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West metro police blotter

February 23, 2010 at 10:26PM

EDINA

FEB. 1

Theft. Police responded to a theft call at L.A. Fitness, 4175 76th St. W. Someone reportedly stole miscellaneous clothing and $288 cash from an unlocked locker.

FEB. 3

Drugs. Someone called police to report a suspicious vehicle on the 5700 block of Fairfax Avenue. Police arrested a 16-year-old girl for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

FEB. 7

Drunken driving. Police responded to a call about an occupied vehicle in a snowbank on 66th Street at Hwy. 100. Police arrested a 30-year-old Edina man for driving while intoxicated.

INDEPENDENCE

JAN. 29

Firearms violation. Police responded to a hunting complaint on the 900 block of County Road 92. A 27-year-old Delano man and a 27-year-old Waverly man had shot a coyote, and the two men said they had permission from the property owner to hunt there. But there were also three other men in another vehicle at the scene who did not have permission, police said, and they were cited for transporting loaded, uncased firearms. They included a 43-year-old Mayer man, a 42-year-old Loretto man and a 41-year-old Delano man.

MAPLE PLAIN

JAN. 30

Miscellaneous. An intoxicated 37-year-old Maple Plain man stopped at a business on the 5200 block of Hwy. 12 and wanted to turn himself over to police for violating an order for protection. The man said he had gone to a residence in Long Lake that he had been ordered not to visit.

MINNEAPOLIS

JAN. 25

Burglary. Police were called to a burglary at a home on the 3500 block of 33rd Avenue S. Someone had gained entry to the home by pushing in a window air-conditioning unit. Two computers and cash were stolen.

MINNETRISTA

JAN. 24

Suspicious vehicle. Officers observed a parked vehicle along Kings Point Road and stopped to check on it. A 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were inside and were cited for curfew violation.

PLYMOUTH

JAN. 21

Drugs. Police stopped a vehicle on Hwy. 55 and County Road 6 for driving without headlights illuminated. An odor of marijuana was coming from the vehicle, police said, and marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found inside the vehicle. Police arrested a 17-year-old girl and she was released to her parent.

Theft. A refrigerator was stolen from an unlocked garage on the 1800 block of Black Oaks Lane.

JAN. 22

Theft. A man reported to police that he had had a list of all his personal computer passwords on his desk at work on the 13400 block of Watertower Circle, but that the list was missing. The man informed his bank and was told to file a report with the police department.

Theft. Police responded to a theft report at a business on the 9800 block of 59th Avenue. A woman had reported that she left a breast pump in the break room and it was missing.

JAN. 27

Burglary. Someone broke into a home on the 1900 block of Kilmer Lane and stole jewelry, coins, bottles of wine and paper.

SHOREWOOD

JAN. 21

Drunken driving. Police stopped a vehicle for erratic driving on Hwy. 7 at Vine Hill Road. A 23-year-old Mound man was arrested for driving under the influence.

TONKA BAY

JAN. 25

Suspicious vehicle. Someone called police to report a vehicle that was being driven erratically on County Road 19 and Pleasant Avenue. Police located the vehicle and pulled it over. The driver had spilled cheese and hot sauce from Taco Bell on himself and was trying to clean up the food while driving.

Susan Hilliard • 612-673-7131

Items are selected from reports made to police and are not intended to provide a comprehensive picture of crime.

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