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 20, 2004.
Sauk Rapids Police:
Kidnapping/Assault
On September 13, 2004 at approximately 1 A.M a driver of a pickup was
stopped at the intersection of S. Benton Dr. and 1st St. S in the City of
Sauk Rapids. Unknown persons approached the driver and a bag was placed
over his head. The driver was taken to a remote location and physically
assaulted. The driver was left in a cornfield on MN HWY 95 just east of MN
Hwy 23. The driver said he walked to MN HWY 95 at approximately 6 A.M and
several cars drove by and did not stop.
The hood, tailgate and stereo were stolen from the pickup.
St. Cloud Police: Burglary/Exposer
At 4:00
AM, on 09-18-04, officers were called to the 500 block of 12th Street
South for a burglary/exposer complaint. A female tenant at that location
stated that she woke up and found an unidentified male next to her bed and
the male was exposing his genitals. The male did leave upon request. The
male bad gained entry through an unlocked door.
The suspect is a white male, approximately 21 years of age, approximately
6 feet Tall, thin build, short blonde hair and was last seen wearing a
light colored polo shirt and jeans.
St. Cloud Police & Sauk Rapids:
Vandalism-BB Gun
Starting at approximately 10:30 PM, on 09/20/04 and continuing into the
early morning hours of Tuesday, 9/21/04, in excess of 77 vehicles and two
businesses were damaged by vandals using a BB gun.
At approximately 10:30 PM, St. Cloud officers were dispatched to the 1300
block of 8th Avenue North, for a report of possible gunshots. As officers
arrived in the area, they located numerous vehicle windows shot out in the
area.
As they were on scene reports of other windows being shot out in various
areas of the city were being called in to dispatch.
Officers investigating these cases determined that a BB type gun was most
likely used in these incidents. At the time of this report approximately
47 vehicles had been reported vandalized. Numerous other damaged vehicles
were located by officers, but due to the time of night, the owners were
not located. Business cards were left for those victims to call the Front
Desk of the Police Department at 650-3800 to report the crime.
Two businesses also had their windows shot out. .
A male on a motorcycle also reported being hit by what he thought was a BB
as he was driving on 9th Avenue, under the Highway 23 overpass, at
approximately 12:30 AM.
Sauk Rapids Police received reports of at least 34 vehicles being damaged.
Stearns County
Sheriff: Fuel Trailer Theft
On 9/13/2004, the SCSO received a report of a stolen fuel trailer. The
trailer was stolen from a construction zone on CR 7 in St. Augusta. The
trailer was a single axle, white in color, with a yellow pump on the back.
Tank size is 750 gallons. At the time of the theft the tank held about 500
gallons of diesel fuel. Time of the theft would have been over the weekend
of Sept 11.
Stearns County Sheriff: Garage
Burglary
On 9/4/2004, the SCSO received a burglary report, the burglary would have
happened the night of Sep 3rd. Unknown persons entered a garage on
Franklin Road in Lynden Twp. Items stolen were 9 cases of Bud Light beer,
a Hilte nail gun, a Paslode nail gun, a two wheel cart, a Makita two inch
nail gun, a rotary hammer, and boxes of nails for the nail guns.
The Paslode nailer and the rotary hammer had the initials W.D. on them in
black magic marker
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