Blotter: Parking Lot Problems, Prescription Bust

Editor's Note: The following incidents occurred between Feb. 10 and Feb. 13, and were included in the most recent weekly report, sent out on Feb. 22. Specific details come from individual incident reports maintained by the department.

Feb. 10 - Police were dispatched to the parking lot on a report of a fight. Two women, ages 21 and 24, had reportedly started arguing and pushing each other over a parking spot. Neither were injured and neither wanted to press charges. The two women were sent home by police.

Feb. 13 - A 51-year-old woman reported that someone had broken into her storage locker at her apartment in the 4700 block of Park Commons Drive. An unknown suspect apparently pried open a door to enter the garage-level locker area, then cut the lock off the woman's locker. Stolen was roughly $7,800 in sporting goods.

Feb. 13 - Police were called to a home in the 2700 block of Webster Avenue after two women living there reported that their garage was broken into. An unknown suspect reportedly entered the garage through an unlocked side door, then rummaged through two vehicles. Stolen from one of the vehicles were a $100 GPS system, a $100 radio and a $50 cell phone.

Feb. 13 - Police were called to at West End on a report of someone trying to collect a forged prescription. Officers met with Jeffrey John Taylor, 35, who initially said he was picking up a prescription for a friend, but later said he was trying to get anti-anxiety pills for himself. Taylor told police that he was on Xanax and Methadone at the time. A pharmacist told officers that on Feb. 3, someone called in a large prescription for "Jason Nickels." The pharmacist checked with the doctor listed with the prescription order, who reported that no such prescription had been ordered. When Taylor showed up and asked for that prescription, the pharmacist called police. Taylor was arrested, and charges are forthcoming in Hennepin County.

Feb. 13 - Police were called to after a burglar alarm sounded. Officers found a broken rear window and fresh footprints in the snow. Stolen was a laptop, as well as a box containing $60 in change. A 45-year-old woman who closed the store that night said she had noticed a suspicious male in the store earlier in the evening. She said that man, along with a few others, had entered the store several times in recent days asking when the shop closed. A specific suspect has not been identified.