Law Enforcement

Sheriff’s deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash on Cty Road 30 in Stacy about 4:45 p.m. November 26. A person driving the passenger car was transported by ambulance to Fairview with unidentified injuries. The pick-up truck driver refused medical attention saying he wasn’t hurt. The crash was reported as a head-on as the sedan was southbound in the northbound lane. Witnesses are being interviewed. No cause reported. Gun theft reported from a residence on Oasis Road in Sunrise. The five missing firearms are “antiques” no description available. A Nessel Township home in foreclosure was the scene of theft of cabinets and an air conditioning unit. November 30 church break-in reported at 580 West 5th Street Rush City. Nothing missing but door was damaged and cabinets gone through.

A Polaris Ranger side-by-side ATV reported stolen from a Franconia Township address. A report of mailbox damage made to Lakes Area Police resulted in locating seven vandalized mailboxes in the area of Inwood and 245th, November 30. December 1 a report of theft of a purse the night before. Lakes Area Police discovered overnight there’d already been an unauthorized purchase on a credit card. Report of a chicken coop on fire at an address on River Road in Sunrise. Cause was a heater malfunction. Call came in about 5:45 a.m. For the week calls to the Chisago Lakes High School included one complaint of a student with an electronic cigarette and one incident of a student failing a urine test and being cited for being under the influence of marijuana.

BOOKED
November 25
Chase Douglas Cofell, 26, Wyoming. Booked by county, held under sentence work release.

November 26
Justin Able Hirsch, 38, Wyoming. Booked by county on warrant. Held.

November 27
Nicole Marie Berg, 32, Stacy. Booked by county on warrant. Held
Ramon James Rodriguez, 52, North St. Paul. Booked by warrant. Held.

November 28
Chad Grant Transue, 29, Shafer. Booked by county on warrant. Held.
Latoya Desiree Rodgers, 24, Mpls. Booked on out of county hold. Held

November 29
Jeffrey Paul Holmgren, 64, North Branch. Booked by Dept of Corrections hold.

November 30
Timothy Scott Hefta, 22, North Branch. Booked by warrant. Held.

December 1
Ban Van Nguyen, 43, Wyoming. Booked by Wyoming. Released.
Sara Lyons Ingersoll, 36, Isanti. Booked by Anoka County. Held.

Charges filed in Thrush Ave. ambush

Two Wisconsin residents allegedly involved in a hold-up on a remote Shafer Township road, November 19, have been charged. The County Attorney reports Brandon Young, 21, of Bloomer, WI faces first degree aggravated robbery charges and Kenneth Griffin, 20, Chippewa Falls, WI is also charged with one count of aggravated robbery. Griffin has an active warrant for his arrest.

The men allegedly robbed a man who had been at Running Aces in Forest Lake just prior to his being assaulted and robbed on Thrush Avenue, outside of Taylors Falls. The victim notified authorities about 3 a.m. that a car being driven by an acquaintance pulled off Hwy. 8 while transporting him back home to Wisconsin, and while the car was stopped Young and Griffin allegedly drove up alongside and robbed the victim of approximately $3,000 in his recent winnings.