Keep track of criminal activity in Apple Valley with the help of Patch's weekly police reports.
Remembering the biggest moments of 2012, as measured by reader popularity on the Apple Valley-Rosemount Patch site.
Keep track of criminal activity in Rosemount with the help of Patch's weekly police reports.
Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows updates you on the latest county happenings.
In other recent news from around the region, Eagan's Nicholas David comes in third on "The Voice," and a wave of influenza hits Northfield schools.
Prior to becoming chief at Rosemount, Werner was at Burnsville PD for 13 years.
A monthly rundown of the top suspects wanted by the Dakota County Sheriff's Office.
Police say Brenda Lynn Heinen kicked an officer in the leg when she was arrested for drunken driving on her 41st birthday.
Here are most-read crime/public safety stories of the year in Apple Valley and Rosemount, as measured by visitors to our site.
It took firefighters less than an hour Sunday evening to extinguish a blaze at the Cedar Valley office building at 7630 145th St. W.
Carrie Jean Olson, 42, pleaded guilty to a third-degree DWI.
The suspect was determined to be an acquaintance of the woman. He was eventually located by Hastings police officers and taken into custody after a short foot pursuit.
A family will be displaced from their home for three to four months due to a fire that destroyed part of their home on Redwood Drive.
Police say Salvador Mejia-Camacho led them on a chase through residential neighborhoods, then fled his car, leaving his 3-year-old son behind.
Police say Eric Jeffery Campeau threw a brick through a window, hitting a woman on the head and knocking her to the floor.
Police say Devon Deshawn Gordon stole a cell phone from a customer in an Apple Valley restaurant, but the victim chased him down and retrieved it.
Valerie Elaine Moore is accused of repeatedly hitting a 13-year-old girl with an extension cord and a flip-flop.
Police say Dwayne Washington choked the victim, threatened to kill her and kept a gun in the closet which had its serial number illegally scratched off.
Police say Jancy Yanire Lalime almost hit a squad car in Rosemount, then told an officer that she had been drinking beer to get rid of a hangover.
Police say Rachael Marie Morey used a forged check to buy gift cards at an Apple Valley store, and that she had methamphetamine and stolen credit cards and Social Security cards in her purse when she was arrested.
Police say Lisa Marie Paz intercepted almost $7,700 in student loan checks meant for her niece, forged her niece's signature and then withdrew the money at casinos.
Police say Kris Laymar Ewing—already facing robbery charges—assaulted another inmate when the man stepped in to separate Ewing and a third inmate during an argument about a brown-bag meal.
Police say Sammie Lee Burch became angry when the victim asked him to move out and punched her repeatedly, causing blood to splatter onto her 2-month-old child.
Police say Ernest Henry Chouinard inappropriately touched the girl while staying at her home in Rosemount.
Kenneth Junior Pitchford Jr. is charged with receiving stolen property and car theft after deputies say they arrested him driving the stolen car on Sept. 22.
Police say Timothy Lee Myers refused to put his hands above his head when ordered to do so. When an officer pointed a gun at him, Myers grabbed the child and held her in front of him.
Police say Jonathan Anthony Sharpe challenged his victim to take a fighting stance, then punched him repeatedly and choked him.
Police say Carrie Jean Olson was clocked driving 78 mph in a 55 mph zone near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and that she admitted drinking.
Police say Samuel Bennett Achman repeatedly punched the victim and strangled her after the two argued about her current boyfriend.
Police say Ryan Michael Hansen led them on a high-speed chase before crashing into a tree, then swore at them and told them his car had a hidden camera that provided a live feed to YouTube.
David John Galush is charged with felony animal cruelty; police say he slashed the family dog's throat, then left the dead animal's body in the back yard.
In other crime news from around the South Metro region, a Rosemount man previously convicted of vehicular homicide is arrested again for DUI.
While in the Minnesota Correctional Facility—Faribault, John Stephen Woodward allegedly masterminded a plot to murder Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom.
Police say Trevor John Soukup stole jewelry and a blank check from an Apple Valley woman, then had friends pawn the jewelry and cash the check for $500 at a Lakeville bank.
Ashley Marie Roff, one of two people charged with beating 2- and 3-year-old girls and allegedly causing a brain injury in the younger child, was arrested Monday.
Police say Jason Paul Rolfer, a convicted predatory offender, lived in Rosemount for almost a month over the summer without notifying authorities of his whereabouts.