Crime & Safety
Blotter: Vehicle Sex and Detox
A weekly selection of incidents drawn from Hopkins police files.

Monday, Dec. 19
- 7:55 p.m. — Police went to to investigate a light Chrysler in which people were thought to be having sex. Officers talked with the occupants about their behavior.
Tuesday, Dec. 20
- 8:33 a.m. — A homeless man was found sleeping in Speedy Wash at 1810 Mainstreet. Officers issued a trespass notice.
- 2:59 p.m. — A man caught stuffing items into a bag at was taken to Hennepin County Adult Detention Center.
- 5:29 p.m. — Police learned that someone stole a stereo and iPod from a vehicle parked on the 800 block of Cambridge Street.
- 7:41 p.m. — A parent asked police to take their son to detox. He would not leave when asked, and police took him to Hennepin County’s Chicago Service Center.
- 9:04 p.m. — Someone stole a stereo and iPad from a vehicle parked at Meadow Creek Condos.
Wednesday, Dec. 21
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- 10:56 a.m. — A cell phone at Pawn America was found to have been stolen in Fridley. Officers advised the person who made the report to contact the Fridley Police Department.
- 1:56 p.m. — A resident told police that someone stole a vehicle overnight.
Friday, Dec. 23
- 2:13 a.m. — A man was found sleeping in the Raspberry Ridge lobby. Officers issued a trespass notice.
- 8:39 a.m. — reported that someone stole two tires, worth about $400 total, from the passenger side of a vehicle.
Saturday, Dec. 24
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- 5:38 a.m. — A man told police two men approached his daughter about an hour earlier while she was near Smetana Road and stole her purse.
Sunday, Dec. 25
- 2:12 a.m. — Someone tried unsuccessfully to break into a Hopkins Park Plaza unit, causing about $200 damage to the door.
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