North metro police blotter

FEB. 4

Theft. Officers responded to a home on the 1200 block of 146th Lane NW regarding a theft. Someone stole beer from the refrigerator located in the garage. The overhead garage door was left open.

FEB. 9

Theft. Officers responded to a home on the 15000 block of Uplander Street NW. regarding a theft. Someone stole a snowboard and miscellaneous sports equipment from the garage. The overhead garage door was left open.

JAN. 23

Theft. Officers responded to LA Fitness, 100 Northtown Drive NE., regarding a theft. A woman told officers someone entered her unlocked locker and stole $575 from the wallet in her purse.

JAN. 29

JAN. 30

Theft. Officers responded to Mills Fleet Farm, 10250 Lexington Av. NE., regarding a theft. A 16-year-old girl opened a pack of peanut butter crunch bars off the shelf, ate some and put it back on the shelf. After being confronted by a loss prevention employee, the girl paid for the food and her parents were contacted.

FEB. 3

Burglary. A newspaper delivery person called police to report front windows being broken at Get-n-Go, 8550 Lexington Av. NE. It appeared that cigarettes worth $4,500 were stolen.

JAN. 27

FEB. 3

Theft. A man called police to report a theft from his unlocked vehicle while it was parked in Mercy Hospital's parking lot, 4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. NW. He said someone had stolen his wallet and his wife's purse.

FEB. 6

Animal complaint. Someone called police to report that there was a large opossum in the backyard of a home on the 6300 block of 7th Street NE. An officer was unable to locate the opossum and advised the resident to use a live trap to contain it if it returns.

FEB. 7

Welfare check. Someone called police to report that a man was lying in the road on the 5200 block of Central Avenue NE. An officer located an intoxicated 59-year-old man who was experiencing hypothermia. He was transported to a hospital.

FEB. 9

Suspicious activity. A woman from an apartment on the 100 block of 83rd Avenue NE. called police to report that her neighbor below was sending electrical currents through the floorboards. An officer investigated and determined that the complaint was unfounded.

FEB. 5

Drunken driving. A woman called police to report that she was drunk and lost and that her vehicle was stuck in a snowbank in someone's yard. Officers were able to use the latitude and longitude on her cell phone to find her on the 21600 block of Cedar Drive NW. She told the officers she only started drinking after she became stuck. However, she could not produce any alcohol containers for the officers. The 49-year-old Oak Grove woman was arrested for drunken driving.