Coon Rapids home invasion does not appear to be random, police say

Date

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_8758740

Police responded to a report at 2:50 a.m. on Friday of a home invasion that occurred around three hours earlier in the 10400 block of Wintergreen Street Northwest.

A man at the home told police that three male individuals wearing ski masks — one of whom had a gun — entered the residence. The suspects told him and a friend to lay down. They covered the two individuals with a blanket and tied them up before rummaging through the house, said Anoka County Sheriff's Capt. James Stuart. The suspects took items from the residence, but Stuart declined to say what was taken.

It would be interesting to know the definition of 'not random' in this case. Generally, if a drug dealer is the victim of a home invasion, the police are quick to report it.

Minneapolis Police Highlights

week of 17-25 March, 2008

3000 blk Chicago Av S:

Officers received info that 3 suspects had broken into home, robbed victims at gunpoint; officers went to area, spotted suspects’ car, captured suspects with help from additional squads; victim’s loss recovered from suspects’ car: Arrested/

BURGLARY of DWELLING

2900 blk 26th Av S:

Officer responded to Burglary of occupied residence in progress, saw man walking away from residence, stopped to talk with him, found that he had laptop in bag; further investigation determined computer was stolen residence; occupants did not know suspect, positively identified him; officers also same suspect had broken into another occupied home in area; suspect also IDed by those residents: Arrested/ BURGLARY of DWELLING

St. Louis Park Police Blotter Update

3/25/2008

Update to this story.

A male known to the female victim entered the female victim's residence by breaking a window and entering without her permission. Once inside, the defendant broke numerous items of furniture and electronics. The defendant also assaulted the female victim while he was in the home. The suspect was arrested and charged with First Degree Burglary.

Is a home invasion more or less horrible when you know the thug?

St. Louis Park Police Blotter

March 3, 2008

http://www.mnsun.com

The burglary of an occupied dwelling was reported March 3 in the 4000 block of Meadowbrook Lane.

I've got no details and no link. I do, however, have an email in to the police department asking for details.

Minneapolis PD Highlights for the week of 11-16 March, 2008

Week of 11-16 March, 2008

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crimealert/highlights.asp

4000 blk Emerson: Officer responded to OCCUPIED DWELLING BURGLARY call; homeowner was sleeping on couch when suspect kicked door in; victim sat up, suspect fled, left tracks in snow; later suspect kicked door in of another house on blk; officers aired suspect description, began tracking footprints in fresh snow; 911 dispatcher reports 2nd BURGLARY in progress; observe suspect matching description, positively identified by witnesses: Arrested/BURGLARY (15-yr-old with 20 criminal record entries)


Precinct investigating

Bloomington investigating home-invasion robbery; Three burst in, brandished gun, demanded money

Friday, March 14, 2008

http://www.mnsun.com/articles/2008/03/17/breaking_news/bl20invasion.txt

Bloomington police are investigating a home-invasion robbery that occurred March 12 at a residence on the 9800 block of Fourth Avenue South.

Only one member of the household, an 18-year-old male, was home when three men burst through an unlocked back door at about 2:45 p.m., according to Bloomington Police reports.

This happened in the middle of the afternoon on a Wednesday. Lock your doors, folks.

The youth told police he didn't know any of his assailants.

Random?

If you know anything, let's get these thugs behind bars.

He described them as black men about 20 to 22 years old. The one with the handgun was said to be about 5-feet-10 and weigh about 230 pounds. He wore a dark green jacket.

The second robber was about 6-feet-2 and had a thin build, the teen told investigators. He wore a black windbreaker. The teen was unable to give a detailed description of the third man, but said he wore a gray jacket.

Ryan asked that anyone with information about the case phone Bloomington police at 952-563-4900.

Bloomington PIMA

1/23/2008

http://gis.logis.org/Bloomington/PIMAWeb/PIMAWeb.aspx

BURGLARY-1ST DEG-OCC DWELLING
ADDRESS: 96XX CLINTON AV S

CASE: BP08-000884

ENTERED: 1/24/2008 5:46:20 AM

OCCURRED: 1/23/2008 9:30:00 AM

Rage over thefts led to slaying of woman in home, charges say

March 6, 2008

http://www.startribune.com/local/16321786.html

Update to this story.

A 28-year-old man angry over a friend's stolen electronics fired shots into a south Minneapolis home, killing a woman, according to second-degree murder charges filed Wednesday.

I just can't understand murdering people over trivial garbage.

Authorities say trouble began for Hollis when a computer and cell phone belonging to [Nidjia D.] Nicks' friend were stolen by Hollis' daughter from the Extended Stay Hotel in Brooklyn Center, where Nicks was staying with two other people. The items later ended up in Hollis' home.

This does, however, fall under a violation of rule #473. "Don't go to stupid places. Don't associate with stupid people. Don't do stupid things.” (John Farnham) There is never a good reason to be in a hotel room with a drugged up stranger, and if your friends are into drugs and inappropriate usage of weapons, you need better friends.

This does kind of fall under the "criminal on criminal" exception to our posts, except for the innocent woman murdered.

What kind of a worthless thug shoots through the window of a house at a woman who is trying to get small children to safety?

Man Arrested In Mpls. Shooting, 1 Killed, 1 Hurt

Mar 2, 2008

http://wcco.com/crime/south.minneapolis.shooting.2.667087.html

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― Police have made an arrest in a South Minneapolis shooting that killed one woman and injured another.

A woman was shot and killed just after 1 a.m. on the 2800 block of 17th Avenue South, according to police.

Listening to one of the witnesses in the video, it sounds like the thug walked up to the window and started shooting into the house.