Group Invades Friend’s Home for Money in Eden Prairie

Monday, 11 Oct 201 http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/group-invades-friend%E2%80%99s-home-for-money-in-eden-prairie

She returned with Marquis Rollins and Devonshier Agee, who were wearing masks and carrying what looked like a handgun.

Police say Rollins demanded the $25,000 and threatened to kill the victim. When the man screamed for help, Rollins pistol-whipped him, while Agee ransacked his apartment looking for cash.

Man Wakes to Burglar in St. Cloud, Suspect On the Loose

Sunday, 19 Sep 2010
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Man-Wakes-to-Burglar-in-St.-Cloud-sept-19-2010

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.

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.

Home invasion call escalates to shooting at police officer

September 16, 2010
http://www.startribune.com/local/103036964.html

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.

Garage Burglarized While People Home in St. Cloud

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/minnesota/stcloud-garage-burglary-people-home-sept-10-2010

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.

An attached garage is a part of your home. Make sure any doors leading the garage are sturdy and, most of all, locked.

9 Home Burglaries Overnight In Kandiyohi County

Sep 10, 2010

http://wcco.com/local/kandiyohi.homes.burglaries.2.1906626.html

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.

Burglar cuts through screen to enter bedroom window

8/31/2010
http://www.sctimes.com/article/20100831/NEWS01/108310034/-1/RSSTOP

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.