North metro police blotter

FEB. 20

Theft. A 69-year-old man from the 10600 block of 6th Street NE. called police to report that about five or six years ago his neighbor was coming to his home to hypnotize him. According to police reports, the man alleges that while he was under hypnosis, the neighbor stole his valuable coins and sold them to a coin dealer in Anoka. The man says the neighbor also orders books and has them delivered to him, but he returns them. The man called police back a short time later and wanted to withdraw the complaint because he fears the suspect has connections to the mafia.

FEB. 22

Drugs. An officer pulled over a vehicle in the 8700 block of Central Avenue NE. because the driver was not wearing his seat belt. According to police reports, the officer could smell marijuana while speaking with the driver. The driver admitted he had a small amount of marijuana in his center console and pulled out a small plastic bag containing a leafy substance, police said. He was searched and police found a glass pipe and $1,706 in cash in his pockets. A search of his vehicle revealed a backpack containing several bags of marijuana, empty plastic bags, drug paraphernalia and $1,000 cash; also found were six Hydrocodone pills and one Oxycodone pill, police said. The 36-year-old man was arrested for possession of narcotics, having a small amount of marijuana in a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia and not wearing a seat belt.

FEB. 18

Theft. A woman called police to report that someone stole her tote bag, which contained a computer and camera, from her vehicle while it was parked in Kohl's parking lot, 12785 Riverdale Blvd. NW. She told police she was only in the store 10 minutes. The vehicle was unlocked.

FEB. 25

FEB. 21

Drunken driving. A woman called police to report there was a vehicle that drove into the closed garage door of her home on the 19000 block of Taylor Street NE. Officers arrived and found the vehicle stuck in a snowbank in her driveway. The driver, a 49-year-old Brooklyn Park woman, told police she was just going to church. She was arrested for drunken driving.

MAR. 6

Burglar alarm. Police received a report of an audible burglar alarm sounding at a home on the 6200 block of Van Buren Street NE. Police arrived at the home and found a group of girl scouts outside selling cookies. They told police they were just at the door, ringing the bell, but no one answered. The girls thought they might have set the alarm off. Police checked the home and said it was secure.

FEB. 28

MAR. 7

Drugs. Police arrested a 19-year-old Brooklyn Center woman and a 20-year-old Brooklyn Park man for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia after an officer smelled marijuana outside an apartment door in the 7100 block of Silver Lake Road NW.

MAR. 9

Burglary. Numerous guns were stolen from a home in the 8300 block of Long Lake Road.

FEB. 11

FEB. 26

Theft. A snowmobile and trailer were stolen from the 14100 block of Tungsten Street NW.

Susan Hilliard • 612-673-7131