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 September 22, 2003
St. Cloud Police:
On 09/23/03 at 6:44 PM, officers were
dispatched to 811 W. St. Gem1ain for a report of a male who had been
assaulted. Upon arrival officers met with the victim, a 30 year old
homeless male. Investigation revealed that an unknown male approached the
victim and demanded his money. When the victim refused to give him the
money, he struck him over the head with a bottle. The suspect then fled on
foot without taking any money. He was last seen leaving the area on foot.
The victim was transported by Gold Cross and remains in the St. Cloud
Hospital.
The suspect is described as a B/M, early 40's with a medium build and a
mustache.
Stearns County Sheriff:
The Stearns County Sheriff received a damage
to property report on 9/12/03. A radio tower located near CR9 and CR 40 in
Farming Township sustained significant damage when unknown persons fired
several rifle shots into the tower, some hitting the power cables. The
damage was about 450' above the ground.
Sauk Rapids Police:
At approximately 9:42 PM, 9/19/03 Benton
County Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call from a female employee at R & F
Services, a convenience store/gasoline service station located at 400
South Benton Drive in Sauk Rapids, reporting that she had just been robbed
by a black male wearing a dark blue shirt and a dark blue hat. The suspect
held an object under his shirt and pushed it toward her like it was a gun
although a weapon was not actually seen. After obtaining an undetermined
amount of cash, the suspect left the store and ran in a northerly
direction.
Units from the St. Cloud and Sartell police departments and the Benton
County Sheriffs Department assisted in a search of the area. Sartell’s K-9
unit was deployed during the search as well.
A more detailed description of the suspect was obtained after viewing
video tapes at the scene and re-interviewing the store employee. The
suspect is described as a Black male, 5-8 to 5-11, 180-210 lbs, wearing
blue jeans, a dark blue sweatshirt a dark blue baseball-style cap with an
emblem of some sort on it and a white doo rag on his head.
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