Monday, April 1, 2013
This week's compilation includes 12 years of probation for groping girl, man charged for molestation, fryer fire, drug dog retires and thief caught in the act.
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. Debra Larson: Timothy Huber Called Us 'Rich City People Who Need to Figure Things Out' At a Kandiyohi County court hearing Friday, Timothy Larson's widow and 10 others testified ahead of Timothy Huber's April murder trial. Leon Henry Anderson Pleads Guilty to Brutal Richfield Murder The horrific incident occurred on the 7300 block of Elliot Avenue on Feb. 28, 2012, leaving an elderly man dead and his wife injured. Officer Injured While Breaking Up Student Fight at …
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Police say Maurice Deon Jackson choked and punched the victim when she refused to shoplift for him.
A Minneapolis man has been charged with assaulting a woman in St. Louis Park after police say the woman refused to shoplift for him. Maurice Deon Jackson, 34, is charged with felony domestic assault, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, signed by St. Louis Park Police Officer Siar Nadem, the victim contacted police on Oct. 8 and told them that Jackson, whom she described as her live-in boyfriend, had beaten her the night before. The woman said she and Jackson were outside a store in her car when he asked her to shoplift for him. When she refused, Jackson grabbed her by the neck, cutting off her breath, and then punched her in the face, according to the complaint. …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The 2012 election will the first election for Conroy who has 17 years experience as Minneapolis city attorney.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Name : Ms. Lois Conroy Age : 41 Place of residence : Minneapolis Attended college : Yes College : University of Minnesota-Morris & Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Degree : B.A. (honors & distinction) Year of graduation : 1994 University : University of Minnesota Law School Degree : J.D. (cum laude) Year of graduation : 1997 Party affiliation : Other Party affiliation : Non-partisan Running for a: Local office Running for position: Hennepin County Judge (4th Judicial District, Seat 44) Chamber/district: Hennepin County Incumbent: No Previous elective offices : NA Unsuccessful bids for elective offices: NA Address P.O. Box 6866, Minneapolis, MN 55406 Name : Mitch Billings Title : Campaign Manager Website : www.LOISCONROYforjudge.com …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Police say Michael Duff McNamara became angry when the victim wouldn't give him his car keys, threatened her with a knife and strangled her.
A St. Louis Park man has been charged with threatening to kill a woman and her children and strangling her to the point where she was unable to breathe. Michael Duff McNamara, 57, is charged with two felonies: making terroristic threats, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, and domestic assault by strangulation, which has a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, signed by St. Louis Park Police Officer Aaron Balvin, officers responded to a reported domestic assault in the 3900 block of Randall Avenue on Sept. 9. When they arrived, the victim told them that McNamara had been drinking and had asked her for the car keys. She said she was unwilling …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Police say they found a loaded .38-caliber revolver in Dashawn Jermaine Jackson's pocket when they arrested him in Minneapolis.
A St. Louis Park man has been charged with illegally possessing a gun after a 2011 conviction for second-degree assault. Dashawn Jermaine Jackson, 20, is charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, a felony with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine. The charge has a mandatory minimum prison sentence of five years. According to the criminal complaint, signed by Minneapolis Police Officer Christopher House, police were called to the 2800 block of Cedar Avenue South just after 6:45 p.m. Sept. 2 on a report of an assault. Officers found a man, later identified as Jackson, and a crying woman yelling at each other. Police watched as Jackson grabbed the woman’s purse and walked away from her, digging …
Monday, September 10, 2012
Police say they found Bree Anne Stewart sitting inside a screened porch belonging to a man who has a protection order against her.
A St. Louis Park woman with a history of domestic violence-related convictions has been charged with violating a protection order after police found her inside the screened porch of her ex-boyfriend’s home. Bree Anne Stewart, 37, is charged with violation of an order for protection, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, signed by St. Louis Park Police Officer Siar Nadem, police were called to a home in the 5900 block of Cambridge Avenue early on the morning of Sept. 3 to remove an unwanted visitor. Police found Stewart inside the screened porch of the home and arrested her. The home’s resident told police that he and Stewart previously had a “significant romantic …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Police say Shane Thomas Crocker of Mendota Heights and Austin Christian Grove of St. Louis Park assaulted and stabbed a man after he told them to stay away from his grandson.
Two men, one from Mendota Heights and one from St. Louis Park, are charged with assaulting a St. Louis Park man, allegedly cutting him with a knife after he told them to stay away from his grandson. Austin Christian Grove, 19, of St. Louis Park, and Shane Thomas Crocker, 19, of Mendota Heights are each charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine. According to the criminal complaints, signed by St. Louis Park Police Detective Matthew Reilly, police were called to a home in the 7900 block of West 26th Street just after 1 a.m. Aug. 22 to investigate an assault. Officers spoke to the victim, who had suffered deep cuts on his arms. He told police that he…
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Police say Rena Christine Dobervich stabbed the victim repeatedly, threatened to kill him and tried to stab a witness.
A St. Louis Park woman has been charged with stabbing her boyfriend with two steak knives and threatening to kill him last week. Rena Christine Dobervich, 26, is charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, each of which carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine, and making terroristic threats, which has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The assault charges each have a mandatory minimum penalty of three years in prison. According to the criminal complaint, signed by St. Louis Park Police Detective Matthew Reilly, police were called to a home in the 2600 block of Monterey Avenue just before 4:30 a.m. Aug. 15 on a report of a stabbing. Officers found the …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Police say Gardner Wayne Campbell stole change from a Tupperware container in the center console of one car.
A Minneapolis man has been charged with burglarizing a car in St. Louis Park and stealing coins out of a Tupperware container in the vehicle’s center console. Gardner Wayne Campbell, 42, is charged with second-degree burglary, a felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, signed by St. Louis Park Police Officer Aaron Balvin, a resident in the 3300 block of Virginia Avenue South called police just before 3 a.m. on Aug. 6 and reported that the dome light in a neighbor’s car was on, with an unfamiliar person sitting in the vehicle. The caller told police that the suspect had gotten out of the neighbor’s car and was walking toward the street, and that he was following him. The …
Monday, July 30, 2012
Police say Ronald Plotsker had .07 grams of cocaine in his pocket when he was arrested for drunken driving.
A St. Louis Park man has been charged with cocaine possession after police stopped him for going almost twice the speed limit in a residential area in Robbinsdale. Ronald Plotsker, 61, is charged with fifth-degree drug possession, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. He is also charged with two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree DWI, each of which has a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, signed by Robbinsdale Police Officer Casey Landherr, officers were on patrol near France Avenue North and 46th Avenue on July 8 when they spotted a car going 56 mph in a 30 mph zone. Police followed the vehicle onto southbound Highway 100 and clocked it at 75 …
US Military Retired
12:30 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Do you honestly think he bought it? And as for gun control, like the saying goes...."if guns are outlawed, only outlaws with have them." more ›