the back door of his house wide open and the kitchen window smashed to pieces on Friday, according to a report filed with officers of the Minneapolis Police Department. As they did an inventory of their belongings, though, they realized that some paper grocery bags were missing from the floor. As there was very little broken glass on the kitchen floor, police surmised that the culprit had cleaned up the broken glass before fleeing. As officers and forensic technicians searched the house, they came up with a potential clue to the burglar’s seemingly-courteous actions: red stains on some glass still embedded in the windowsill that appeared to be dried blood. So far…
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
A roundup of burglaries, assaults, and other incidents reported to the police from Aug. 25 to Aug. 27.
Is it a case of gardeners run amok? An Kenny resident awoke to what must have been a peculiar sight on Friday morning, when they discovered someone had assaulted their car overnight with a cucumber. The police report did not describe the weapon used, but the fruit was evidently stout enough to break one rearview mirror, and potentially damage the mirror’s housing as well. Presumably, the cucurbit criminal either thought melons too unwieldy for their purpose, or couldn’t find a heavy-enough one in their garden that night. Sign Up For Our Free Newsletter | Follow Us On Facebook What follows is a summary of Minneapolis Police Department incident reports from Aug. 25-27. Burglaries, Thefts and Other Property Crimes A garage burglary was …
Saturday, August 18, 2012
A roundup of recent burglaries, arrests, and other crimes in Southwest Minneapolis.
After a multiple-hour stakeout Thursday, officers from the Minneapolis Police Department’s Fifth Precinct Community Response team arrested a 21-year old Kingfield resident as he walked in his front door. The man was wanted on two felony warrants from Hennepin County for third-degree burglary and theft from a motor vehicle. According to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Jail Roster, he was released on bail Friday afternoon. Officers driving down Lyndale Avenue South early Friday morning noticed a driver not wearing a seatbelt. On conducting a traffic stop, the officers discovered neither the driver nor his five passengers had valid drivers’ licenses, nor were any of them over the age of 18. All were cited for being out past curfew, transported …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
A roundup of burglaries and other property crimes in Southwest Minneapolis over the last week.
On July 22, a resident of the 2700 block of 39th Street West called police to report that $2 in change and a pair of glasses was stolen from his convertible, which he had left outside overnight. The caller asked dispatchers to make sure officers were finished with their investigations within a few hours, when their child’s birthday party was set to begin. The report states that the caller told the responding officer that he was “very unhappy due to a spike of crime in the area.” July 25 At 1 a.m., officers on patrol in Tangletown arrested one 21-year old for burglary and cited one 14-year old Minneapolis resident for violating curfew. Officers discovered the pair in a garage on the 4900 block of Stevens Avenue South. A resident of the …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
A roundup of robberies, burglaries, and other property crimes in Southwest Minneapolis last week.
July 16 A theft at Walker Methodist Health Center was referred to Hennepin County Adult Protection. A Windom resident’s former boyfriend allegedly trashed her car after a verbal argument escalated. The resident told police her taillights were kicked in and roof was crushed inwards after the ex-boyfriend allegedly jumped on it. A Lyndale resident walking home from the bar was relieved of his phone by three men, one of whom hit the victim in the head from behind. The victim refused medical attention. A garage on the 3900 block of Washburn Avenue was broken into overnight. No further information was publicly available in the incident report. A car parked in the alley behind the 3200 block of Bryant Avenue was broken into overnight. The thief …
Jesse Lykken
4:24 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Nice job by the officers involved! more ›