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APRIL 17, 2019
RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents:
Vadnais Heights • A catalytic converter was cut from a work vehicle in the 400 block of Oak Grove Parkway over the weekend and reported the morning of April 1. No suspects. • A 55-year-old local man driving erratically just missed colliding with another vehicle on County Road E the morning of April 1. He was charged with third-degree DWI and booked into jail. • A motorist, who can now say he has “seen everything,” reported seeing a couple in costume dancing shortly after midnight on — you guessed it — April Fool’s Day on the railroad tracks in the area of eastbound I-694 and northbound Highway 61. The pair was gone when the deputy arrived. • Three chickens bit their guard dog the morning of April 4 in the 3900 block of Stockdale Drive. That was it for the chickens, thanks to the guard dog’s canine pals, who jumped a fence and meted out the fatal punishment. Chicken and dog owners agreed to meet and work out a plan for restitution.
• A plucky therapy beagle was attacked April 4 by a pair of American pit bulls in the 800 block of County Road D. Unspecified injuries occurred and the pit bulls’ owner agreed to pay the vet bills before his dogs were impounded at St. Paul Animal Control. • A recent dealer inventory review at Buerkle Honda showed a 2018 Honda Accord missing since March 23 from the lot. The missing Accord was found April 4 in the St. Paul Police Department Impound Lot. • A ’99 Honda Civic parked in the driveway of a residence in the 3800 block of Clover Avenue was only a memory April 5 after it went missing before noon. • Jewelry valued at $200 was reported stolen April 5 at Target in the 900 block of County Road E. An investigation continues. • A guest checking out of a hotel room April 5 in the 1100 block of County Road E forgot to pack 104 grams of marijuana. The weed was soon on its way to the Sheriff’s property room for destruction.
appeared missing from the vehicle, but the window damage was estimated at $500.
White Bear Township • A home security camera in the 5800 block of Otter Ridge Circle recorded a male dressed in blue jeans, dark sweater, and a tan jacket with a hoodie stealing a spool of copper wire April 1 from the back of a truck. No suspects. • Felony electronic misconduct or “a nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, (including) disseminating images without consent” is under investigation since April 2. • A juvenile making comment and harassing phone calls April 3 in a classroom at the Bellaire Education Center in the 2500 block of County Road F was referred to a diversion program for training. • A juvenile who assaulted multiple staff at the Bellaire Education Center the morning of April 4 and resisted arrest was transported to the county Juvenile Detention Center. The case was referred to the County Attorney.
• The rear driver’s side window of a vehicle parked in a driveway in the 1000 block of Horizon Drive was smashed April 6. Nothing
WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS
Dellwood • A resident on Overlook Road on March 29 reported receiving a phone call from a party claiming to represent USAA Financial Services Company, who persuaded the complainant to make two transfers of $2,500 each to the caller. After the phone conversation, the complainant had a bad feeling and called USAA at its official phone number. The fi nancial company was able to stop the transactions and recover the funds from the transfers.
Grant • A Hugo man, 25, was cited March 25 on southbound Manning Avenue at 80th Street N. for speeding 70 mph in a 55 mph zone by southbound Washington County Sheriff's Office deputies, who clocked him on radar. • A resident in the 11000 block of 110th Street N. on March 26 reported a package stolen from his mail. • A resident in the 9000 block of 96th Street N. on March 27 reported being scammed out of $600 after receiving a phone call from a party falsely claiming to represent PayPal. The complainant followed the instructions of the caller by buying $600 in Google play cards and giving the card codes to an unknown male during the phone call.
• A resident in the 7000 block of Kimbro Avenue N. on April 1 reported receiving a scam phone call from a party speaking in broken English who claimed the resident’s grandson was arrested in Miami and needed money. • A resident in the 8000 block of Jamaca Avenue N. on April 5 reported receiving a letter in the mail saying he owed the county tax reporting service $20,000. The complainant thought the letter was a scam, and deputies confi rmed it.
Mahtomedi • A resident in the 1000 block of Mahtomedi Avenue on March 27 reported her email account was hacked. Deputies advised the complainant to contact her friends and family members to let them know she'd been hacked and not to respond to any emails from her address. • A resident in the 900 block of Park Avenue on March 28 reported coming home from vacation to fi nd a large amount of diesel fuel in his yard. He was alerted after noticing a strange smell around the house, and subsequently contacted the Mahtomedi Public Works Department. The complainant said he did not know who could have committed the vandalism. • A resident in the 200 block of 70th Street on March 29 reported fraudulent activity on her credit card account after unauthorized purchases were made at Target online. • An unidentified youth was arrested at 8:33 p.m. March 30 on eastbound Wildwood Road and Lincolntown Avenue for DWI after deputies observed the motorist swerving all over the centerline and fog lines and pulled him over for a burnt out headlight and
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• A resident in the 8000 block of Jewel Avenue N. on April 1 reported a line of credit taken out in his name through INUIT after he received a collection notice for an overdue account and double-checked his fi nancial accounts. The com-
plainant is not out any money.
taillight. During the traffic stop, deputies observed the classic signs of intoxication and attempted to administer the walk and turn test. Due to a language barrier, however, deputies were able to only administer the field sobriety test, on which the subject showed a blood alcohol content of 0.19. • A bicycle was reported stolen March 31 from the 100 block of Hickory Street. • A Bobcat was reported stolen April 3 from a landscaping company working in the 3000 block of Echo Lake Avenue. • A resident in the 600 block of Eastgate Parkway on April 6 reported his house egged twice in the past two weeks — soon after his daughter broke up with a White Bear Lake youth. • A caregiver looking after a resident in the 400 block of Dartmoor Road reported that two windows in her vehicle were broken out overnight April 6-7. The complainant suspects her client's son, who may have been resentful that she and not he is looking after his mother. • The building manager at Mahtomedi Flats in the 700 block of Wildwood Road reported damage done to a side door at the complex April 7. The complainant said the pry marks on the door looked as though they came from inside the building.
Pine Springs • A bike, wallet, backpack, phone, driver's license and other personal items were reported found at 6:19 a.m. March 27 on the Gateway Trail and 55th Street N. Deputies made contact with the person listed on the driver's license, who said his bike got a fl at tire, after which he walked home without his items overnight.
Willernie • A patron of Frigaard's on Stillwater Road at 2:16 a.m. March 25 reported personal items were stolen while she was at the bar. • A 19-year-old Centuria, Wisconsin, man was arrested at 1:37 a.m. March 30 on Wildwood Road and Stillwater Road for DWI, underage drinking and driving, underage liquor possession, possessing marijuana and paraphernalia in a motor vehicle and failure to stop at a stop sign, after he was pulled over for failing to stop at a stop sign. As the driver was admitting to not stopping at the sign because he was distracted, deputies noticed an open pack of beer and a bottle of rum in the back seat of the vehicle. After the four male occupants of the vehicle, all under 21, exited the vehicle, deputies smelled alcohol coming from the passenger in the front seat. The passenger admitted to drinking and tested 0.02 on the field sobriety test. That passenger also had a marijuana pipe in his front right pants pocket. A passenger in the backseat also admitted to drinking and tested 0.19 on the portable breath test (PBT). The two male passengers, both from Wisconsin, were cited for underage drinking. As to the fourth vehicle occupant, he was found to be dead sober. All the alcohol, along with a marijuana grinder located in the armrest, was rounded up to be taken into evidence. • Management at Frigaard's in the 300 block of Stillwater Road reported the window of one of their doors was smashed out overnight April 3-4. Entry was not gained. • Management at Wildwood Wine and Spirits in the 400 block of Stillwater Road reported that lottery tickets were stolen from the store April 5.
eEDITION
The Washington County Sheriff's Office reported the following selected incidents in Birchwood, Dellwood, Grant, Mahtomedi, Pine Springs and Willernie:
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