2018 Highlights

US Bank Robbery—On June 12, 2018, at 2:11 p.m. the Owatonna Police Department responded to a 911 call of a robbery at US Bank, 132 W. Broadway Street, in downtown Owatonna. The suspect presented a note that stated he had a gun and demanded $500. The suspect took the money, apologized, and then fled the scene. Within a few short minutes into the investigation, an OPD officer was able to identify the suspect from images shared from a surveillance video that was circulated by detectives. At approximately 3:52 p.m., (within two hours), Matthew Michael Dahl, 33 years of age, was located and arrested at the Steele County Fairgrounds Park on 18th Street SE without incident. Dahl confessed to committing the robbery for a $260 debt he owed a friend. Dahl was charged with 2nd Degree Aggravated Robbery. (OW18-001276)

On May 27, 2018 at 00:46 minutes and May 28, 2018 at 8:30 p.m., officers responded to two home invasion incidents involving male suspect(s) wearing a mask, threatening with a shotgun and demanding money. During the first incident no one was injured. Money was demanded, but no cash was taken; however, two cell phones were stolen. During the second incident, suspect(s) forced their way into a residence of a 60 year old male and beat him to unconsciousness with what was believed to be the buttstock of a shotgun. The suspect (s) took coins, $1700 loose cash and other personal property. Patrol officers and detectives worked closely with the South Central Drug Investigative Unit (SCDIU) and began to develop suspect(s) in both cases. Detectives obtained search warrants for three residences and for one car. During one search warrant, a nonsuspect was arrested on an outstanding warrant and gave information pointing toward one suspect as Martin Lampkin. At a second location, detectives searched a residence and broke open a locked safe—finding coins that the resident received earlier from Martin Lampkin; about the same timeframe after the robberies occurred. At the same residence, a tin wrapped in a plastic bag was found in a shallow hole outside under a pine tree. Inside the tin were collector coins from the second victim’s home. Martin Lampkin’s vehicle was found parked at a nearby business and a search warrant revealed a black ski mask and stolen cell phones from the first home invasion. Shortly thereafter, detectives went to a residence in Clarks Grove, Freeborn County and detained two persons, and made a probable cause arrest on Martin Lampkins. Lampkin, age 20, was formally charged with five felonies including: 1st Degree Burglary, and 1st Degree Burglary while Possessing Dangerous Weapons, Inflict 3rd Degree Assault (substantial bodily harm) and Theft.

2018 Patrol Division Highlights