Charges in Alleged Fridley Home Invasion with Knife on East River Road

October 11, 2012 http://fridley.patch.com/articles/read-charges-in-alleged-fridley-home-invasion-with-knife-on-east-river-road

The criminal complaint in the home invasion on East River Road early Wednesday alleges that the 18-year-old defendant told police he was there to get "a lot of pills." Nathanial Joseph Shellito, armed with a knife, said he expected two others who were with him to join him in the attack, according to the document; instead, they fled.

Elderly Fridley man sexually assaulted in home invasion

9/20/2010
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=873059

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.

Teen Girl Fights Off Home Invader in Fridley

01/18/2010

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1370666.shtml?cat=1

A teenage girl fought off a masked man who broke into her home in Fridley Monday, according to her family.

Angie Thompson told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS her 16-year-old daughter was alone at their home in the Fridley Terrace Manufactured Housing Community which is located near the intersection of Highway 65 and County Highway 8.

Thompson said her daughter was cooking lunch in the kitchen when a man barged in and attacked her.

Officials investigating Fridley home invasion, child abduction

10/07/2008

http://ksax.com/article/stories/S609946.shtml?cat=10230

The Fridley Police Department and the Anoka County Sheriff's Office are investigating two home invasions in the past two weeks.

First:

In the first report, homeowner Evelyn Cooper told police she awoke to find a suspect in her bedroom during the early hours of Sept. 29.

"I kept looking at him. I couldn't see his face, I think he didn't want me to know who he was," Cooper said.

Second:

On Monday, a homeowner was awakened by the sound of her screen door opening shortly before 2 a.m. She went to investigate and could hear her 8-year-old daughter yelling.

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The mother ran outside yelling to her child and found the child several town homes away. The child reported that a man had entered her room and taken her outside. The suspect had run off when the mother called to her child.

This story is accompanied by a reminder to lock your doors and windows at night.