A (501) C Non-Profit Organization
Tri-County
Crime Stoppers
of Minnesota, Inc.
Serving Central Minnesota
P.O. Box 545 St. Cloud, MN 56302-0545
St. Cloud Area and Cellular 2000 customers: 255-1301
Outside St. Cloud: 1-800-255-1301
About Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers Open Cases
for Week of December 23 - 29, 2002
Sauk Rapids Police:
On December 20th, a bank robbery was reported at 3:11 pm at the US bank
in Sauk Rapids. Suspect is described as a white male, 35-40 YOA, medium
build, unshaven, salt & pepper shadow (beard), wearing a knee length
trench-coat type camo jacket, possibly made of fleece like a hunting
jacket (not the army variety), and a large army green hat (rolled up
once), and blue jeans. Suspect had a note that indicated that he had a
gun, but no weapon was displayed. Suspect left with an undetermined amount
of money through the east door. No further direction of travel or vehicle
information is available.
Waite Park Police:
On Monday, 12/23/02, at 0905 hours, a Cash Wise Loss Prevention
Officer attempted to make an apprehension relating to a shoplifting
incident. 
The LP Officer followed the suspect out to the parking lot and
after identifying himself, the suspect feigned an asthma attack. The Waite
Park Police and an ambulance were called to the scene.
The suspect sat down in the passenger seat of a vehicle and at some point,
pulled his feet into the Car while the driver began to accelerate. In the
process, the LP Officer became pinned between the door and the car. While
trying to free himself, the LP Officer's hand became tangled in the seat
belt causing him to be dragged by the vehicle. The LP Officer was dragged
through the parking lot, onto Waite Avenue and was thrown from the vehicle
into the roadway after the vehicle turned onto Hwy 23 to go East bound.
A witness to the incident provided a description and license plate
number for the vehicle. The vehicle was described as a 1997 gold colored
Saturn. The vehicle turned out to be stolen from a dealership in St.
Cloud, MN. The car was found, abandoned, on 12/25/02 in Coon Rapids, MN.
The driver of the vehicle is described as a White male, wearing an Orange
color coat and blonde hair. The passenger is described as an Asian male,
20-30 years of age, dark hair, wearing a blue jacket and jeans.
St. Cloud Police:
Over the last two days officers have recovered dozens of pieces of US
mail 1ocated in ditches, cemetery, and roads around the south portion of
the city. Most of the mail was from the same area of the city and most was
opened. It appears the mail had been delivered by the Postal Service and
then unknowns removed the items from mailboxes. Most often the opened mail
was Christmas cards. Officers destroyed all of tile Cards etc that could
not be identified to a specific address. The remaining letters were
delivered to the owners. If anyone sees abandoned mail in their area they
are asked to call the police. They are also reminded to deposit mail to be
sent out into an official mail drop site and not in their personal
mailboxes due to the high number of thefts.
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