Crime & Safety

Blotter: Hacked Accounts and Goodwill Thefts

A weekly selection of incidents drawn from Hopkins police files.

Monday, Oct. 10

  • 12:22 a.m. — Police were called to the after a man refused to leave when staff refused to serve him because he was too drunk.
  • 7:15 a.m. — A resident told police that someone stole two bikes from a Trailwood South garage.

Tuesday, Oct. 11

  • 11:00 a.m. — A woman told police that an unknown man hacked her daughter’s Facebook, yearbook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts. The man was demanding pictures of her in order not to post on her accounts. Police advised the woman on how to proceed.

Thursday, Oct. 13

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  • 11:10 a.m. — Someone broke into a vehicle at Cargill through the vehicle’s rear window. Nothing was taken. Security checked the area and didn’t find any other vehicles that had been broken into.
  • 5:30 p.m. — Police learned that someone stole a $995 bike that had been locked up at the .

Friday, Oct. 14

  • 12:21 a.m. — Police ticketed a man for possession of hypodermic needles after they stopped him for carrying a computer.

Saturday, Oct. 15

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  • 3:08 a.m. — A resident told police that a roommate was throwing pool balls, hitting roommates and his wife at a 17th Avenue North residence.
  • 2:10 p.m. — Police received a report of an unspecified $568 theft at .
  • 4:46 p.m. — A woman told police that someone stole $140 from her purse while it was in a shopping cart at .

Sunday, Oct. 16

  • 8:19 a.m. — Someone smashed the window on a 2003 Chevrolet Malibu and stole a $600 GPS.
  • 11:16 a.m. — A resident told police someone stole a wallet and credit cards at Goodwill.
  • 6:51 p.m. — A woman told police someone stole her credit cards. She thinks it happened at Goodwill.


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