LAW ENFORCEMENT
Plea by Hammer; sentencing in late November
A North Branch man who was reported to 9-1-1 as a suicidal person with a large knife or machete, and who subsequently was shot by responding law enforcement officers, was to be being sentenced November 28, but sentencing has been postponed and no new date has been set.
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October 1 Two arrests were made in connection with a suspicious vehicle at Rush City Holiday Station. Deputy observed around 9:45 p.m. what appeared to be a transaction between two cars. A vehicle was gone through and meth was reportedly found. Two men are facing charges for possession and sales, …
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September 22 Lakes Area Police got a report from the Chisago Lakes Middle School staff who were told by a student about a “weapon” on a bus. The incident appears to have been a student who brought a multi-tool reportedly to trade for hot wheels type cars, according to preliminary …
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September 14 A stolen vehicle was recovered at the Little Lake public access on a tip.
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Fun fact: The national incident based reporting system or NIBRS data show that for 2021, Chisago County got 613 reports of incidents, (there was no population estimate provided) Lakes Area Police recorded 409 incidents (for a population of 10,026) North Branch 366 total offenses (of a population of 10,908) and …
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A loss of power in Chisago City September 3, created a bunch of extra hours and reports for local law enforcement, not to mention work for Xcel Energy crews. The power went out to 3,125 customers Sunday, according to the Xcel Energy spokesperson. Loss of power triggers security and medical …
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August 20 the state patrol released a preliminary report that a Chisago City resident was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a fatal crash in Chippewa County. The patrol said Kayla Bluhm, 20, was in a Chevrolet Equinox that collided with a Dodge Caravan at Highways 40 and 29 …
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Lakes Area Police were sent to a CO2 alarm but no hazard was detected. Incident was on Wallmark Lake Drive about 6:39 p.m.
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The crash reports were piling up from incidents on Highway 8 last week.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
