Crime & Safety

Blotter: Butcher Knives and Nail Guns

A weekly selection of incidents drawn from Hopkins police files.

Monday, Jan. 23

  • 6:49 a.m. — Someone tried to steal a cup of coffee at the Blake Road Holiday station. He left before police arrived, and officers were unable to find him.
  • 3:54 p.m. — Police learned that someone stole a door from a Bobcat parked at Hopkins Cold Storage.

Tuesday, Jan. 24

  • 3:31 p.m. — Police received a report that a woman was cutting into a door with a butcher knife on the 900 block of Ninth Avenue South. The woman was trying to get into her own home.
  • 4:09 p.m. — Pawn America reported that someone in the store appeared to be using someone else’s ID. The man left and went to . Officers detained him 10 minutes later.
  • 7:32 p.m. — told police that a man in his 20s stole two Grey Goose vodka bottles.
  • 11:48 p.m. — Police contacted a drunk woman near First Street North and Seventh Avenue North. The woman was released to a sober party.

Wednesday, Jan. 25

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  • 8:13 a.m. — Police learned that someone stole $500 worth of wheels and other items from a vehicle parked at .

Friday, Jan. 27

  • 4:26 p.m. —A Woodhill Court resident told police that someone stole a nail gun and staple gun worth $600 sometime within the past year.
  • 6:21 p.m. —A business on the 8500 block of Excelsior Boulevard reported that someone shoplifted $36.50 worth of items.

Saturday, Jan. 28

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  • 11:47 a.m. —A vehicle left overnight near the was reported missing.

Sunday, Jan. 29

  • 5:12 p.m. —A resident told police a neighbor hit a door with a hammer. Officers issued a nuisance property notice.


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