Crime & Safety

Threat to Police, Clean Water Act Violation and Shooting Guilty Plea: West Metro Crime and Fire

This week's selections includes eight arrested for marijuana distribution, bus robbery suspect arrest, Social Security number thefts, truck theft and restaurant kitchen fire.

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael.

Police Say Drunk Man Threatened to Kill Eden Prairie Police Officer

A Shakopee man was charged with making terroristic threats against an Eden Prairie officer.

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Wayzata Company Agrees to Pay More than $400k for Violating Clean Water Act

DMH Partners North, LLC, agreed to pay a $75,000 civil penalty to the U.S. and to purchase wetland credits valued at approximately $340,000.

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Richfield Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting That Left Victim Paralyzed

The shooting occurred in June 2012 at the Franklin Library in Minneapolis.

Bret Andrue Rogers, 31, of Bloomington, faces charges of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree.

Shawn Andrew Withrow is named in a federal indictment unsealed last week.

Troy Eric Lee, 42, of Minneapolis was arrested in a basement bedroom closet in north Minneapolis after leading police on a chase starting on I-694 in Fridley.

Bus Stop Robbery Suspect Arrested

Police say man is connect to robberies in Kingfield and St. Louis Park.

Minnetonka Man Charged With Using Others' Social Security Numbers

Out of four attempts at opening bank accounts in other people's names, police say Malik Tywan Davis succeeded once and was given a loan in the amount of $12,937.

A roundup of crimes and incidents reported to the Minneapolis Police Department in the last week.

Police also responded to reports of theft from Menards.

Blood Leads Police to Truck Theft Suspect

Erich Jacob Beck, of Minneapolis, has been charged with receiving stolen property.

DWI Violation Lands St. Michael Man One Year Sentence

In other Wright County court decisions, a Buffalo man was sentenced to five years probation and 90 days served for theft in a swindle case.

Police believe Monica Elizabeth Brase stole new bestsellers from the Eden Prairie Library and then tried to sell them to a book store.

The Maple Grove Fire Department also responded to a heat incident from short-circuited wiring.

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