BLAINE
DEC. 31
Child neglect. A Target employee called police to report there was an unattended 3-year-old girl left in a child seat inside a vehicle located in the Target parking lot at 1500 109th Av. NE. Store security paged the owner of the vehicle and within a few minutes, the vehicle owner and the girl's father came out. An officer advised the 46-year-old father about the seriousness of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle. The father said he understood and stated that the girl didn't want to come into the store. The officer told the father that, as a parent, he should do what is best for the child. He also was told that the incident would be reported to child protection.
JAN. 1
Theft. Officers responded to the Target at 1500 109th Av. NE. regarding a theft. A woman told police she had left her purse unattended while she was shopping and someone had stolen it.
JAN. 5
Theft. Officers responded to Herberger's, 301 Northtown Drive NE., regarding a theft. A 41-year-old woman told police she had set her purse on the cosmetics counter while she was doing business with the sales clerk and when she had looked back, her purse was gone. She described the purse and its contents to the officer. A short time later the woman called police to report that she had found her purse at home.
JAN. 8
Theft. A woman called police to report a theft at Chuck E. Cheese's, 8943 University Av. NE. The woman said someone had stolen a purse that she had left unattended on a table.
