Blotter, Part II: Over 60 Blackberries Burgled from Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Higher ups at Blue Cross & Blue Shield recently discovered that 64 Blackberries were stolen from an unsecured room on the second floor of the Eagan office. The total value of the missing mobile devices is over $34,000. It is unknown precisely when the theft occurred, but company officials reported that it must have happened some time between Aug. 9 and Sept. 13.

Sept. 23

• 9:20 a.m.—Dead cat found in a yard on the 1300 block of Easter Lane. The cat was a large orange tabby, male. 
• 11:10 a.m.—Four illegal chickens spotted in a backyard on Turquoise Trail. The owner did not have a permit for the birds, nor a shelter for them.
• 2:09 p.m.—Burglary reported at an address on the 3500 block of Birchpond Road. Glass back door busted. Jewelry, iPads, laptops, money missing. The entire house was ransacked. 
• 4:05 p.m.—Mailbox tampered with on the 3300 block of River Bluff Drive. 
• 5:08 p.m.—Accident at Denmark and Yankee Doodle. Motorcycle flipped and the driver was down, not moving, at the time of the call. The driver had a helmet on and appeared to regain his strength. Outcome of call not known. 
• 7:09 p.m.—Resident reporting stolen mail at an address on the 4000 block of Sunrise Road. Mail had been going missing for about six weeks, including 10 checks. The victim "thinks it is neighbors messing with him." The checks are disappearing but no one has cashed them. 

• 1:23 p.m. Woman seen falling from the top of a moving pickup truck near Beacon Hill Court. Woman said to be "wasted."

• 3:13 p.m.—Male found asleep by a loading dock on the 900 block of Gentian Road. "Tried to wake him and he swore and layed (sic) back down."
• 3:13 p.m.—Man reporting that he has found a trailer of his that was stolen from an address in Northeast Minneapolis eight years ago. The trailer was sitting at a job site near Clemson Court and Thomas Lake Road. It had no license plate on it, and apparently had been bought by someone else during the interim. The current owner was not aware that it had perhaps been stolen and had the bill of sale handy. Minneapolis dispatch could not find any information confirming or denying the caller's story.
• 4:41 p.m.—Woman called to report that her pregnant 21-year-old daughter had run off after a domestic dispute. The woman told dispatch that her daughter had abused a baby earlier that day and was seen slapping, pinching, shaking, punching and biting the infant. The daughter fled after her mother intervened.
• 5:07 p.m.—Woman seen laying in her vehicle in a cul-de-sac near Kirkwood and Maple Leaf Circle, apparently drunk. The keys were found on the ground, and the door to the Chevy Equinox was open. As the call progressed, the woman got up and out of the car. She seemed very disoriented, then tried to drive, though the caller dissuaded her from doing so. Arrested for DWI.

• 10:25 a.m.—Suspicious activity reported on the 900 block of Gentian Road. About an hour before the call, an employee asked her supervisor if she could leave briefly to speak with her ex in the parking lot. The woman said she was worried that he might become violent. The employee never came back to work.
• 10:30 a.m.—12-year-old girl being bullied via the internet. Someone started a webpage in the girl's name and now was using it to torment her. 
• 2:08 p.m.—"DTF found another house grow, I would guess at 700 plants. Tapped into the main electric line, stealing electricity. Dakota Electric is en route."
• 2:33 p.m.—Man reported that a ring had been stolen from a locker at Lifetime Fitness on Thomas Center Drive, and confessed that he was the one who had taken it. The suspect wanted to keep the ring, however. After a bit of back and forth it was discovered that the object in question was not a ring at all, but an empty keychain. "Male may have mental health issues," the report concludes.
• 3:53 p.m.—Shirtless man in a tan SUV asked children standing at a bus stop near Elrene and Great Oaks Trail if they wanted candy.
• 4:41 p.m.—Fire reported on 3000 block of Windtree Drive. The blaze was started by a juvenile who was home sick from school. The kid said that he started a golf tee on fire in the garage and the gas fumes from the can must have ignited. The fire was put out with a garden hose.
• 10:41 p.m.—Fight at the gas pumps at Superamerica on Cliff Road. The combatants were two black males. The conflict seems to have been limited to shoving. Both taken into custody, along with a female who tried to break it up. The three could face a variety of charges—DWI, possession of drug paraphernalia, etc.