Thursday, February 7, 2013
A woman wanted on a misdemeanor warrant had a protection order against the offender, who admitted he’d arranged to give her money.
A misdemeanor warrant on a woman led police to arrest a convicted predatory offender she had a protection order against. The woman came to the attention of Police Sgt. Michael Glassberg when he stopped by the 11th Avenue Holiday service station at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to make a purchase, Detective Stacy Lakotas wrote in a criminal complaint filed Thursday. As he entered the store, Glassberg noticed a woman in a car surrounded by several men and thought the men appeared to be looking around suspiciously. He entered the vehicle’s license plate into the state database and learned that the woman inside had an active misdemeanor warrant for her arrest. He walked up to the vehicle, announced that he was investigating a possible warrant and …
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300 11th Ave S, Hopkins, MN
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The task force says Minnesota needs something between confinement and outright release—a problem emphasized by the disappearance of two sexual predators from Hopkins this fall.
A Sex Offender Civil Commitment Advisory Task Force is recommending a greater variety of housing options for sex offenders like those who garnered so much attention in Hopkins in September and October, according to a report the Minnesota Department of Human Services published Monday. Click on the PDF to the right to read the full report. Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson appointed 15 task force members to examine the state’s civil commitment process—a system in which sex offenders are held in secure treatment facilities after they’ve completed their system. The system has drawn criticism because almost no one has been released, culminating in a federal judge’s order in August for Jesson to convene a task force that could recommend…
Friday, November 30, 2012
The most thoughtful, moving, controversial or just plain funny comments from around the west metro between Nov. 23 and Nov. 29.
Each week, Patch users contribute numerous insights, opinions and observations. The following is a collection of the most thoughtful, moving, controversial or just plain funny comments that appeared on Patch sites in Eden Prairie, Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Richfield, Shakopee, Plymouth, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Click on the headline to read the full story and join in the conversation. (The comments below are not meant to reflect the opinions of Patch or its staff.) *** Victims Identified in Minnetonka House Fire The names of the victims in the Friday night fire in Minnetonka were released Sunday. Brian Humphry, 78, and Sandra McLeod Humphrey, 76, were found dead in their home at 19 Westwood Road after the fire was …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Matthew James Rhoades wasn’t at his address when authorities checked.
For the second time in about a month, charges have been filed against a predatory offender who provided authorities with an incorrect address and then disappeared. Matthew James Rhoades, 26, listed Hopkins Park Plaza as his address April 2, 2011, Detective Raymond Laudenbach wrote in a criminal complaint filed Friday. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension sent a verification letter to the address Aug. 15, 2011, but the letter was returned as undeliverable. Officers went to the address July 18 to try and make contact with Rhoades. They found the apartment he listed vacant, and the apartment manager did not know who he was. Rhoades’ whereabouts are unknown. Rhoades was convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct July 6, 2007. He’s …
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24 5th Ave N, Hopkins, MN
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Patch looks into the oversight that 37-year-old Pedro Chavez Jumping Eagle had before he disappeared.
When news broke that a registered predatory offender had gone missing from Hopkins, many residents questioned how that could happen. The charging document filed against 37-year-old Pedro Chavez Jumping Eagle, who is still missing, states that he registered his Hopkins address in April 2011. But when Hopkins police went there July 18, he was nowhere to be found. What happened during that period? Jumping Eagle was a Level I predatory offender, said Doug Neville, a Department of Public Safety spokesman. That designation classified Jumping Eagle as a low risk for re-offense. Hopkins has many more of these lower-risk offenders than those like the Level III offender who drew so much attention last month when police announced he’d moved into the …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Pedro Chavez Jumping Eagle was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 1993. He was missing when police checked his home in July.
Police are looking for a registered sex offender who left his Hopkins home without updating law enforcement about his new address, according to a charging document filed Friday. Pedro Chavez Jumping Eagle, 37, was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 1993 and is required to register as a predatory offender through July 14, 2014, Detective Raymond Laudenbach wrote in the criminal complaint. He listed a Hopkins Plaza unit as his address in April 2011. Officers went to the apartment to do a status check July 18. However, nobody answered the door and management said no one by Jumping Eagle’s name had lived in the complex. The renter living in the unit Jumping Eagle listed said she had been contacted about him but did not know …
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151 8th Ave S, Hopkins, MN
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Did you catch all these stories?
Here’s a recap of the posts that generated the most interest on Hopkins Patch in August. Did you catch all of them? *** Level 3 Sex Offender Moving To Hopkins This Week Hopkins residents were swift to respond to news that a Level III sex offender was moving into the community, with many attending a community notice meeting officials hosted to object to what they saw as late notice. Patch investigated to find out why that notice came so late and what it means to have a Level III sex offender in the community. Hopkins May Become Home to New Hardee's Following an earlier announcement in which the Hardee’s fast food restaurant chain said it would build as many as 59 new locations around the Twin Cities over the next five years, an article by …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Notification laws and numerous, aborted attempts to move into the community mean police can’t alert the public until they confirm a predatory offender’s move.
Level III predatory offender Kenneth Edward Dean moved into Hopkins on Aug. 13. That’s the same day neighbors learned he was in the community, living right next to them. Although police found out Dean was considering Hopkins earlier in the month, a combination of logistics challenges and laws prevented officials from informing the public until Dean was actually in the community. Neighbors nearly always have some concern upon learning about the arrival of a Level III predatory offender, the highest risk level. But residents say the late notice makes a worrisome situation worse. “You’re going to get public-wide panic when you hear Level III sex offender. That’s not the ice cream truck coming to town,” said Andrea Widmark, who lives with her …
Sunday, August 19, 2012
This week's selection includes a power outage at Valleyfair, burglaries, Twins catcher and new plans for a garden center and a former library.
Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Sporting a Fake Nose, Man Robs SLP Bank The U.S. Bank branch at Byerly's in St. Louis Park was robbed Wednesday morning for the second time in four months. And the robber—who wore a fake nose and facial makeup—could be a man suspected of several other area bank robberies in recent months. Possible Cougar Sighting in St. Michael, Albertville Maralee Sjerven of St. Michael has lost close to 25 chickens and several turkeys to what she believes to be a cougar recently. 'Crazy John,' Child Sex …
Friday, August 17, 2012
The most thoughtful, moving, controversial or just plain funny comments from around the west metro between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16.
Each week, Patch users contribute numerous insights, opinions and observations. The following is a collection of the most thoughtful, moving, controversial or just plain funny comments that appeared on Patch sites in Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Richfield, Shakopee, Plymouth, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Click on the headline to read the full story and join in the conversation. (The comments below are not meant to reflect the opinions of Patch or its staff.) *** Dr. Hal Pickett's Thoughts on Intervention Before Mental Illness Leads to Violence A few weeks ago we watched again in horror at the aftermath of a mass shooting in Colorado. And we asked, as we always do, how we can stop this kind of thing from happening again. Dr…
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2:38 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Hopkins only has one level III sex offender? Wow! My neighborhood has four of them, and my neighborhood is one of the smallest in the Minneapolis area! At a neighborhood meeting last year informing us of our latest level III, I asked why we had become sex offender central. The police representative nicely lied to me and told me that these people are equally scattered throughout the metro. Yeah … more ›