Oakdale Police Blotter: Girl Accidentally Summons Police, Man at Home Arrested

What started with a 7-year-old playing with a phone ended up with a man at her house getting arrested, according to an Oakdale Police Department report.

Police responded to the 1300 block of Gentry Avenue around 5 p.m. Saturday, May 28, after getting a 911 hang-up call.

Police determined that the girl had accidentally made the call, the report says. The man who answered the door when police arrived, though, had a felony ineligible voter warrant, the report says. Police arrested him and took him to the Washington County Jail, according to the report.

May 27:

• An Oakdale resident reported that between May 25 and May 26, someone used her debit card to make $247 worth of fraudulent purchases. The complainant has the card in her possession and is unaware how someone got the card number.
• Someone entered a vehicle parked in the 7600 block of 23^rd Street through an open sunroof and stole $350 worth of items including an iPod, GPS device and multi-tool.
• A complainant reported possible child abuse of an 11-month-old boy that occurred at daycare. The boy’s mother observed suspicious bruising on her son’s thigh and calf, and sought medical attention. A doctor stated the bruising is consistent with being grabbed hard and held or struck several times.
• Someone stole a cell phone from an unlocked gym locker at between 11:18 a.m. and 12:16 p.m.
• A man was cited and taken to the hospital after a domestic assault incident in the 4000 block of Gershwin Avenue. A woman said the man pushed her, punched her in the head, tried to choke her, pushed two kids to the ground and would not let her enter the bedroom where the phone was to call police. During the struggle, the man fell and hit his head against the closet, she told police.
• A complainant reported that he inadvertently left his debit card at the . When he realized it was gone, he called the bank and learned the card had been used to make a fraudulent purchase.
• Between 11 p.m. May 26 and 5:50 a.m. May 27, someone stole a cell phone and car keys from one vehicle parked in the 2200 block of Hilo Avenue, and then used the keys to steal the resident’s other car.

May 28:

• A resident in the 3800 block of Hallmark Avenue reported that the neighbor’s dog attacked and killed his dog. His Pomeranian was in his fenced-in yard when the neighbor’s dog, a husky/shepherd mix, crawled under the fence and killed the dog. The dog will be quarantined for 10 days, and a community service officer will follow up.
• Police did a random license plate check of a vehicle in the 1300 block of Gentry Avenue, and found that its registered owner had a suspended license and a warrant. When police stopped the vehicle, they found that the driver, who was the registered owner of the car, had an open can of beer in the car and three grams of marijuana on him. He was arrested on the warrant.
• Police went to Duke’s at about 9 p.m. after getting calls saying a mother was inside playing pull tabs while she left her 13-year-old son outside in her car. The woman said she had only been inside for 10 minutes but other patrons said it had been about 30 minutes.

May 29:

• An employee at SuperAmerica on 10^th Street and Helmo Avenue  reported that a man pumped $56 worth of gas and drove off without paying for it.

May 30:

• A complainant in the 6900 block of Upper Fifth Street reported that at 3 a.m. she heard two men outside her home. One of the men said, “Let’s get out of here before she lets the shepherd out,” and the other man said, “Don’t worry, she doesn’t have it anymore.” The complainant found multiple pry marks on the overhead door of her detached garage. The garage had been burglarized on June 14 of last year. The woman had a shepherd, but put it down last fall.
• A spray handle broke inside Safe Reflections, located at 3220 Granada Avenue No. 100, and so a hose continued running for 48 hours until water flooded the entire warehouse and flowed out of a loading dock on the north side of the building. A complainant at a neighboring business reported the flooding.
• A complainant at the station at 3344 Hadley Avenue reported that someone pumped $57 worth of gas and drove off without paying. On the same day a complainant reported that someone pumped $65 worth of gas and drove off.