Oakdale Police Blotter: Resident has a Few Too Many Ducks

A Helena Road family must collect neighbors’ signatures after police discovered on May 3 that they owned three dogs, three cats and three white ducks, more than what the city allows without a permit, according to an Oakdale Police Department report.

Police received an email message about the animals, and one of the residents in the home, located in the 5400 block of Helena Road, confirmed that the message was correct, the report says. Police planned to check back on May 7 to see if the resident had collected the required signatures to keep the animals, according to the report.

City law requires 75 percent of the occupants of property within 150 feet of them provide written consent for them to keep the animals.

The following incidents were also reported to Oakdale police May 3:

• Police and an ambulance went to the 3500 block of northbound Interstate 694 around 11 p.m. for a report of a woman in labor in a vehicle. The ambulance transported her to Woodwinds Hospital.
• At 9:20 p.m., someone threw something at a second floor window of a home in the 4800 block of Goodwin Avenue breaking the storm window glass and causing $100 damage.
• A wallet containing $700 in cash was stolen from an unlocked car parked in the 4900 block of Hamlet Avenue between 6:30 and 7 p.m.
• A phone worth $700 was stolen from his backpack during a track meet outside of between 3:45 and 5:15 p.m.
• A Fridley woman was cited for allegedly attempting to return an amplifier and Sirius radio stolen from the Roseville Best Buy store at Oakdale’s . The woman denied stealing the items and trying to return them. The total value of the two items is $279.
• A license plate found in the parking lot at Tartan High School was turned into the office. The plate had been used in a gas drive-off.
• A sweatshirt with $85 was stolen from an unlocked locker in the girls locker room at Tartan High School between 8:15 and 9:10 a.m.
• Police were dispatched to around 11 a.m. on a report of an out-of-control employee. The complainant told police that the employee smelled like marijuana and was refusing to take a drug test. Police reiterated that the employee was not welcome at the shop, and he walked away.
• An Oakdale-based attorney reported receiving a threat from the ex-husband of one of the women she is representing. He called and said he was going to the attorney’s office. Police then contacted the man, who said he was mad after he didn’t get items he wanted during a property exchange. He said he was not going to the office.

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.