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 9, 2003
St. Cloud Police:
During the past week officers from the St. Cloud Police Department have
responded to numerous businesses throughout the city for reports of
counterfeit bills being passed. There have been approximately 10
counterfeit bills reported to the police department in the last week. Some
businesses have reported more than one bill being passed. No one has been
arrested at this time. The bills are in denominations of $IO, $20 and
$100. Some have the same serial number, however not all of them do. The
bills are being sent to the Secret Service.
At this time the Saint Cloud Police Department is asking businesses to be
aware of this and to be watchful for counterfeit bills at their place of
business. If they do have a counterfeit bill they are asked to call the
St. Cloud Police Department and make a report.
Waite Park Police:
The Waite Park Police Department is investigating a burglary at Crafts
Direct on Sundial Drive. The burglary happened between 9pm on Apnl15 and
8:30 am on April16th. There was forced entry and a large amount of money
was taken from a safe. The suspect(s) spent a lot of time inside the
building looking around and damaging store items. The bank bag was found
empty in Little Falls.
The Waite Park Police Department is investigating a 1st degree assault
that happened at Cashwise on Dec 23, 2002. An unknown suspect male entered
Cashwise on two occasions on this day and shoplifted some items.
When he
was approached by loss prevention he pretended to be having an asthma
attack and asked to go to his vehicle. Loss prevention then escorted the
suspect to his vehicle. When they approached the
suspect's vehicle there was another individual in the driver's seat. The
suspect got into the passenger's seat and they began to drive away. The
vehicle then swerved at the loss prevention officer and his arm became
tangled in the seatbelt inside the car. The vehicle continued on and
dragged the loss prevention officer about 150 feet. The loss prevention
officer suffered disabling injuries to his neck and spine. Suspect
description: 20 to 30 years old, dark complexion, possibly Asian, blue
coat, blue jeans, and dark hair. The driver was described as a Caucasian,
orange coat, blonde hair. Vehicle description: MN license EAD823
registering to a 1997 Saturn. This vehicle later turned out to be stolen
from the City of St. Cloud
The Waite Park Police Department is investigating a 5th degree assault
that happened at Cashwise on March 21, 2003. An unknown suspect male
entered Cashwise and was walking around the store with a shopping cart
filled with bags. The suspect was placing items in the bags as he walked
around the store. He then attempted to leave the store without paying for
the items near the deli. When he was approached by loss prevention he was
asked to present a receipt. The suspect began looking for a receipt, but
did not
produce one. He then turned towards the loss prevention officer and head
butted him. The suspect then left the store and ran towards Cashwise
Liqour. The suspect then got into the passenger's side of a gray Geo Prism
that was parked at Little Dukes and the vehicle drove away.
Suspect description: male, 40's or early 50's, has a mustache, balding
head, weight around 220 to 230, approximately 5'9" tall, wearing a grey
sweatshirt that said "Delta" on the front
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