LAW ENFORCEMENT
Rush City resident pleads to nation wide fraud scheme
A federal charge of mail fraud has been resolved with a guilty plea from Gayle Ferngren, 69, of Rush City. She was facing charges for participating in a scheme to launder proceeds generated from scams that involved pandemic assistance programs. Ferngren would deposit fraudulently gotten pandemic aid using unknowing victim …
Law Enforcement
May 20 a dog bite was reported in Lindstrom, Neal Avenue. Animal is current on vaccinations, LAPD are looking into the incident. The subject was walking along the street when he was bitten.
Law Enforcement
May 3 A youth found a handgun in wooded area in Chisago City and Lakes Area Police took possession. The serial number had nothing attached and authorities will retain the firearm.
Bodyworn camera program in compliance at Sheriff’s Office
The Chisago County Sheriff’s Office implementation of the body worn camera program is complying with all the rules and being operated appropriately. That’s the conclusion of the first ever audit required to be performed after the first two years of the cameras’ use.
Law Enforcement
A man incarcerated for criminal sexual conduct with two minor-aged males as his victims, in 2001, was back in county jail this week, booked on a probation violation. Rodney Owen Scofield will serve out a stayed sentence of 54 months, as decided in a hearing April 24, before Judge Trevino. …
Law Enforcement
The distracted driving law enforcement saturation effort resulted in multiple cellphone violations being ticketed throughout the county last week.
Law Enforcement
Authorities went to Rushseba Township, April 14 in the area of 540th and Ivy Avenue, to search for a male reportedly past due for arriving at home by 11 p.m. Law enforcement checked roadways and bars and found nothing suspicious. Later around noon the next day, Saturday, April 15, a …
Law Enforcement
The price of eggs apparently did not deter some vandals—Lakes Area Police were responding to multiple reports from an overnight rash of eggings April 6 to 7. Property damage was spread out over addresses on Elm, Broadway, North Lakes Trail and Newell in Lindstrom.
Law Enforcement
Multiple vehicles needing assistance due to bad weather, off the road, in ditch, many minor crashes on Interstate 35 and blocked or frozen drainage systems reported on roadways.
Law Enforcement
The Press checked in with the state fire marshal’s investigation unit on the North Branch house fire where two men’s bodies were found March 5. The state has not released a cause for the fire and the case remains open. James Schwalich, 56 and Jacob Humphreys, 43, were identified by …
Law Enforcement
Bad weather created a number of traffic related incidents for local law enforcement last week. No serious injuries resulted.
Booked & Sheriff
Both Lakes Area officers and the sheriff’s office handled lots of vehicle crashes and minor injury incidents due to trying to drive in the bad weather last week ...one hit and run involved damage March 11 to the Joint Sewage Treatment Commission gate and sign on Lofton north of Chisago …
