Oakdale Police Blotter: Elderly Man Hit by Snow Plow Truck

An 80-year-old Oakdale man was taken to St. John's Hospital with head and leg injuries after being hit by a plow truck that was backing slowly into the 2000 block of Gresham Avenue Dec. 5, according to an Oakdale Police Department report.

A witness said she assumed the driver saw the man, because he was driving so slowly, however, he started backing over the victim, who was walking in the roadway, the report says. The driver said he didn’t see the man, or realize he’d hit someone, but he saw the witness yelling for him to stop, so he did, the report says. He wasn’t plowing in the area, he had just stopped to get some keys, according to the report. The driver wasn’t cited in connection with the incident.

The following incidents were also reported to Oakdale police Dec. 4-7:

Dec. 4:

• A 2010 Silver Chevy Malibu was stolen from an attached garage in the 100 block of Gresham Avenue. The car had been left unlocked with the keys inside. There was no forced entry into the garage, and the garage had possibly been left open.
• Someone slashed two tires on a car that was parked on the side of a garage in the 5400 block of Heath Avenue causing $300 damage.
• A resident in the 6500 block of 22^nd Street reported that someone hit her garage door, damaging all four panels of a double door and causing $1,200 damage. The resident believes that someone hit the door between 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dec. 3 while she was at work.

Dec. 5:

• A complainant reported that a suspicious man was walking around the neighborhood and wandered into a garage in the 3700 block of Hamlet Avenue while it was open. The man had come from a nearby party, however, the resident at the home of the party refused to let him back in. The 29-year-old Stillwater man was not able to provide a current address, so police took him to detox.
• An Oakdale woman reported that around 2 a.m. Dec. 3, she left her purse in a taxi cab, and on that day her debit card and credit card were used at businesses in Arden Hills.
• A resident in the 3500 block of Gresham Avenue reported that he was missing an $80 box of blood glucose strips that were delivered by the U.S. Postal Service on Nov. 24.

Dec. 6:

• A resident in the 2600 block of Helena Avenue reported that on the day before, all of her mail had been opened. Nothing appeared to have been taken.
• Between 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, someone entered an unlocked vehicle parked in an alley at and stole a purse containing a wallet, financial cards, $200 in cash, $100 earrings, and a $100 necklace.

Dec. 7:

• A driver was traveling west in the 6300 block of Highway 5 when a deer ran into the passenger side of his vehicle causing minor damage.
• A Spring Lake Park woman reported that someone used her credit card, which was lost or stolen from her workplace in Fridley, to purchase $295 worth of items from on Dec. 2.
• A resident in the 7800 block of 28^th Street reported putting five bills and two letters in her mailbox at 5 p.m. Dec. 6 and putting the flag up. When she checked the box at 10:30 a.m. the next day, her mailbox was open, the flag was still up and the mail was gone.
• A 35-year-old woman was transported to Woodwinds Hospital after twisting her knee while jumping on a trampoline at .

 The above items are taken from the . In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation, and not evidence of guilt. The arrested person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Incidents are listed in the order in which they were reported, not necessarily the order in which they occurred.