LAW ENFORCEMENT
Law Enforcement
March 10, Sunday, there was a suspect pursuit involving North Branch Police and sheriff’s patrol deputies initiated about 5:15 a.m. The North Branch Police squad managed to block access to I-35 at the #17 interchange, in Lent Township. The male driver’s history showed he was wanted on felony warrants. He …
Law Enforcement
Sunday, February 24 People called 9-1-1 for aid when they became stranded, out ice fishing, as blowing and drifting snow closed in, and poor visibility was creating hazardous conditions. Calls were for persons on Green Lake and Chisago Lake. Four sheriff deputies, some on snowmobiles, and a plow truck helped …
Law Enforcement
February 17 Lakes Area officers responded to complaint about snowmobiles off the marked trail, near 314th and North Lakes Trail and being operated in Allemansratt Park, Lindstrom. Motorized vehicles are prohibited in this park. Officers erected barricade, did not locate active snowmobiles.
Law Enforcement
Sheriff and local police patrols were kept busy last week with weather-releated vehicle incidents. Over 100 reports between the police and county call lists....a snowmobile DUI arrest was made based on a tip, property damages such as fencing and poles reported, but no serious injury in any calls.
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The county public safety center and comm center site, in Center City, was put onto generator-provided power during the high demand for heating capacity last week. The facility is constructed under a plan that the site can go -off-line as part of a special rates program. County Administrator Bruce Messelt …
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January 26 Lakes Area Police, sheriff’s patrol and state patrol were involved in a road incident what ended with a DUI arrest, and began as a hit and run reported about 3 p.m.
Law Enforcement
High school incident investigatedAuthoities looked into an alleged threat overheard in a Chisago Lakes bathroom and reported about 9:30 p.m. January 17. The caller said other students who he did not know, said they were going to “shoot up the school.” Details were not overheard.
Law Enforcement
The sheriff’s patrol was sent to the scene of a one car rollover at Falcon Avenue and Stark Road January 8 a little after midnight. A woman driver was extricated by Harris firefighters and Lakes Region EMS provided medical care. She admitted in the preliminary report to being on the …
Law Enforcement
New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, Lakes Area Police and Wyoming officers established a perimeter around an address on 268th at Viking Blvd. about 7:20 p.m. where a suspect was believed to be who had walked away from a nearby medical facility. The man was brought in without incident.
Law Enforcement
The sheriff’s reports included over 20 reports of vehicles off-the-road and to assist at minor crashes, many happened December 27, but were scattered all week long.
Law Enforcement
December 11, the sheriff’s patrol was called to a one car crash in Rush City, about 8:40 a.m. at Fairfiled and 4th. The female driver was transported. She said she fell asleep and her vehicle struck a driveway, went airborne, and landed on Fairfield, as she drove eastbound on West …
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December 9 a complaint about outdoor burning at an address on 288th Street in rural Lindstrom was looked into, and a Lakes Area Police officer found animal carcasses in and around the fire pit. Incident reported about 1:30 a.m. The DNR is being brought into the case.
Law Enforcement
December 1 there was a crash at #30 and County Road 19, that sent a few people to be checked out for injuries. One driver cited for careless driving for weather conditions, which were whiteout and icy that day. There were many reports-- in the southern third of the county …
Law Enforcement
Sheriff patrol deputies handled numerous miscellaneous theft reports over the week, incidents were at a gas/convenience station, Dollar Store in Rush City, and a grocer.
