Police: Man forced his way into Cannon Falls home

03/04/2010

http://kstp.com/news/stories/s1450318.shtml?cat=1

Police in Cannon Falls are searching for a man who forced his way into a home, bound a person with electrical tape and assaulted the person.

According to police, the man approached the front door and knocked. When the resident opened the door the man pulled out a knife.

He attacked around 11 p.m. Wednesday.

The man used electrical tape to secure the victim's hands and feet, assaulted the victim and took a small amount of jewelry.

Before leaving, the man did refer to the cost of methamphetamine.

The man was wearing a black hooded zip-up sweatshirt, blue jeans, and dark colored gloves, and what appeared to be a nylon stocking over his face.

Anyone with information on the invasion is asked to call the Cannon Falls Police Department at 507-263-2278.

Teen Girl Fights Off Home Invader in Fridley

01/18/2010

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1370666.shtml?cat=1

A teenage girl fought off a masked man who broke into her home in Fridley Monday, according to her family.

Angie Thompson told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS her 16-year-old daughter was alone at their home in the Fridley Terrace Manufactured Housing Community which is located near the intersection of Highway 65 and County Highway 8.

Thompson said her daughter was cooking lunch in the kitchen when a man barged in and attacked her.

Thompson said her daughter punched the man in his face, tried to pull off the mask and started screaming.

She said the man took off without taking anything from the home.

3 dead in domestic dispute southwest of Mankato

01/17/2010

http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_14212408?source=rss&nclick_check=1

LEWISVILLE, Minn. — A 28-year-old man who had a restraining order against him shot and killed the woman who took out the order, killed her stepfather, then took his own life Sunday at a home near Lewisville, southwest of Mankato, authorities said.

The Watonwan County Sheriff's Office said authorities were called to the house in Antrim Township at 7:45 a.m. When they were arrived, they were told some shots were heard in the basement.

They found one body at the bottom of the basement steps. The bodies of a 25-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man were found in the basement.

Three other people in the home, an adult woman and two children ages 2 and 15, were uninjured.

The suspect was not supposed to be at the home, authorities said.

Deputies said the suspect had been charged in December with domestic abuse against the female victim. He was released on bail Dec. 21, but was re-arrested Jan. 5 for violating the no contact order.

He posted bail and was released from jail on Thursday.

This is certainly not random. The tragedy is that it was predictable and preventable. This is a failure of paper armor. When your violent abuser with a history of ignoring a no contact order gets released from jail, don't be home. If you must be home, be prepared to protect yourself.

4th Precinct Weekly Highlights

1/5/2010

From the 4th Precinct Weekly Highlights, a source I've been neglecting.

Assaults:

ASLT2

26XX Sheridan Av N Tuesday 12-29-09 14:35 hrs 09-390872

Officers dispatched and S1/known BM – 49 yrs. was GOA. S1 had entered V1/WM – 61 yrs. residence w/out permission and began to assault him by throwing him out of his wheel chair and then hitting him with it causing a severe leg laceration. V1 believed he was trying to get his wallet and that he has a history of assaulting V1. W1 called “911.”


ROBBERY:

ROBPAG

51XX Washburn Av N Wednesday 12-30-09 11:53 hrs 09-391586

V1/BM – 50 yrs. stated he was taking out his trash when attacked by 3 unk BMs (17 – 29 yrs.) wearing black and faces covered. They duct taped V1, pistol-whipped him and then entered the single family home. V2/BM – 18 yrs. and V3/BM – 43 yrs. were ordered to the ground and searched by 2 suspects and the 3rd checked the bedrooms. Victims were robbed of $835 total along w/IDs and papers, etc. Suspects fled in a 90’s-2000 unk beige or lt. green minivan when other family members arrived.

FORCE

28XX Aldrich Av N 11:57 hrs 10-2837

2 BMs (1 armed) forced their way into residence while homeowner’s grandmother and 3 underage children were home alone. No injuries. Suspects described as 2 BM, 18-21 yrs old, 5-8 to 5-10, medium builds, both wearing black winter hats, black hooded sweatshirts, black jeans. 1 BM was armed with a silver handgun and wore a black mask.

Mpls Home Invaded in Broad Daylight

Wednesday, 30 Dec 2009

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Mpl-Home-Invaded-Broad-Daylight-dec-30-2009

MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis Police are investigating a home invasion that occurred at noon Wednesday in the Shingle Creek neighborhood.

The home is located at the 5100 block of Washburn Avenue.

Three men in ski masks attacked Fred Baker in the alley, and then ransacked his home.

"I was taking out the trash and three guys came up to me and tied me up with duct tape,” said Baker. “And they left me in the garage."

Baker was hit on the head, but not seriously injured. One of the suspects had a mouth filled with gold teeth.

Home invasion in SE Rochester, intruder holds homeowners at gunpoint

Dec 24, 2009

http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=11728229

Lt. Muyres says the gunman then handed the weapon to his partner while he took off a screen and crawled inside a window of the home. A couple living at the home were both asleep inside, and the noise of the intruder awakened the woman, who confronted him in her son's bedroom. She ran to wake up her husband, who then found the gunman making off with the PS3 gaming system. The intruder crawled back out the window and the men fled.

Two St. Paul Invasions

December 21, 2009

http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_14042153

Man breaks into two homes in St. Paul's North End, attacks occupants
By Mara H. Gottfried
mgottfried@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 12/21/2009 12:54:54 PM CST
St. Paul police are searching for a man who broke into two homes this morning, assaulted a homeowner in one case and tied up an elderly resident and her 4-year-old granddaughter in the other.

Both incidents occurred in the 1000 block of Barrett Street North in the North End neighborhood of St. Paul

The first break-in occurred around 8:20 a.m. today.

The homeowner's wife was outside the home shoveling snow. Police believe the man went into the house through the unlocked back door, said St. Paul police spokesman Paul Schnell.

Inside, the homeowner and assailant fought. The man hit the homeowner in the head with something and the victim sustained a laceration, Schnell said.

Police do not know if the burglar took anything before he fled. A neighbor called police and the homeowner was taken to Regions Hospital to receive stitches and treatment for the head injury.

Police responded, checked the area and didn't find the attacker.

A short time later, around 8:30 a.m., a woman in her 80s heard a knock on the side door of her house. She went to check and saw a man walking away. She shouted to the man to see what he needed. As the woman started shutting the door, the man forced his way in.

Inside, he shoved her around. He then tied the woman and her 4-year-old granddaughter together. They estimate he was there for about an hour before he left with the woman's purse, cell phone and blue four-door Chevrolet Lumina, with license plate VMA131.

After he left, they hopped together to the kitchen, got their legs untied and called for help.

The child was not injured. The woman reported chest pains and paramedics checked her at the scene. She did not need to be hospitalized.

Police are asking anyone who sees the Chevy to call 911 and not approach the vehicle. The suspect is described as a black man in his mid-30s to early 40s, about 200 pounds, 6-feet tall. He had a nearly bald head, facial stubble and was wearing a black jacket, black shirt, black jeans and black shoes.

Police are searching for the attacker and processing the crime scenes.

Police are looking into whether these cases are connected to an earlier case in which an elderly St. Paul woman was robbed and tied up for hours at her Highland Park home before being rescued.

Supposedly one man and two separate invasions.