Biggest Stories in May: Massage Parlor Prostitutes, Home Alone and LRT

Here’s a recap of the posts that generated the most interest on Hopkins Patch in May. Did you catch all of them?

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Police arrested masseuses at two different massage parlors after receiving an anonymous letter accusing the establishments of allowing prostitution on the premises. The establishments are set to go before the City Council

A Hopkins woman was charged with child neglect after police said she left her two children, ages 18 months and 2 years, home alone while she drove drunk to a fast-food restaurant. After the woman's arrest, officers found the children at the Oak Park Lane home in their cribs, with the youngest child’s leg stuck between two slats in the crib, according to charging documents.

(VIDEO) Take a Tour of the Southwest LRT Route

The Metropolitan Council released a nine-minute video that offers a guided tour of the route. Using Google Earth, the video takes viewers along the route approved to enter preliminary engineering—from Mitchell Station in Eden Prairie to Target Field Station in Minneapolis. Along the way, narration describes the stops, new infrastructure and other key features of the route.

Hopkins joined the ranks of west metro communities that coyotes call home when a resident spotted one of the coyotes in the southern part of Hopkins. Have you seen a coyote? Add your sighting to Patch’s interactive map and see where other readers have spotted them.

The blotter is always a well-read feature on Hopkins Patch, but this one topped all others for the month. The May 15 blotter had it all—from a fight in a laundry room to a man curled up on the railroad tracks to a woman’s “inappropriate activities” in a sedan.

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