Oakdale Police Blotter: Residents Have a Lot to Yell About

Several Oakdale residents spent part of their weekend yelling outside windows, according to Oakdale police reports.

In one incident, on Friday, a babysitter called police to report that a woman was hollering outside the window of a home in the 6200 block of Upper 51st Street, asking to be let in. The babysitter said she had called the resident, who advised her not to let the yelling woman inside.

Eventually the woman began knocking on windows, still asking to be let inside. Suddenly the window broke, and the woman was spotted fleeing the scene, jumping into a car and driving away.

An hour and a half later, the same woman was back outside the “previously broken” window, according to the police report, but this time she cut her toe and an officer had to patch her up. The woman, “obviously intoxicated,” was taken to detox.

On the same evening, someone called police to report an intoxicated man yelling outside a building in the 6200 block of 12th Street, asking someone to let him in.

Someone inside let the man in, and when police checked, the good Samaritan told them that he had let his friend come in. Both men were advised of the complaint, and were told to stop yelling outside buildings.

The following incidents were also reported to Oakdale police June 10-12:

June 10:

• Police received a report of an intoxicated woman sitting outside the Best Western Regency Plaza hotel in the rain; she told police that she was waiting for her husband. An officer waited with her until he arrived.
• A woman whose car was parked outside Dreamcoat Coffee complained that a female driving a Volvo hit her car and drove away. The suspect had been inside the coffee shop and had written a check; police recovered her name from the check.
• Police responded to a report of a large snapping turtle near a playground in the 6000 block of 40th Street North. Officers found the animal and “assisted [the] turtle in returning to the water.”
• A woman in the 1300 block of Gentry Avenue complained that she was having problems with her building’s on-site property manager. The woman said the manager complains about loud music and guests parking where they’re not supposed to park; she said he also peeks in residents’ windows. Police advised her to call when he’s peeking in a window, and also to call the property management company.
• A victim flagged down a squad car near Walton Park and told officers that his wallet had been sitting on a ramp while he was at the skate park, but was missing. He said he had seen two juvenile males leaving the skate park and suspected that they had taken it.
• Officers stopped a car in the 1400 block of Holm Avenue North with a burned-out driver’s side taillight and noticed the odor of marijuana coming from the car. The driver turned over a glass marijuana pipe, and officers also found a bag containing 9.6 grams of marijuana under the seat. The driver was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and the passenger for drug possession.
• A man was arrested and charged with misdemeanor theft after employees at Mills Fleet Farm reported that he had shoplifted $38 worth of fishing lures.
• A caller alerted police that a movie crew would be filming inside two buildings at Crossroads of Oakdale on June 12 and that they would be shooting blanks from guns that might sound real. The caller said the buildings’ doors and windows would be open, but all activity would remain inside.
• A small fire was reported in the driveway of a vacant home in the 6300 block of 6th Street North. A caller told police that three juvenile females had ignited a stuffed animal, then ran away from the fire. The fire was out when police arrived, and there was no damage.

June 11:

• A driver in the 7000 block of 49th Street North reported being run off the road by another car. Police tracked down the driver, an older woman who told officers that she had missed the turn to visit her sister.
• Mills Fleet Farm employees reported that they had a shoplifter in custody after watching him conceal $35 worth of merchandise and then leave the store. He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor theft.
• Police responded to a two-vehicle accident in the 1500 block of Hadley Avenue North. A male driver said he was southbound on Hadley when he stopped for a red light – and was rear-ended by a car driven by his daughter. The daughter’s car was severely damaged and had to be towed from the scene.
• A victim in the 4800 block of Greenwich Trail reported that someone broke into a garage and stole a 5-speed Schwinn bicycle worth $300.
• Police found more than 25 people drinking alcoholic beverages in the parking lot of Duke’s Pizza, Pub & Grill, which was hosting an outdoor boxing match. They told the manager that the outside drinking was in violation of the pub’s liquor license and that a report would be forwarded to the city attorney.
• A victim told police that someone stole his $135 cell phone, along with his car, house and dorm-room keys, from a locker at LA Fitness. His car was still in the parking lot when he left the gym.
• A road-rage incident was reported in the 7500 block of 10th Street North in which a man cut off another driver and almost ran three drivers off the road. Another driver told police that the suspect drove up beside him and began yelling at him.
• Employees at Buffalo Wild Wings reported a dine-and-dash incident. Two men and two women were apparently upset because they were asked to leave the bar; after eating, they left without paying their tab of $42.29. Two others with the group paid their portion of the bill and provided police with the name of one of the suspects.
• An employee of Grandma’s Bakery set off the alarm at Cornerstone Church when he was delivering doughnuts. He told police he forgot the alarm code.
• A caller reported two teenagers, a girl and a boy, in Oakdale Park smoking an “unknown substance.” The caller said the two were near a walking path, smoking something inside a wicker basket, and the girl was wearing a gas mask. The two were gone when police arrived.

June 12:

• Police responded to a report of a juvenile male tampering with vehicles in the parking lot at Bergen Plaza. The 15-year-old boy, who had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, was identified as a runaway from St. Paul and released to his father.
• A victim told police that he had invited some friends to his sister’s house in the 1300 block of Gentry Avenue while she was away, and someone stole his MacBook, valued at $1,200.
• Someone reported two juvenile females pulling on the men’s restroom door in Walton Park and damaging it. Police found the girls sitting on a picnic table, and they were positively identified by a witness. Damage to the door was estimated at $1,500. The girls’ parents were notified and both were charged with damage to property.
• Police conducting a followup investigation of a theft at Target identified a 13-year-old girl as a suspect in a Target theft on May 27. The girl and her mother turned over $195 worth of stolen merchandise and admitted to the theft.
• A caller in the 1200 block of Glenbrook Avenue North told police that she had left a pan on the stove and started a small fire. Police evacuated the building and said heavy smoke filled the apartment before the fire was extinguished.
• Someone broke into a home in the 4000 block of Goodwin Avenue and stole $1,001 worth of jewelry and coins sometime between June 11 and June 12 while the residents were out of town. There were no signs of forced entry.
• Police stopped a car traveling at 93 mph in a 60 mph zone in the 1800 block of northbound Interstate 694 and detected the odor of marijuana inside the car. The driver told police he had smoked marijuana earlier in the day and surrendered two marijuana pipes, a marijuana grinder, a digital scale and about 6 grams of marijuana. The man was cited for speeding, drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.