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2 <br />I. INCIDENT RESPONSE INFORMATION <br /> <br />The following information contains summaries of significant police and fire related <br />incidents during the month. <br /> <br />On April 2, Fire responded to the 1100 block of Silver Lake road on a Bobcat that was on <br />fire. The fire was able to be extinguished with a fire extinguisher. <br /> <br />On April 4, New Brighton squads arrested a 35-year old New Brighton woman on a <br />Simple Robbery warrant out of Hennepin County. Shortly after the female was placed <br />into handcuffs, she claimed she had just ingested a bag of heroin. She was taken to <br />Regions hospital and Ramsey County sent over a Deputy to stand by with her till she <br />could be released then booked into the jail. <br /> <br />On Thursday, April 5, around 11 pm, New Brighton officers responded to a townhome in <br />the 2100 block of 14th Street NW to check for an assault suspect who was wanted for <br />stabbing a family member in the City of Minneapolis. Officers found the suspect hiding <br />beneath a bed in an upstairs bedroom. He was taken into custody without incident and <br />transferred to Minneapolis PD. <br /> <br />On Friday, April 6, at 1:40 pm, officers responded to a business in the 2000 block of <br />Silver Lake Road on a reported person slumped over in their vehicle that was parked in a <br />parking lot. When officers arrived they were able to wake the driver but determined he <br />was likely under the influence of narcotics. The driver failed field sobriety testing and <br />later admitted to using heroin. During the investigation it was also determined that the <br />vehicle the male was driving was stolen. A search warrant was completed and signed by a <br />judge in order to obtain blood from the driver. The male was booked at the Ramsey <br />County jail for felony 1st Degree DWI and possession of a stolen auto. <br /> <br />On Saturday night, April 7, around 8:30 pm, a victim reported that he was robbed at <br />gunpoint of $100 cash and his iPhone in the area of Thorndale Avenue and Service Drive. <br />The two suspects were apparently drug dealers that the victim was trying to purchase <br />marijuana from. The victim had contacted the suspects via Facebook to arrange the <br />transaction and willingly was picked up by them from his residence at the 7th Street <br />apartments in New Brighton. Very limited suspect information was available. <br /> <br />On Monday, April 9, around 2 am, New Brighton officers were advised that a motor <br />vehicle pursuit initiated by Anoka County had entered the City, with the suspect vehicle <br />crashing on I-35W at Highway 88. The suspect fled on foot toward southeast New <br />Brighton. A perimeter was established, with a canine officer from Maplewood PD and <br />officers from Roseville PD apprehending the suspect on Thom Drive in Arden Hills. <br /> <br />On Monday, April 9, at 2:00 am, the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office requested the <br />assistance of New Brighton officers after the suspect in a vehicle they were pursuing <br />crashed in the area of 35W and County Road D. New Brighton officers assisted in setting <br />up a perimeter and a search for the suspect that had fled the scene of the crash, across <br />35W and toward the area of Cleveland Ave. A Maplewood K9 assisted in the search for <br />the suspect and located him in the area of Cleveland Ave and Thom Drive in Arden Hills. <br />