Oakdale Police Blotter: Police Use Taser After Man Tries to Flee DWI Arrest

Police used a Taser on a 24-year-old Oakdale man who tried to flee after being told he was under arrest for DWI on Nov. 26, according to an Oakdale Police Department report.

Police stopped his car near 15^th Street and Grospoint Avenue after seeing him cross over the fog line and centerline, the report says.

He failed field sobriety tests, and a preliminary breath test showed a .217 blood alcohol content, according to the report.

Police caught him and took him to the Washington County Jail. He had a prior DWI arrest on June 17, 2007, according to the report.

The following incidents were also reported to Oakdale police Nov. 25 and 26:

Nov. 25:

• A group of picketers were at , on the south property line holding up a large sign and a blow-up rat. One man was at the front door handing out pamphlets. All parties were told to leave and left immediately.
• A resident in the 2400 block of Geneva Avenue reported that the day before, a man picked up his stepson by the neck, lifted him over his head and then threw him to the ground. The complainant and a witness saw red marks on the boy’s neck. The boy did not have signs of physical injury at the time of the report. The man, a 32-year-old from South St. Paul, was arrested on charges of malicious punishment of a child.
• A complainant reported that he and his girlfriend went shopping, then left their merchandise in a vehicle when they returned to the 4900 block of Hamlet Avenue around 5 a.m. At 11 a.m., they found all the items—worth $488—were missing. The vehicle was locked, and it is unclear how the suspects gained entry.
• A complainant was driving a motorcycle in the parking lot at the SuperAmerica station on 10th Street and Geneva Avenue when he was struck by a vehicle. The motorcycle went to the ground, scratching its front fender and breaking the turn signal. The driver’s side front quarter panel of the car was dented. No injuries were reported.
• A resident in the 6300 block of Seventh Street reported that their foster son got upset over being disciplined and punched a hole in a 42-inch television and sheet rock at the home. The property damage estimate is $860.
• Between 2:15 and 3 p.m. someone broke out the rear, driver’s side window of a vehicle parked in the 7500 block of 32nd Street and stole two purses that contained an iPod Touch and Droid X cell phone. The total value of the loss is $800, and estimated value of the damage is $250.

Nov. 26:

• Police found that the license plates of a vehicle near Geneva Avenue and Hadley Avenue had been impounded for alcohol. Police stopped the vehicle and found that the driver’s license was canceled, and that both the driver and passenger had open cans of beer in the cup holders. The driver passed field sobriety tests. Police had the car towed and the plates destroyed, and charges against the driver were pending.
• Three mailboxes near the 2700 blocks of Granite Court North and Helena Avenue were damaged. Residents reported seeing three young adult men in the area before the damage occurred.
• Police received a number of reports of tampering with mail or mail theft. A resident in the 7900 block of 27th Street reported that someone went through her mailbox, and that mail was located on the ground. A resident in the 2600 block of Helena Avenue found mail in the street belonging to neighbors. St. Paul police located about 200 pieces of mail outside Harding High School that belonged to Oakdale residents. Police dried out the wet and muddy letters and re-mailed them with a note stating that they’d been stolen.

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.