Monday, April 29, 2013
This week's selections include women charged with burglary, man charged with 13 robberies pleads guilty to one, firefighters save paramedic and theft from Walmart.
Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Trial Starts for Tim Huber, Charged with Murder in Death of Tim Larson of Albertville Jury selection is the first order of business in a trial set to last three weeks. Minneapolis Man Charged with Second-Degree Murder for Fatal Shooting Steven Andre Moore, 27, has been charged with four felony offenses in connection with the death of a Shakopee High student. Fire Destroys Maple Grove Home Wednesday Evening No one was injured in the fire on the 7700 block of …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Chief Mitch Weinzetl: "To all of you who helped and provided information concerning the recent robbery in Buffalo, we would like to say "thank you."
Updated 4:30 p.m. April 25, 2013 From the Buffalo Police Department Facebook page as of around 4 p.m. April 25 To all of you who helped and provided information concerning the recent robbery in Buffalo, we would like to say "thank you." The person responsible has been arrested. More information to come... Chief Mitch Weinzetl Original post 10 a.m. April 25, 2013 Police in Buffalo are asking for the public's help in identifying a person caught on camera during what they say was a robbery Wednesday night at the McDonald's restaurant there: The Buffalo Police Department is seeking to identify the person responsible for a late-night robbery of the McDonalds Restaurant. If you have any information concerning this crime or the suspect, please …
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Monday, March 18, 2013
This week's selections includes eight arrested for marijuana distribution, bus robbery suspect arrest, Social Security number thefts, truck theft and restaurant kitchen fire.
Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Police Say Drunk Man Threatened to Kill Eden Prairie Police Officer A Shakopee man was charged with making terroristic threats against an Eden Prairie officer. Wayzata Company Agrees to Pay More than $400k for Violating Clean Water Act DMH Partners North, LLC, agreed to pay a $75,000 civil penalty to the U.S. and to purchase wetland credits valued at approximately $340,000. Richfield Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting That Left Victim Paralyzed The shooting occurred in …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Dalton James Ritchie, 17, of Fridley is charged with robbing a SuperAmerica station in Rogers at gunpoint in mid-August.
A Fridley teenager arrested in August after police say he robbed a Rogers convenience store at gunpoint before being tackled by a store customer will stand trial as an adult. Dalton James Ritchie, 17, waived certification proceedings in Hennepin County District Court and will face adult charges in the Aug. 14 incident. Ritchie is charged with aggravated first-degree robbery, a felony with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in prison. Rogers police were watching the SuperAmerica station on Diamond Lake Road in Rogers just after 11:30 p.m. Aug. 14 because three other SuperAmerica stations in Mounds View, Brooklyn Park and New Brighton had been robbed of…
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Two juvenile males have been arrested for the alleged first-degree aggravated robbery of a St. Michael Domino's driver while on a trip through Otsego.
A St. Michael Domino's delivery driver was robbed at knifepoint by two juvenile males in Otsego Tuesday night. According to the Wright County Sheriff's Office, driver Mark Lilleboe, 32, of St. Michael, was approached by two males, ages 15 and 17, "who showed a knife and took the delivery person's wallet, phone and pizza." The incident took place around 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of 80th St. NE and Kadler Ave NE in Otsego, according to the report. As a result of an investigation, the two juvenile males were arrested for first-degree aggravated robbery. Their names are not being released due to their age. The incident remains under investigation by the Wright County Sheriff's Office. ******************* Update —11:25 a.m.: According to…
Sunday, August 19, 2012
This week's selection includes a power outage at Valleyfair, burglaries, Twins catcher and new plans for a garden center and a former library.
Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Sporting a Fake Nose, Man Robs SLP Bank The U.S. Bank branch at Byerly's in St. Louis Park was robbed Wednesday morning for the second time in four months. And the robber—who wore a fake nose and facial makeup—could be a man suspected of several other area bank robberies in recent months. Possible Cougar Sighting in St. Michael, Albertville Maralee Sjerven of St. Michael has lost close to 25 chickens and several turkeys to what she believes to be a cougar recently. 'Crazy John,' Child Sex …
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The FBI announced the arrest of Mark Edward Wetsch of Minneapolis in connection with a bank robbery in Brewster, Minn, yesterday. Investigators are evaluating if he is the "Man in Black."
UPDATE 3:05 p.m. – Mark Wetsch, the man arrested yesterday, is a former nursing director of Sholom Home West in St. Louis Park. He was convicted in 2005 of taking $1.4 million from the senior care facility through an invoice scheme that occurred between September 1997 and January 2005 . *** The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Minneapolis Field Office is investigating a man arrested in St. Peter, MN, in connection with a bank robbery in Brewster, MN, yesterday, and are evaluating whether he is the highly sought "Man in Black." Mark Edward Wetsch, 49, Minneapolis, was arrested and detained by St. Peter Police after he was traveling in a vehicle which was suspected of being used in the robbery of the Rolling Hills Bank in Brewster around …
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The man federal and Wright County officials believe is responsible for a host of armed robberies in the Twin Cities area has struck again, this time in Uptown Minneapolis.
The man who FBI agents and local authorities believe is connected to a string of Twin Cities area armed bank robberies, including the November holdup of the Premier Banks location in Albertville, has struck again. This time, an armed man entered the Bremer Bank branch location at Calhoun Square in Uptown area of Minneapolis around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. The robber, who was described as a white male, entered the bank and approached the teller counter. He showed the teller a gun and demanded cash. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, the robber fled from the bank and exited to a parking ramp, and utilized a white 2005-2008 crossover style vehicle to drive away. The robber was described as …
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wright County Sheriff Joe Hagerty of St. Michael said his department is working closely with the FBI and other metro police agencies to catch a bank robber that’s been hitting branches all over the Twin Cities.
Wright County Sherriff Joe Hagerty has seen a few bank holdups in his time. “I think, in the last few years, there have been about seven that I can recall. Each time, we’ve been able to help catch the guys responsible.” He’s hopeful that will be the case this time, about a week after Premier Banks of Albertville was robbed at gunpoint. He said he isn’t certain the robbery here is tied to bank hits in places such as Arden Hills, Richfield, Northfield and Shakopee, but he isn’t ruling anything out. “You look at the surveillance photos from ours and the Arden Hills holdup last weekend, and they’re awfully similar. You’re just trying to determine the guy’s size by looking at a tape, but it’s pretty close. Now, another robbery hit Wright County…
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
A man who some metro detectives believe might be connected to a string of robberies has struck again, this time in the northeast suburb of Arden Hills.
A thief that fits the description of the man who robbed the Albertville Premier Banks location Wednesday, and several other metro banks, has struck again. At approximately 12:50 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, a TCF Bank branch located at 1160 W. County Road E., Arden Hills, Minn., was robbed by a lone, white male. The robber entered the bank and approached the teller counter. Once at the teller counter, the robber demanded and received cash while brandishing a handgun. The robber pointed the handgun at bank personnel and at a customer while inside the bank. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, the robber fled from the bank in a cream colored, Mitsubishi Galant. The robber was described as a white male who was approximately 5 feet, 10 …
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KENNETH TOENJES
9:11 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
its getting really stupid all that for 15.00 makes no sense more ›