North Branch man gets more than bargained for with online services

North Branch Police were able to stop a suspect vehicle involved in an alleged home robbery and assault Sunday, Feb 9 and make three arrests. The officer waited at the only exit for the neighborhood at Hemingway Avenue and Hwy 95 for the suspect vehicle, and stopped the suspects and made the arrests as a sheriff’s deputy arrived on the scene. The county attorney has charged a Robbinsdale woman, Kirkeisha Washington, 25 and Breanna Taylor, 24, from Bloomington; with burglary and fifth degree assault. An alleged accomplice Jamal Clay Smith, 23, of Richfield, is charged with terroristic threats and possessing a controlled substance.

A North Branch man had called authorities about 3 a.m. to report that a “massage” that he’d arranged over the Internet had gone bad. He said the two women were taking personal items and “exhibiting strange behavior” according to the criminal complaint filed with court for probable cause. The 45-year-old North Branch man tried to keep the two women from exiting his house as he contacted 9-1-1; but a third party, Clay Smith, who had been in the vehicle parked outside the house reportedly kicked in the residence door, and the victim said this suspect threatened to shoot. The women allegedly also became combative. North Branch police also recovered a woman’s purse in the snowbank, along the route the suspects would have had to drive in exiting the neighborhood, which belonged to the man’s mother, who lived at the home. A large quantity of cash the victim alleges was stolen, was found on Clay Smith as he was booked. A plastic baggie on his person contained a prescription drug.

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Lakes Area Police had two suicidal person calls, both resulted in transport to a medical facility. Garbage can fire was extinguished on Broadway Ave., in Lindstrom, about 5 p.m. Feb 8. Siding on nearby structure was damaged slightly by heat. There was one call to the High School in Lindstrom for police to oversee a drug use test. February 7 a fire was called in about 9 p.m. at an apartment building in Shafer. Water and smoke damages resulted, but no injury reported. Report of an attempted theft of a fish house off Fish Lake. A bystander “confronted” the would-be thieves as they reportedly hooked the portable house to a vehicle. They fled. The community service officer visited a multi-animal residence February 5 on 275th Street, and reported animals were fine and cared for and the site would meet “kennel” designation. Also Feb. 5 a theft from Royal Concrete in Stacy was reported. Loss involves $8,000 worth of stainless steel cable. Shoplifters allegedly taking goods from ShopKo in North Branch were apprehended Feb. 5.

February 3
Dakota James Thompson, 21, Stacy. Booked by county, held under sentence.
Tyler James Tillman, 23, Wyoming. Booked by warrant. Held.

February 4
Rhonda Rae Swanson, 56, Pine City. Booked by county, held under sentence.

February 5
Jesse Wayne Merrill, 23, Duluth. Booked by St. Louis County. Held.
Brandon Charles Thielbar, 36, Harris. Booked by Dept of Corrections on hold.

February 7
Dajya Marie Wyne, 24, Stacy. Booked by county. Held.
Cody Lyle Hetrick, 26, North Branch. Booked by warant. Held.

February 8
Neil Andrew Thompson, 30, North Branch. Booked by warrant.

February 9
Steve Michael Steinhaus, 36, Forest Lake. Booked by county. Held.
Nicholas Jordan Plumbo, 23, Chisago City. Booked by warrant. Held.
Carian Jean Kraus, 36, Chisago City. Booked by county. Released to hospital.
Kevin Charles Debilzan, 30, Chisago City. Booked on warrant. Held.
Kirkeisha Shanell Washington, 25, Crystal. Booked by North Branch. Held.
Breanna Marie Taylor, 24, Bloomington. Booked by North Branch. Held.
Jamal Clay Smith, 23, Richfield. Booked by North Branch. Held.