ST. CLOUD, Minn. - St. Cloud Police are searching for the suspect in a gutsy Sunday morning robbery in which the burglar was found in the bedroom of the awakening victim.
The 19-year-old victim awoke around 5:20 a.m. to find the burglar in his bedroom. The suspect fled upon being spotted, but escaped with more than $3,000 in electronics from the home.
FRIDLEY, Minn. -- An elderly Fridley man was sexually assaulted Sunday night after someone entered his home.
"I would classify it has a horrific crime for anybody to have to endure," said Lt. Mike Monsrud with the Fridley Police Department.
Police say the man entered the home through an unlocked patio door.
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It's the third similar incident in the last month in the neighborhood. Fridley police say in all three cases the suspect has entered the home through an unlocked door. All three victims were elderly, but up until Sunday, no on had been hurt.
Police say officers twice were called to a residence on a report that two gunmen had entered the home. The second time they responded, an officer spotted a person running from the home toward a nearby car in which three other suspects were waiting. Police says multiple shots were fired at the officer.
Police said the suspects entered the attached garage of a home on the 1600 block of Poppy Road while three people were inside. Items were stolen from cars inside the garage. The residents said the burglary happened around 5:43 a.m. Thursday.
The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office wants people to know about a rash of home burglaries.
Thursday the sheriff's office received reports of nine burglaries having taken place that morning or Wednesday night. Property was taken from garages as well as inside the homes.
In all cases, investigators believe the homes were unlocked and residents slept through the burglaries.
A resident called at 9:35 p.m. in the 1400 block of Sixth Avenue South. Someone cut through a screen to get into a bedroom window sometime between 4:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., police said.
The suspect stole a laptop and a book bag. The 35-year-old St. Cloud victim was asleep in a separate bedroom and was not harmed.
Coon Rapids police and the Anoka County sheriff's office are looking for a man accused of entering a Coon Rapids home and sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl.
Police were called to a home on the 11600 block of Unity Street at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a sexual assault.
According to authorities, a man knocked on the front door and told the girl he was conducting a survey. He then began asking the girl who else was home.
LAKE CRYSTAL, Minn. -- A family member has identified the body of a person found dead in a home in Lake Crystal early Tuesday morning after an apparent home invasion.
The victim has been identified as 26-year-old James Mervin Nibbe of Lake Crystal.
The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office found a dead person after responding to a burglary call near Lake Crystal.
