Crime & Safety
Blotter: March 21 through March 27
A weekly selection of incidents drawn from Hopkins police files
Monday, March 21
11:45 a.m. — Several items were stolen from a pickup parked overnight on the 200 block of 16th Avenue North.
1:22 p.m. — Police received a report that someone broke into the Hopkins Park Plaza office.
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Tuesday, March 22
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8:57 a.m. — Police learned that someone stole a vehicle from the 700 block of Lake Street Northeast.
6:27 p.m. — called police after employees caught a suspected shoplifter.
11:00 p.m. — Police learned about the theft of an iTouch from the 100 block of Seventh Avenue South.
Thursday, March 24
10:12 a.m. — Someone stole a $250 box of tools from a van on the 400 block of 11th Avenue North sometime between March 19 and March 22.
Friday, March 25
9:55 p.m. — Police received a report that someone broke into a home on the 100 block of 19th Avenue North and stole $2,000 worth of property—three Dell computer towers, two 17-inch Dell monitors and two digital cameras. Twenty minutes later, police received a report of a burglary on the 100 block of 20th Avenue North.
Saturday, March 26
4:17 p.m. — Police learned that someone stole a wallet from a purse that was in a shopping cart at Goodwill.
Sunday, March 27
6:29 p.m. — Police received a report that someone stole a box of hard drives that were in a living room. The theft is thought to have happened March 24.
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