LAW ENFORCEMENT
Law Enforcement
Area law enforcement had multiple encounters with wildlife over the past week, they dispatched a sick raccoon, put down a deer with a broken leg, tended to an owl that was injured and went to the raptor center, and collected a fawn deceased in rural Chisago City...this was in addition …
Law Enforcement
Lakes Area Police took a call that a man had set up an on-line date with an individual who was to meet him at the South Center Lake boat access, but instead the complainant was allegedly stabbed and robbed. The victim said two males arrived at the landing about 10:40 …
Law Enforcement
June 27 Theft of a scooter from a business in Rush City, reported about 6 p.m. The item is black with yellow rims. Camera footage of street activity is being reviewed.
Local law enforcement runs for a cause
Above, (l-r) Chisago County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Chad Stenson and K-9 Stryker, Sergeant Kyle Puelston and Sheriff Brandon Thyen did a leg of the Special Olympics Minnesota Law Enforcement Torch Run in Harris on Thursday, June 22. They handed the torch off in North Branch to Officers Kyle Skar, DJ …
Law Enforcement
Multiple incidents over the week involving males on the ground. Lakes Area Police responded to a report June 24 of a man lying in the roadway at Lofton and Chisago Boulevard about 10 p.m. He said he was doing a one-wheel manuever and crashed and hit his head. Later, a …
Charges filed in pedestrian death
The man who allegedly killed a woman from St. Paul after crushing her under a pickup truck in Wyoming last week was arrested and charged within four days including the weekend.
Law Enforcement
June 15 ATV crash near Jonquil Drive and 276th sent a female juvenile to Regions Hospital about 5:25 p.m. Three 13 year olds were found riding ATVs on city street minus their required safety training certificate. Lakes Area is following up on.
Wyoming Police make arrest in June 22 pedestrian fatality
Wyoming Police are not yet identifying the 51-year old female pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle and died Thursday night about 10:25 p.m. Police say preliminary information is that the victim, who is from St. Paul, and the suspect, a 37 year old male from Wyoming, believed to have …
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June 11 there was a report of smoke coming out of apartment building on First in Lindstrom. Firefighters dispatched about 3:30 a.m.
Law Enforcement
On any given weekend you will probably encounter a group of motorcyclists out on the roads, doing a fundraiser or other event in Minnesota. Thanks to a 2012 law passed in St. Paul— the group, if it’s larger than 20 bikes, is allowed to have a flagger and move through …
Law Enforcement
May 29 A Center City downtown building was vandalized with graffiti and law enforcement was called a little after midnight. Camera footage was reviewed and juvenile suspects identified, and parents were conferred with.
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.
