Theft. Somebody attempted to steal a boat and trailer parked in an alley behind a house in the 400 block of 6th Avenue S. The culprit had cut the padlock on the hitch's tongue, straightened the wing arm on the tongue and inserted the pin so the trailer could get hooked to a vehicle. The boat had been pulled about six feet up the alley, but the responding officer said it looked like the potential thief stopped when the side of the boat came too close to the garage wall and prevented the boat from further movement.
Vandalism. Somebody spray-painted "YF" and "6 DEEP" on a Chrysler van that was parked in the 1700 block of Southview Boulevard. The paint easily washed off. Police believe the graffiti might be gang related.
Theft. A man reported that someone entered his vehicle in the 100 block of 19th Avenue N. and went through the glove box and center console. While nothing was stolen, the culprit took a tube of sunblock and squirted it all over the left side of the car.
Fraud. A debit card was reportedly used fraudulently at a BP Station in the 1800 block of S. Robert Street. The victim's briefcase had been stolen in St. Paul in July.
