2017.04.24 Public Safety Commission Packet

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3 party broke into the home through a basement window. He racked a round into a gun and pointed the gun at her. He then was removing his shirt when he set the gun down. She grabbed the gun. He then pushed her and removed the gun from her hands. He was later picked up at Regions hospital and transported to the LEC where he was booked for 2nd degree assault and burglary. On March 22, an employee at Wolkerstorfer witnessed someone tampering with a vehicle in the parking lot of the business. When the vehicle owner approached, he was sprayed with pepper spray by the suspect. The suspect then fled in a van that was waiting nearby and occupied by two females. An alert was put out for the suspect van but it has not yet been located. On March 22, about 7:15pm, New Brighton officers assisted the MN State Patrol with pursuit of a stolen vehicle that was traveling eastbound I-694. The suspect vehicle was “pitted” by a Trooper at I-35W. New Brighton officers assisted with taking the suspects into custody. On March 22, Public Safety had simultaneous fire calls, including a cooking fire on Poppyseed Drive that extended to the kitchen cupboards but was thankfully extinguished by the resident. Firefighters ventilated smoke from the structure and checked for further extension of the fire. At the same time, a natural gas odor was reported in the basement of a residence on 18th Avenue NW. Xcel Energy also responded in that incident and located a leak. On March 25 at approximately 2am, Centennial Lakes Police Department pursued a vehicle into the City of New Brighton eastbound on 16th Street NW at Stinson Boulevard. The vehicle traveled a few blocks before the driver bailed from the car at the 27th Avenue NW cul-de-sac. No New Brighton squads were actively involved in the pursuit but our officers did assist with establishing a perimeter and taking both occupants into custody. On March 26, Public Safety responded to the 1200 block of Imperial Lane on report of a gas dryer in a residence on fire with smoke and flames visible. The resident was able to extinguish the blaze. Firefighters fully extinguished the fire and checked for extension in the basement before removing the appliance from the house and ventilating the smoke from the structure. On March 26, a resident on 4th Avenue NW near West County Road E2 reported that a vehicle had just struck a light pole. Responding officers found an unoccupied vehicle parked on the sidewalk, with a downed streetlight nearby. It was determined that the license plates on the vehicle had been stolen out of Mounds View, and in further checking the VIN, the car itself was a reported stolen from Maple Grove. On March 28, squads were dispatched to Long lake Regional Park on a report of an older male exposing in front of another younger male at the beach. The suspect leaves Long Lake Park in his vehicle. Squads locate and detain the party who is a 62 year old male from Shevlin, MN. After speaking to witnesses, conducting interview and taking statements, officers ended up citing the party for Indecent Exposure.