Friday, July 31, 2009

Sheriff: Lock your doors at night

7/31/2009

http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=28&a=410039

Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi is reminding people to lock their doors at night after a rural Dexter couple was burglarized early Monday morning.

According to reports, the couple went to bed without locking the doors and woke up the next morning to find the woman's purse emptied on the counter. Missing was $38 in cash.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Police Identify Two People Of Interest In Home Invasions

Jul 8, 2009

http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/50267047.html


Police say families in two Cloquet homes were fast asleep when the intruders walked in through unlocked doors and took gaming equipment, computer accessories, a purse, and more.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Sartell woman bound as home is ransacked

July 3, 2009

http://www.sctimes.com/article/20090703/NEWS01/107030031/-1/RSSLOCAL
SARTELL — Sartell police are investigating a home invasion and armed robbery in which a 74-year-old woman was bound while a masked man ransacked the home.
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The man entered the unlocked south Sartell home Thursday afternoon, according to a report from Sartell police. He was carrying a handgun. He covered the woman’s head and bound her.

Busy weekend.

Police Say Teen Killed Man, Shopped For Xbox

Jul 2, 2009

http://wcco.com/local/bossen.terrace.homicide.2.1069301.html/

A teen has been charged in the death of a man inside his south Minneapolis apartment.

Police said 18-year-old Arturo Andres Rocha-Campiz was charged Thursday in the death Monday of 32-year-old Juan Francisco Canas Ramirez.


From the Star Tribune:
Charging documents suggest robbery may have been the motive in the stabbing death of a man in Minneapolis this week.

Fish Lake Township home invasion

July 2

http://www.chisagocountypress.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=10975&TM=35423.25

A home invasion was reported by a female resident of Rush Point Drive, Fish Lake Township, about 10:20 p.m. June 26.

Authorities were advised the woman, 46, was home alone and heard someone knocking at her door but did not answer due to the late hour. The door was broken down by two white males, who rushed the homeowner, knocked her to the floor and discharged cans of WD-40 onto her person.

Savage man faces charges in Burnsville home invasion

07/02/2009

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_12743395?nclick_check=1

A Savage man faces charges he broke into a Burnsville home through the kitchen window on Monday and caused a nine-month-old child to fall and hit her head.



He then told the woman he was going to kill her, according to the complaint against him.