10/28/2020 Crime Alert
Minneapolis Police Department – Fifth Precinct Crime Alert & Update
The increase in street robberies including carjacking incidents has been persistent and very troubling this year. While not every recent incident appears connected to a pattern, there have been multiple incidents involving teen/young adult suspects acting in a group to approach the intended victim on the street, sidewalk, parking area or garage and then using physical force or the threat of force to demand the victim’s bag, phone and car keys. In some incidents the victim’s car is driven from the scene by the suspects. We know the suspects are using stolen cars to travel quickly around the city and they are often wearing masks. The incidents happen very quickly and with masks worn, it can be challenging for witnesses and victims to describe and identify those involved.
While patrolling between 911 calls, officers are working to locate and recover the stolen vehicles that are being used to move around the city, to identify potential suspects and to secure evidence, especially critical video evidence. Crime lab personnel are processing key recovered vehicles for evidence. All of this will help us put together strong cases for the Hennepin County Attorney's office to review so that the offenders may be held accountable and receive appropriate services to reduce the likelihood that they will re-offend. Investigators have identified many of the suspects involved. Some have been arrested in prior cases this year, and officers and investigators are familiar with the individuals’ descriptions. One recent arrest took place on the afternoon of October 24th. A group of young people reportedly used a vehicle taken in a carjacking the previous day, in the 5000-block of Chowen Avenue South, while carjacking a 67-year-old woman near Cedar Lake Road and Cedar Lake Parkway. Fourth Precinct officers located the freshly stolen car and took four juvenile suspects into custody; the juveniles ranged in ages 13 to 16-years-old. That case is now moving forward in the juvenile justice system.
Attached is a crime map and brief summary of the carjacking and robberies of person reported to MPD within the Fifth Precinct area between October 12th and October 25th, 2020. Anyone with additional information or evidence for any of these incidents, is asked to please reach out to MPD by contacting their Crime Prevention Specialist.
We thank everyone in the community who reported when these incidents occurred, as well as those who shared information and evidence. That is crucial in making progress in these investigations and making our neighbors safer and more peaceful. With crime and safety on the minds of many, we are encouraging community members to review common crime prevention tactics such as those in the attachment. While this is by no means an exhaustive list, these are some ways we can reduce opportunities for crime and protect ourselves, our homes and our belongings.
CARJACKING AND ROBBERY OF PERSON INCIDENTS IN THE 5TH PRECINCT AREA
(OCTOBER 12th - 25th, 2020)
CARJACKING INCIDENT DESCRIPTIONS :
10/14/20 1:12am GO# 2020-264190 | 31XX Aldrich Ave S - alley • Gunpoint | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 3 males | Incident: victim was retrieving water from vehicle when suspects approached, threatened, and demanded items & phone passcode, then items stolen| Loss: vehicle with key, wallet and contents, and iPhone | Medical not requested
10/17/20 6:56pm GO# 2020-267102 | 40XX Grand Ave S - street • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 1 male & 2 females | Incident: victim was unloading purchases when approached and assaulted by suspects and items stolen | Loss: vehicle with key and dog (released and found its way home), iPhone, purse and contents, and residential keys | Medical not requested
10/17/20 7:30pm GO# 2020-267122 | 31XX Girard Ave S - alley • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 1 adult male & 2 adult females | Incident: victim was unloading bags when approached and assaulted by suspects and items stolen | Loss: vehicle with key, purse and contents, residential keys | Medical not requested
10/18/20 12:18pm GO# 2020-267652 | 12XX Franklin Ave W – street • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 2 adult males | Incident: victim was unloading items when approached from behind and assaulted by suspects and items stolen | Loss: vehicle with keys and iPhone | Medical not requested
10/19/20 7:54pm GO# 2020-268667 | 34th Street W/Dupont Ave S - street • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 2 adult males | Incident: victim and sister were walking away from vehicle when approached from behind by suspects who’d been loitering nearby and asked “where north was” and to use the victim’s phone, then items stolen off victim’s person | Loss: vehicle with keys, phone, purse and contents | Medical not requested
10/23/20 3:07pm GO# 2020-271489 | 50XX Chowen Ave S – street • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 4 teenage males | Incident: victim was exiting vehicle with purse when suspects ran up, assaulted her, demanded items and phone passcode, and items stolen | Loss: vehicle with keys, iPhone, purse and contents | EMS provided aid on scene
ROBBERY INCIDENT DESCRIPTIONS:
10/12/20 3:15pm GO# 2020-262932 | 31XX Pillsbury Ave – apartment vestibule • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 2 males | Incident: victim was entering her building when approached from behind by suspects, assaulted, and attempted purse theft | Loss: none | EMS transported victim
10/16/20 1:00am GO# 2020-269007 | 29XX Girard Ave S – inside bar/restaurant • Strongarm | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 3 adult males | Incident: victim “suckerpunched” while entering cellphone code and items stolen | Loss: iPhone and wallet with contents, along with unauthorized use of cash app | Medical not requested
10/16/20 8:24pm GO# 2020-266400 | 19XX 3rd Ave S – inside market • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 1 adult male & 1 adult female | Incident: victim was meeting suspect #1 to retrieve her key & phone, suspect #1 arrived with suspect #2 (relative of #1), both assaulted victim and stole items | Loss: vehicle keys and cellphone | EMS transported
10/16/20 8:30pm GO# 2020-266403 | 35XX Humboldt Ave S – alley driveway • Sprayed with mace | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 2 teenage males | Incident: victim was exiting vehicle when approached from behind and assaulted with mace, then stole item off victim’s person | Loss: vehicle keys on lanyard, later vehicle | Medical not requested
10/16/20 9:18pm GO# 2020-266442 | Lake Street W/Irving Ave S – sidewalk • Knifepoint | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 2 adult males & 1 adult female| Incident: victim was walking when approached from behind and threatened at knifepoint by suspects, assaulted, and items stolen | Loss: Galaxy cellphone and smartwatch, and wallet with contents | EMS transported
10/17/20 8:15pm GO# 2020-267151 | 26th Street W/Pillsbury Ave S – intersection • Bat or club | Victim: male | Suspects: 2 males | Incident: victim was walking when approached by suspects on bicycles, assaulted, and items stolen | Loss: clothing | Medical not requested
10/17/20 8:30pm GO# 2020-267155 | 44XX 1st Ave S – residential garage • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 3 males | Incident: victim was exiting her vehicle when approached from behind, assaulted, and items stolen | Loss: purse with contents, including vehicle and residential keys | Medical not requested
10/17/20 9:10pm GO# 2020-267192 | 26XX Blaisdell Ave S – street • Knifepoint | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 2 adult males | Incident: victim was loading items into his vehicle when approached by suspects, 1 armed with a knife and demanded
items, and items stolen | Loss: Galaxy cellphone, wallet and contents, tote bag with paperwork, lunch bag | Medical not requested
10/20/20 11:10am GO# 2020-269076 | 50XX Abbott Ave S – residential garage • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspect: adult female | Incident: victim unloading vehicle was approached from behind and assaulted by suspect and items stolen | Loss: purse and contents | Medical not requested
10/21/20 5:35pm GO# 2020-270058 | 36XX Nicollet Ave – sidewalk • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 3 males | Incident: victim was walking when an SUV parked near her, suspects exited vehicle and approached from behind, stole items, and assaulted her | Loss: purse and contents | EMS provided aid on-scene
10/23/20 2:54pm GO# 2020-271483 | 8XX 50th Street W – inside business • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspect: 2 teenage males | Incident: victim was followed into business by suspects, one suspect asked staff about a restroom and the second suspect stole item off victim’s person | Loss: purse with contents | Medical not requested
10/24/20 7:31pm GO# 2020-272573 | 27XX Nicollet – alley • Unknown object | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 2 males | Incident: victim parked and was walking to nearby establishment when approached quickly from behind and assaulted, an unknown object pressed to his back, then items demanded and stolen | Loss: wallet with contents | EMS transported
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The increase in street robberies including carjacking incidents has been persistent and very troubling this year. While not every recent incident appears connected to a pattern, there have been multiple incidents involving teen/young adult suspects acting in a group to approach the intended victim on the street, sidewalk, parking area or garage and then using physical force or the threat of force to demand the victim’s bag, phone and car keys. In some incidents the victim’s car is driven from the scene by the suspects. We know the suspects are using stolen cars to travel quickly around the city and they are often wearing masks. The incidents happen very quickly and with masks worn, it can be challenging for witnesses and victims to describe and identify those involved.
While patrolling between 911 calls, officers are working to locate and recover the stolen vehicles that are being used to move around the city, to identify potential suspects and to secure evidence, especially critical video evidence. Crime lab personnel are processing key recovered vehicles for evidence. All of this will help us put together strong cases for the Hennepin County Attorney's office to review so that the offenders may be held accountable and receive appropriate services to reduce the likelihood that they will re-offend. Investigators have identified many of the suspects involved. Some have been arrested in prior cases this year, and officers and investigators are familiar with the individuals’ descriptions. One recent arrest took place on the afternoon of October 24th. A group of young people reportedly used a vehicle taken in a carjacking the previous day, in the 5000-block of Chowen Avenue South, while carjacking a 67-year-old woman near Cedar Lake Road and Cedar Lake Parkway. Fourth Precinct officers located the freshly stolen car and took four juvenile suspects into custody; the juveniles ranged in ages 13 to 16-years-old. That case is now moving forward in the juvenile justice system.
Attached is a crime map and brief summary of the carjacking and robberies of person reported to MPD within the Fifth Precinct area between October 12th and October 25th, 2020. Anyone with additional information or evidence for any of these incidents, is asked to please reach out to MPD by contacting their Crime Prevention Specialist.
We thank everyone in the community who reported when these incidents occurred, as well as those who shared information and evidence. That is crucial in making progress in these investigations and making our neighbors safer and more peaceful. With crime and safety on the minds of many, we are encouraging community members to review common crime prevention tactics such as those in the attachment. While this is by no means an exhaustive list, these are some ways we can reduce opportunities for crime and protect ourselves, our homes and our belongings.
CARJACKING AND ROBBERY OF PERSON INCIDENTS IN THE 5TH PRECINCT AREA
(OCTOBER 12th - 25th, 2020)
CARJACKING INCIDENT DESCRIPTIONS :
10/14/20 1:12am GO# 2020-264190 | 31XX Aldrich Ave S - alley • Gunpoint | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 3 males | Incident: victim was retrieving water from vehicle when suspects approached, threatened, and demanded items & phone passcode, then items stolen| Loss: vehicle with key, wallet and contents, and iPhone | Medical not requested
10/17/20 6:56pm GO# 2020-267102 | 40XX Grand Ave S - street • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 1 male & 2 females | Incident: victim was unloading purchases when approached and assaulted by suspects and items stolen | Loss: vehicle with key and dog (released and found its way home), iPhone, purse and contents, and residential keys | Medical not requested
10/17/20 7:30pm GO# 2020-267122 | 31XX Girard Ave S - alley • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 1 adult male & 2 adult females | Incident: victim was unloading bags when approached and assaulted by suspects and items stolen | Loss: vehicle with key, purse and contents, residential keys | Medical not requested
10/18/20 12:18pm GO# 2020-267652 | 12XX Franklin Ave W – street • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 2 adult males | Incident: victim was unloading items when approached from behind and assaulted by suspects and items stolen | Loss: vehicle with keys and iPhone | Medical not requested
10/19/20 7:54pm GO# 2020-268667 | 34th Street W/Dupont Ave S - street • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 2 adult males | Incident: victim and sister were walking away from vehicle when approached from behind by suspects who’d been loitering nearby and asked “where north was” and to use the victim’s phone, then items stolen off victim’s person | Loss: vehicle with keys, phone, purse and contents | Medical not requested
10/23/20 3:07pm GO# 2020-271489 | 50XX Chowen Ave S – street • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 4 teenage males | Incident: victim was exiting vehicle with purse when suspects ran up, assaulted her, demanded items and phone passcode, and items stolen | Loss: vehicle with keys, iPhone, purse and contents | EMS provided aid on scene
ROBBERY INCIDENT DESCRIPTIONS:
10/12/20 3:15pm GO# 2020-262932 | 31XX Pillsbury Ave – apartment vestibule • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 2 males | Incident: victim was entering her building when approached from behind by suspects, assaulted, and attempted purse theft | Loss: none | EMS transported victim
10/16/20 1:00am GO# 2020-269007 | 29XX Girard Ave S – inside bar/restaurant • Strongarm | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 3 adult males | Incident: victim “suckerpunched” while entering cellphone code and items stolen | Loss: iPhone and wallet with contents, along with unauthorized use of cash app | Medical not requested
10/16/20 8:24pm GO# 2020-266400 | 19XX 3rd Ave S – inside market • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 1 adult male & 1 adult female | Incident: victim was meeting suspect #1 to retrieve her key & phone, suspect #1 arrived with suspect #2 (relative of #1), both assaulted victim and stole items | Loss: vehicle keys and cellphone | EMS transported
10/16/20 8:30pm GO# 2020-266403 | 35XX Humboldt Ave S – alley driveway • Sprayed with mace | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 2 teenage males | Incident: victim was exiting vehicle when approached from behind and assaulted with mace, then stole item off victim’s person | Loss: vehicle keys on lanyard, later vehicle | Medical not requested
10/16/20 9:18pm GO# 2020-266442 | Lake Street W/Irving Ave S – sidewalk • Knifepoint | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 2 adult males & 1 adult female| Incident: victim was walking when approached from behind and threatened at knifepoint by suspects, assaulted, and items stolen | Loss: Galaxy cellphone and smartwatch, and wallet with contents | EMS transported
10/17/20 8:15pm GO# 2020-267151 | 26th Street W/Pillsbury Ave S – intersection • Bat or club | Victim: male | Suspects: 2 males | Incident: victim was walking when approached by suspects on bicycles, assaulted, and items stolen | Loss: clothing | Medical not requested
10/17/20 8:30pm GO# 2020-267155 | 44XX 1st Ave S – residential garage • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 3 males | Incident: victim was exiting her vehicle when approached from behind, assaulted, and items stolen | Loss: purse with contents, including vehicle and residential keys | Medical not requested
10/17/20 9:10pm GO# 2020-267192 | 26XX Blaisdell Ave S – street • Knifepoint | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 2 adult males | Incident: victim was loading items into his vehicle when approached by suspects, 1 armed with a knife and demanded
items, and items stolen | Loss: Galaxy cellphone, wallet and contents, tote bag with paperwork, lunch bag | Medical not requested
10/20/20 11:10am GO# 2020-269076 | 50XX Abbott Ave S – residential garage • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspect: adult female | Incident: victim unloading vehicle was approached from behind and assaulted by suspect and items stolen | Loss: purse and contents | Medical not requested
10/21/20 5:35pm GO# 2020-270058 | 36XX Nicollet Ave – sidewalk • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspects: 3 males | Incident: victim was walking when an SUV parked near her, suspects exited vehicle and approached from behind, stole items, and assaulted her | Loss: purse and contents | EMS provided aid on-scene
10/23/20 2:54pm GO# 2020-271483 | 8XX 50th Street W – inside business • Strongarm | Victim: adult female | Suspect: 2 teenage males | Incident: victim was followed into business by suspects, one suspect asked staff about a restroom and the second suspect stole item off victim’s person | Loss: purse with contents | Medical not requested
10/24/20 7:31pm GO# 2020-272573 | 27XX Nicollet – alley • Unknown object | Victim: adult male | Suspects: 2 males | Incident: victim parked and was walking to nearby establishment when approached quickly from behind and assaulted, an unknown object pressed to his back, then items demanded and stolen | Loss: wallet with contents | EMS transported
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Safety Tips
Holiday TipsDo not be the victim of crime this holiday season. The Minneapolis Police Dept has compiled a list of helpful tips that can help you stay safe this holiday season for the following:
Online Shopping
With the long hours of darkness, pay special attention when you are outside.
For more crime prevention tips, contact your Crime Prevention Specialist; call 311 or visit go.usa.gov/ASAJ Spring & Summer Safety TipsAs we go into spring, we all want to enjoy the warm weather. This means more people leaving windows open, walking outside, doing yard work, and more. Remember to keep a few simple crime prevention tips in mind to help reduce the opportunity for crimes.
To find ways to get involved, ask your Crime Prevention Specialist or check with your neighborhood association to learn about programs, events, and other opportunities near you. The full crime prevention staff contact map can be found at http://go.usa.gov/3ZB7k. Door to Door SolicatorsLast week, officers were dispatched to a suspicious person call. Upon arrival, they found a male trying to sell magazines door to door. Officers advised the male that, solicitors must be registered or licensed with the City of Minneapolis to sell items door to door. Because the seller couldn't produce documentation, they told him to stop soliciting and sent him on his way. They also advised him that if he was seen soliciting again he would be arrested.
Not long afterward, he was seen on another block trying to sell magazines door-to-door again. Officers booked him in Hennepin County Jail for peddling without a license. The company he was soliciting for had dropped a number of people off on the street. This company tries to lure customers by claiming that they are selling magazines to try to help people turn their lives around. The solicitors are telling potential customers that the proceeds of the sales are used to give the solicitor a second chance in life or to overcome youthful hardships. The magazines are never delivered. Further investigation by the responding officers and the Police Licensing division showed that the solicitors were tied to three different companies: Urban Development Solutions, Graceful Hands and Moving Forward. All three companies have multiple complaints from customers alleging that the magazine sales were fraudulent; that they had been charged money and never received any magazines, and that the cost of the subscriptions was unusually high. The Better Business Bureau gave the company an F grade based on multiple complaints, failures to respond, and unauthorized use of the BBB name or trademark. What You Need to Know and Can Do:
If you have questions please contact your Precinct Crime Prevention Specialist, Jennifer Waisanen jennifer.waisanen@minneapolismn.gov or (612) 673-5407. Autumn fire safety tips from the Minneapolis Fire Department
With cooler weather arriving in Minneapolis, folks may be turning on their furnaces, and even enjoying the fireplace or backyard recreational fires. The Minneapolis Fire Department wants to encourage people to enjoy the cooler weather safely with these tips:
Cyberbullying FAQ For Teens
Click here to review some important information on cyberbullying from the Minneapolis Police Department. Cyberbullying is a growing epidemic with serious effects. Please share this with your children, especially teens. This information was provided by the National Crime Prevention Council.
Below are additional links providing more resources to learn more about preventing cyberbullying:
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Helpful Links5th Precinct, City of Minneapolis
5th Precinct Crime Maps Crime Prevention Resources Subscribe to Crime e-alert Subscribe to City Emails National Night Out 2018 Transit For a Livable Communities Restorative Justice Mobile Drug Dealing Door to Door Sales Rules Hennepin County Sheriff's Website Child Safety Tips Cell Phone Theft How to use 911 & 311 9 Helpful Tips to Use 911 Video Home Inventory Form Home Inventory Form FAQ Minneapolis 311 Court Watch & Community Impact StatementsCourt Watch is set up to curb or decrease livability crimes within and around our neighborhood by holding criminals, police and the courts accountable. This is done by monitoring the activities of offenders in this community & following them through the criminal justice system to ensure that they are convicted & sentenced for their crimes. To view a list of the offenders on Court Watch click here.
Residents are welcome to attend a Court Watch meeting, scheduled the third Monday of each month at 5:30 pm in the Community Meeting room at the 5th Precinct. Community Impact Statements (CIS) are extremely important as they demonstrate to the judge how a crime has affected you/the community and to influence the judge's sentence (for example, ask the judge to give the defendant the maximum jail time allowed or require the defendant to do certain things - like treatment or community service as conditions of probation). You are encouraged to write and submit a Community Impact Statement for upcoming cases. Please detail activity that you are aware of that this individual has been involved in and how that activity has affected your livability. You can also submit a more general statement about how the actions of this individual and/or the type of crime have affected the livability in your community. You DO NOT have to personally ID the person or have witnessed their crime to write a statement. A Community Impact Statement form and an example of a CSI form are included: Community Impact Statement Form Community Impact Statement Example Community Impact Statement Requests: Share Crime Information AnonymouslyThere are 3 ways to send a tip to the Minneapolis Police Dept:
This is NOT meant to replace our successful 311 system nor is it meant to report on chronic neighborhood crime and livability concerns. It is a system whereby persons can provide tips in order to prevent or solve CRIMES which have occurred in the City of Minneapolis. For more information, please visit: http://www.minneapolismn.gov/police/report/WCMS1P-115981 Identity Theft Information & PreventionIdentity theft is a growing concern and there are many ways it can be stolen. The most prevalent is due to stolen purses & wallets from vehicles and other public settings.
Please Remember:
Beware of Smartphone Thefts
A recent trend of Smartphone thefts has been noticed in various parts of the city, including the Fifth Precinct. These thefts occur with one suspect or sometimes a group, with varying descriptions. Overall there is no specific trend on day/time but the most recent cases in Fifth Precinct have almost all occurred between 9:30-11:30 pm.
The common denominator is that the victim typically has the smartphone out and is often distracted by it. Some smartphones have been stolen right out of the victim’s hands while the victim walked down the street or waited at a bus stop. Other times the victim had the phone sitting on a table in an establishment and a suspect walked by and stole it. For tips on what you can do and how to activate a function app to find a lost or stolen phone click on the Crime, Safety, Transportation & Noise page. Smartphone Theft TipsWhat You Can Do:
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