South metro police blotter

Apple Valley

WEEK OF MARCH 31

Robbery. The Oasis Market on Pilot Knob Road was robbed by a man armed with a knife. After ordering the clerk to the floor, the man made off with cash from the register and cigarettes, police said. On the night of April 5, a second robbery occurred at the store in the same manner, only this time there were two men armed with knives. Police arrested two suspects at a nearby residence. Clothing, knives and items taken were recovered in the house, along with some suspected drugs, police said.

APRIL 2

Property damage. The rear window was broken out of a 2005 Buick LaSabre parked in a driveway in the 8000 block of 157th Street. On the same night the windshield of a car parked in a driveway in the 12500 block of Everest Avenue was broken.

APRIL 3

BURNSVILLE

MARCH 27

Theft. Two men were arrested for shoplifting duct tape, DVDs, razors, shampoo and a hairbrush from a business near W. Country Road 42 and County Road 5.

MARCH 31

Auto theft. A Minneapolis man was arrested for stealing a vehicle near County Road 11 and McAndrews Road.

Eagan

MARCH 25

Theft. Scrapbooking items were stolen from a vehicle parked at Eagan Garden Apartments, 4130 Rahn Road.

Theft. License tabs were stolen off a vehicle that was parked at a park-and-ride lot at 4585 Blackhawk Road.

MARCH 26

Burglary. A house in the 1300 block of St. Andrew Boulevard was broken into while the family who lives there was on spring break vacation. A car parked in the driveway was also broken into and the garage door opener was used to gain entry to the attached garage. A stereo amplifier and speakers were stolen from the vehicle, and a snowboard was stolen from the garage.

APRIL 3

Suspicious activity. A woman in the 3700 block of Red Robin Lane called police for a friend who believes that she is being spied on, because there's "some sort of wiring" going between several houses on the street. The woman said there are strange things happening with her friend's cell phone and she suspects the phone has been tampered with.

Northfield

MARCH 28

911 call. Dispatch received an accidental 911 call from a location in the 300 block of E. 6th Street. A child had accidentally sat on the phone.

Savage

MARCH 28

Property damage. A resident in the 4400 block of W. 133rd Street reported that he found his mailbox in the street.

APRIL 1

Theft. A bike was stolen out of a garage in the 4100 block of W. 134th Lane.

Scott County

MARCH 19

Suspicious noise. A woman reported hearing suspicious noises in her house in the 15600 block of SE. Fish Point Road. It turned out that the noises were coming from her dog.

MARCH 26

Mischief. Kids were ringing doorbells and running away in the 4400 block of Overlook Drive.

MARCH 27

Theft. Car prowlers were reported in the 17300 block of SE. Wilderness Trail. Stereo equipment valued at $600 was stolen from a vehicle.

Auto theft. Police received a report of a stolen motorhome from the 3100 block of NW. Little Crow Drive. The incident occurred last year.

MARCH 31

Theft. A purse was stolen from a vehicle in the 100 block of Mound Street.

APRIL 3

Animal complaint. An injured goose was blocking the road at N. County Road 101 and the Lewis Street Bridge.

Aimee Blanchette • 612-673-1712