School locked down after Hopkins home invasion

04/05/2010

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S1499256.shtml?cat=10151

A home invasion led officials to lock down a school in the Twin Cities west metro Monday evening.

Neighbors reported seeing two men enter a home on Van Buren Avenue South in Hopkins around 5:45 p.m. Then they heard screaming.

Rash of bold burglaries plagues west Metro

09/24/2008

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S592930.shtml?cat=1

Posted unedited.

An investigation into a rash of bold Hopkins burglaries in August has substantially grown, and is now affecting several nearby cities in the west Metro, according to police.

At least 25 homeowners in Hopkins have reportedly awoke in the middle of the night after hearing noises and are then threatened with a knife.

Detective James Neimackl said there's reason for concern: The crimes have spread and authorities believe they are all related.

"We do believe they are related in all the cities: Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, St. Louis Park, and some in Minneapolis," he said.

St. Paul man charged for murder of 90-year-old Hopkins woman

July 18, 2008

http://www.mnsun.com/articles/2008/07/21/breaking_news/2ho24homicide.txt

July 18 - Charges were filed today against Corey Posley-Wells, 27, of St. Paul for the July 7 stabbing murder of Irene Kunze, 90, of Hopkins.

Hopkins Police, with assistance from St. Paul Police, arrested Posley-Wells July 16 in St. Paul without incident. He was charged today with two-counts of first-degree murder.

I originally passed on posting this because the initial reports didn't look like a home invasion. I was wrong.

 He followed her to her apartment, followed her in and then knocked her to the floor in an attempt to rob her. He then took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Kunze and cut her throat. Afterwards, stole a small amount of money from Kunze's billfold and looked in various drawers for money or valuables.

Entering and exiting your home are two of the times you are most vulnerable. Take car of yourselves.