Eastside Defender

Shortly before 4:00 a.m. this morning, officers from the Second Precinct, along with fire and ambulance, were dispatched to a one down call in the 300 block of 8th St SE. When officers and EMS personnel arrived, they found a deceased adult male lying in the snow.

Facts:
During the week of January 26 - February 1, there were six burglaries of dwelling in the Windom Park and Holland neighborhoods.

These burglaries occurred on the:
· 2200 block of Madison St. NE – glass in door broken, garage service door kicked in.
· 2200 block of Madison St. NE – front door inside porch kicked in.
· 2000 block of Washington St. NE – rear door kicked in.

Northeast Citizen Patrol crime stats and news 1.22.10

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To all NE Residents:

A good friend of all Northeast, Tom Olsen (Tom the Barber on Lowry and Central) was diagnosed with throat cancer in October of 2009.

Upcoming Events:

Block Club Training – Learn to organize your neighbors to become the best defense against crime. The program will be Wednesday, January 27th at 6:00 p.m. at the 2nd Precinct, 1911 Central Avenue NE. To RSVP call Carol 612-673-2874 or Nick 612-673-2797.

The Northeast Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce has created a new event series titled “Northeast Town Talk” with the intent of providing local businesses a chance to speak with a variety of elected and public officials. The first event is WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27TH and is focused on public safety in the 2nd Precinct and Commander Bryan Schafer will be the presenter.

We’ve had ideas to improve this website since we began back in 2007.

For example, it would be useful to incorporate stuff—like arrest info—that used to go out as part of the NECP Weekly Update. The format for posting Criminal Impact Statements could be improved. And beyond making the Eastside Defender more useful as a hub of information, it could look better.

This morning I saw a pair of youths going door-to-door down my block. They were skipping houses and peering through windows at the doors they did approach. Last time this happened, I did not call 911.

We are notifying you of a recent arrest of an individual in or around your property or your neighborhood. We are asking that you tell us how you feel about this crime and/or offender and how this impacts your quality of life. We will give your input to the judge, who will review your input before sentencing.

I was awakened yesterday morning by a knock on my door. It was about 9:30 am. By the time I got my wits about me, the knockers had moved on to the house next door. I could see them quite well from my front window.

I checked my door, and there was no literature left there. They did not appear to be security system salespeople, and were not well-dressed like the various evangelists that troll our neighborhoods.

Dear Members of the Waite Park Neighborhood:

Information about the crime involved and the community impact form is available with this post in PDF format below. Includes mug shot.

From the StarTribune:

If the council approves the plans later this month, the department will lose 26 civilian positions, 21 crime prevention specialists, the mounted patrol and the police activity league. The chaplain corps, which works at tense crime scenes and notifies families when a loved one has died, is also on the chopping block. Even the employee assistance program will be a bare bones operation.

The cuts Dolan described Monday at a council committee hearing are on top of a $3 million deficit

From the StarTribune:

An undercover Minneapolis police officer engaged in outrageous conduct when he fondled a masseuse who was the target of a prostitution investigation, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in a decision that could open the door for criminal defendants in other sting investigations.

From KSTP-TV comes this strange tale:

Around 9:30 a.m. Thursday police were called to a home on 5th Street NE.

Sergio Devora and his stepfather live next door to the home and noticed something strange while eating breakfast.

Devora said they saw, "Two people in silver HAZMAT suits coming up to the back door and one of them had a clipboard."

November 17, 2009; Minneapolis: Criminal charges have been filed in the November 14, 2009 stabbing death of Brandon Keeler that occurred in the 10xx block of Lowry Ave NE. Brian Jeffrey Miller (DOB 9/28/1978) has been charged with, MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE (intentional) (felony).