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207 traffic stops <br />18 people brought to jail <br />12 DWI arrests <br />8 drivers cited for DAR or DAS <br />13 vehicles towed <br />5 seat belt tickets <br />Notes: Saturation squads assisted SPPD with a Felony stop on a stolen car with two <br />occupants in Maplewood. Ramsey reserve officers narrowly missed being struck head on <br />in their squad and were able to follow the offender into his driveway in St Paul where he <br />was arrested for DWI after failing Field Sobriety Tests and blowing .243 AC on a <br />Preliminary Breath Tester (PBT). St Paul officer working the Saturation involved in a <br />pursuit of a stolen car where the three occupants fled on foot in different directions just <br />south of Lake Phalen. Quick work by ECC staff in tying the multiple radio channels <br />along with assisting squads establishing a secure perimeter enabled K-9 officers to track <br />and apprehend all three suspects hiding in garages and back yards after a lengthy search. <br />On January 23rd at about 7:24 pm Officer Nerison and Officer Craig responded to the <br />New Brighton Bar and Grill. The bartending staff had refused service to an intoxicated <br />female described as 50 years of age wearing glasses and a mink coat. The female left in <br />a 2006 Chrysler Town and Country van which listed to an address in New Brighton. <br />Officer Craig checked the address and found that the van was in the driveway of the <br />home and appeared to have been recently driven. Officer Craig knocked on the door and <br />spoke to the van's owner who was identified as Sarah Linser, 54 years of age from New <br />Brighton. No one else was at home. Ms. Linser smelled strongly of alcoholic beverages <br />and was very unsteady. She did state that she had been driving the van. Ms. Linser <br />failed field sobriety tests and was taken into custody. Ms. Linser agreed to a breath test <br />but she gave a limited sample which still resulted in a .22 result. She later agreed to <br />provide a blood test. Due to the likely high test result, she was booked on the enhanced <br />charges of DUI in the 3rd degree, a gross misdemeanor. CN 15001076. <br />New Brighton Police hosted the DWI Saturation on Saturday, January 24, 2015, from 8 <br />P.M. to 4 A.M. Nineteen overtime funded officers and six volunteer reserve officers <br />produced the following: <br />173 traffic stops <br />20 people brought to jail <br />13 DWI arrests <br />7 drivers cited for DAR or DAS <br />13 vehicles towed <br />Notes: Saturation squads assisted White Bear Lake on two significant events. A driver <br />fled from a stolen vehicle and was apprehended after a K-9 track. Another driver was <br />arrested for 2nd Degree DWI after a fiery (vehicle vs. guard rail) crash on White Bear Ave <br />near Hwy 694. The impaired driver had walked away and was located about 3 blocks <br />from the crash scene innocently walking home. <br />On January 29th at about 8:09 pm Officer B.J. Deboer responded to the 300 block of W <br />Cty Rd D on a report of an intoxicated driver in the parking lot. Upon arrival Officer <br />DeBoer spoke to a witness who observed a 2007 Grand Cherokee driving erratically on <br />35W and then on W Cty Rd D including driving the wrong way and driving through a <br />"ditch". Officer DeBoer located the vehicle and identified the driver as Mauricio <br />7 <br />