LAW ENFORCEMENT
Investigation reaches search, seizure stages in Shafer
The East Central Drug Task Force has released few details about two days of search warrants that authorities executed in and around a property in downtown Shafer, July 17 and 18. No names for people detained have been provided and charges are pending. As of Friday afternoon there had been …
County addressing evidence room issues, SWAT needs
Anyone who has ever dealt with a leaky roof can relate to what the sheriff’s office is dealing with right now, only multiple times the magnitude of importance. The evidence storage area in the public safety center has a problem with some kind of condensation seeping in and it has …
Law Enforcement
Sheriff patrol initiated a pursuit when a vehicle driver records search came back as revoked. Law enforcement tried to stop the vehicle near Hemingway and Stacy Trail and it fled, and deputies lost sight, ending the pursuit around 7:15 a.m. Later Zimmerman MN authorities arrested the suspect, where he lived, …
Law Enforcement
A statue that stood outside of the Rush Point Store, between Rush City and Cambridge, was stolen July 5 about 3 a.m., but was returned several hours later and deputies were waiting. Authorities explained that by comparing the returning suspects to videotape from security camera footage of the statue being …
Law Enforcement
June 26 an arrest was made resulting from a 7:20 p.m. call for assistance in an incident where a male suspected of being involved in an assault at The Fuse in Harris. After authorities had detained him —they learned he had warrants for his arrest out of Wisconsin and allegedly …
CCSO commends exceptional employees
Sheriff’s Office Awards and Recognition night was celebrated June 11 at the Chisago county public safety center, and numerous staff who have performed above and beyond the usual job description, were applauded for their work. Looking back over 2024 the trauma, split second decision making, and impacts from life altering …
Law Enforcement
Sheriff personnel assisted June 20 at a fatal crash in Chisago County that took the life of a St Croix Falls, WI man. The state patrol is looking into the crash on Highway 95 in Franconia, reported about 6:45 a.m.
Law Enforcement
Lakes Area officers sent to assist at the scene of a reported assault, in Stacy. Suspects were being uncooperative. The incident was at an address on Forest Boulevard, reported about 10 p.m.
Law Enforcement
A report of a gas line hit by streetwork crews in Lindstrom. Xcel notified and buildings near First Avenue and Maple St were emptied for safety. Line attended to and no incident occurred.
Law Enforcement
May 18 a grill caught fire in Chisago City about 8 p.m. Homeowner put out.
Court date is June 4 in connection with drug bust in early April
A 37-year-old Wyoming woman is due back in court June 4 on four felony charges of possessing two handguns that she is prohibited from having, and authorities allege 9.5 grams of fentanyl, 47 grams of cocaine and 25 grams of meth were found in her residence and vehicle, as the …
Law Enforcement
A call came in of an unresponsive female at Dennis Frandsen County Park on Rush Lake, about 7:38 p.m. The preliminary information given to the sheriff patrol by someone on the scene is that she had been partying on the opposite shore and said she wanted to swim across the …
Law Enforcement
April 27 county patrol called to a crash at Frandsen Avenue and 4th Street West about 1:45 p.m. No injury. One car failed to stop at a sign and will be cited.
Law Enforcement
There was a search initiated outdoors required to bring in a male who was the subject of an arrest warrant. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. in the Ridgewood Avenue neighborhood in Shafer.
