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 June 30, 2003
Cold Spring Police:
During the evening hours of 6-30-03 until
07-01-2003 someone vandalized a spring house and a slippery slide in
Pioneer Park of cold spring. The damage is estimated to be over $500.
On 6-19-03 during the evening hours someone broke a window out of the
Pioneer Park shelter. Estimate damages are $40.00 plus labor.
An employee of the city of cold spring reported that the Springer’s Park
concession stand was broken into. Police arrived and photographed the door
which was kicked in. A very light foot print was noticed near the deadbolt
lock. They then found various boxes of candy located near the east dug
out. Employees may or may not be able to provide a good inventory of the
missing items. It does not appear that beer was taken.
The city of cold spring will add $250.00 to
the crime stoppers reward.
Sherburne County Sheriff: (From week of May 19, 2003)
The
Sherburne County Sheriff’s Department is seeking assistance from the
public in locating three individuals
allegedly involved in a theft from the Briggs Lake General Store on May
11, which was Mother’s Day.
According to Chief Deputy Scott Gudmundson, three males, estimated to be
in their early to mid twenties, entered the store when it opened at
approximately 7 a.m. While one of the suspects distracted the clerk at the
front of the store the other two allegedly stole deposit bags from the
safe and removed a VCR connected to the store’s video surveillance system.
Suspect 1 is described as a
darker-complexioned white male, approximately 5’8” tall weighing 150
pounds. Also noted was the suspect’s heavily-gelled hair.
Suspect 2 is described as a white male with brown hair, approximately
5’11” tall weighing 170 pounds.
Suspect 3 is described only as a white male.
The three suspects arrived and left in a vehicle described as a white,
4-door car.
St. Cloud Police: (From week of April 28, 2003)
The St. Cloud
Police are looking for the public’s assistance in locating a stolen BMX
style bicycle.
The bicycle was stolen from a garage at 1323 West Oaks Drive in St. Cloud,
sometime between 9:30 PM and 9:45 PM on April 28th,
The bicycle is custom made with a “STAATS” bike frame which is white with
yellow lettering. Across the frame is the word, “STAATS” and the handle
bars are also yellow. The bike has a black and blue colored seat and there
is a removable number plate on the front of the bicycle with the number
“Seven”.
The value of this bicycle is over $2,200.00.
St. Cloud Police:
On 6-27-2003, at 10:40 PM, St. Cloud Police and Fire Department were
dispatched to 800 11th, Street So., regarding a vehicle fire. Upon
arrival, the vehicle was fully engulfed and put out by the fire
department. Investigation revealed that the vehicle was set on fire.
Sherburne County Sheriff:
The Sherburne County Sheriff's Department is seeking assistance from the
public in apprehending a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred at the
Total Entertainment Center in Zimmerman on Sunday, June 22 at
approximately 1:50 PM. The suspect is described as a white male, late 30's
to early 40's, approximately 5' 8" to 5' 9", stocky build, shoulder length
brown hair and clean-shaven face. Suspect was wearing a dark colored
baseball hat, dark colored long-sleeve T-shirt, and jeans. The suspect
displayed a silver handgun with a black handle and forced the clerk to
give him the cash from the register. Below is an artists rendering of the
suspect created from eyewitness accounts.
A downloadable and printable poster is available for this case.
Waite Park Police:
The Waite Park Police Department is investigating a burglary that happened
at Independent Testing Technologies on 31st Avenue S in Waite Park. The
burglary occurred in the evening hours of June 24th and the early morning
hours of June 25th.
Entry was gained by breaking out the front glass door. Taken from the
business was one computer monitor.
St. Cloud Police:
ON 6/16/03 officers responded to Oak Hill Elementary, at 2600 oak grove
road, for a vandalism report. Sometime over the weekend someone shot out
five windows and two glass doors on the back side of the building. It
appeared as though a bb gun or something similar was used to damage the
windows.
On 06/25/031 officers again responded to Oak Hill School for another
vandalism to a window complaint. Sometime overnight someone smashed out a
window in the back of the building using a shovel that had been left
outside by some landscape workers.
St. Cloud Police:
St Cloud Police are investigating shots fired into vehicles and a business
overnight. Police took reports of two vehicles that had windshields shot
out while parked in the Holiday Inn parking lot overnight. Also overnight
a window on Burger King (west) was shot out. Police recovered the jacket
and pieces of lead from that business
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