Items are selected from reports made to police departments and are not intended to provide a comprehensive picture of crime in a neighborhood or community.
BETHEL
FEB. 3
Theft. A toolbox was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on the 100 block of 236th Avenue NW.
BLAINE
FEB. 1
Drugs. A man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine at a home on the 8700 block of Davenport Street NE. The owners of the home were cited for operating a disorderly house.
CENTERVILLE
JAN. 30
Property damage. Someone poured an unknown substance into the gas tank of a vehicle on the 1900 block of Main Street.
CIRCLE PINES
FEB. 4
Fire. Two men, ages 23 and 27, were cited for causing a negligent fire that resulted in property damage to a home on the 200 block of Galaxy Drive.
FEB. 7
Theft. A 28-year-old man was arrested for drunken driving after his vehicle was found stuck in a snowbank on the 9900 block of Lexington Avenue.
COON RAPIDS
FEB. 1
Theft. A purse was stolen after it was left unattended in the community room at the YMCA, 8950 Springbrook Dr. NW.
FEB. 3
Theft. Ammunition and other items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked in a driveway on the 12100 block of Undercliff Street NW.
FRIDLEY
FEB. 1
Assist family. Officers mediated an argument between a parent and child at an apartment on 7th Street NE. The child was refusing to eat and get off the computer.
FEB. 2
Animal complaint. Someone called police to report a rodent in their home on Jefferson Street NE. An officer was unable to locate it and the homeowner was given options for its removal.
HAM LAKE
JAN. 31
Theft. A snowblower was stolen from a driveway on the 4700 block of Lexington Avenue NE.
MOUNDS VIEW
FEB. 1
Drunken driving. A 19-year-old Mounds View man was arrested for underage drinking and driving on the 2200 block of County Road 10.
Drugs. A 20-year-old Shoreview man was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on County Road H and Long Lake Road.
FEB. 2
Obstruction. A 39-year-old Champlin man was arrested for obstructing the legal process after a disturbance on the 2200 block of Buckingham Lane.
FEB. 3
Theft. A 12-year-old girl was arrested for theft after a stolen cellphone was recovered at Edgewood Middle School, 5100 Edgewood Dr.
FEB. 4
Stolen property. A 24-year-old man was arrested for possession of stolen property and displaying stolen license plates after a report of a suspicious vehicle on the 1000 block of Montclair Avenue.
ST. ANTHONY
FEB. 17
Theft. A 15-year-old boy was cited for theft after allegedly taking a woman's purse that she had left on the hood of her vehicle on Pentagon Drive.
Susan Hilliard • 612-673-7131
Items are selected from reports made to police departments and are not intended to provide a comprehensive picture of crime in a neighborhood or community.
The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, ending a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.
