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 August 16, 2004.
St. Cloud Police: Armed Robbery with shot fired
On August 18, 2004, at 3:14 AM, officers of the St. Cloud Police
Department were dispatched to the area of 16th Ave and 2nd St N in
reference to a robbery that had just occurred. Investigation revealed that
a 22 year old male and a 22 year old female victim were approached by 2
male suspects who demanded the victim’s purse, wallet and cell phone. One
of the suspects displayed a handgun and fired one round into the roadway.
The suspects fled the area north with some personal items belonging to the
victims. The victims phoned police from their residence.
The suspects were described as: (1-male with handgun) a black male in his
mid to late 20's approximately 5'6", I75 1bs, wearing a lighter colored
shirt, shorts just beyond his knees and a baseball cap. (2) a black male
in his mid to late 20's approximately 6', 170 1bs, wearing darker clothing
and a baseball cap.
Officers of the St. Cloud Police Department, Stearns County Sheriffs
Office, Waite Park Police K-9 and the Minnesota State Patrol conducted a
search of the area, and were unable to locate the suspects.
St. Cloud Police:
Vehicle Pursuit possibly related to above Armed Robbery
On August 18, 2004, at 3:21 AM, police attempted to stop a vehicle in the
400 block of 22nd Avenue North with an occupant similar to the description
of a robbery suspect minutes earlier. The vehicle initially stopped, with
one black male occupant, for a few seconds when the driver accelerated
south on 22nd Avenue and the officer pursued the vehicle. After a 2 1/2
block pursuit, the vehicle was abandoned and the male occupant fled on
foot to the east of the 300 block of23rd Avenue N. Officers were already
in a perimeter east of the area and a second perimeter was established in
the area where the suspect fled. The Waite Park PD K.9 and State Patrol
officers assisted in the search of the area, and were unable to locate the
driver.
St. Cloud Police: Hit-and-Run with Personal Injury
(From week of August 9, 2004)
Do you know anyone who:
1- Owns a late model, full size, black Chevrolet pick-up truck with this decal in the back window or
2- Someone who may have recently removed such a decal or
3- Someone who
normally drove a black Chevrolet pick-up and recently stopped driving it?
On 08/11/04 at approximately 8:40 PM, an
adult female was jogging northbound on County Road 136 on the east side of
the road. She was in the 2300 block of County Road 136 when she was struck
from behind by a pickup truck.
The truck is described as a full size Chevrolet pickup, newer model
possible late '90's, black in color, with a full-sized Chevy symbol/emblem
outlined in white in the back window. Witness saw the vehicle from the
back and was unable to tell if it was a regular cab or extended cab. After
striking the jogger the truck continued Northbound on County Road 136
toward, 22nd Street South. The witness lost sight of the truck and does
not know if it went north, east, or west. The number of occupants in the
vehicle is unknown.
The victim remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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