2020.01.13 Public Safety Commission Packet

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On October 10 at around 11:40 pm, officers responded to the area of Silver Lake Road and Mississippi Street to check for a vehicle that went off the road and had crashed. The caller reported the driver fled the crash on foot. When officers arrived they located the vehicle ad observed it was off the road after hitting a retaining wall and crossing over all 4 lanes of traffic. The vehicles air bags were deployed and it was not drivable. As they were investigating the crash and searching the area for the driver, they received another call two blocks away of a male that was struck by a vehicle and was lying in the middle of the road. A witness reported that the male was attempting to cross the street and was "clipped" by a vehicle causing him to fall to the ground. That vehicle continued to drive away from the scene. No description of the suspect vehicle was provided by the witness. It was determined the male that was struck was likely the driver of the first vehicle that had crashed, but he did not admit to it and there was no other way of proving it. He appeared to be extremely intoxicated. Allina paramedics transported him to Mercy Hospital to be evaluated for his injuries. On October 10 at about 9:00 pm, officers responded to the Hilton Homewood Suites to check on a male that was sleeping outside the main entrance. It was determined the male had an active felony warrant for possession of a controlled substance. He was placed under arrest for the warrant. The suspect had a backpack with him and it was searched incident to his arrest and over 796 grams of marijuana was located. He was interviewed and booked at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center for the warrant and possession of a felony amount of marijuana. About 4 am on Friday, October 11, New Brighton officers assisted Mounds View Police with a shots -fired call at Scotland Court Apartments in their city. Deputies from Ramsey County located a large amount of blood and traced it to an uncooperative, bloodied victim/suspect of an apparent robbery. Six 9mm shell casings were recovered at the scene. New Brighton officers assisted with the perimeter and evidence. At about 11:00 am on Sunday, October 13, the police and fire divisions responded to an apartment building in the 1200 block of I Oth Street NW on the report of a fire in a garbage can. When they arrived it was determined the fire was put out by a resident; however, there was a large amount of smoke in the building and the alarms were sounding. The fire division confirmed the fire was out and removed the remaining trash from the hallway of the apartment. Nobody was injured. The cause of the fire is undetermined.