Oakdale Police Blotter: Woman Cited for Making False Robbery Report

A 30-year-old Oakdale woman was cited March 18 after she admitted to falsely reporting that a man demanded money from her, punched her twice in the face and then ran off to the west, according to an Oakdale Police Department report.

Her story wasn’t consistent with witnesses’ accounts, and she had no visible injuries, the report says.

She admitted to making up the story in an interview, and was cited for falsely reporting a crime, the report says.

The following incidents were also reported to Oakdale police March 18-19:

March 18:

• Police transported a 58-year-old Blaine man to the Ramsey County Detox Center, and then to Regions Hospital after finding him sitting on a bench in the 5600 block of Hadley Avenue and yelling at a potted plant. A preliminary breath test showed he had a blood alcohol content of .29. He didn’t know where he was or have a phone to call family members. Police first took him to detox, but when staff there discovered a contusion and cut on his head, they required that he go to the hospital first. The man didn’t know how he’d gotten injured.
• A resident in the 500 block of Greenway Avenue was cited after a recreational fire left smoldering started a grass fire. The homeowner—who had put out the fire with a garden hose by the time the fire department arrived—said her husband had a recreational fire the previous night.
• Someone stole four tires and spoke rims worth $1,000 total from a garage in the 4000 block of Geneva Avenue between 7 p.m. March 16 and 10 p.m. the next day.
• A 30-year-old woman reported that her boyfriend struck her in the face during an argument. She had a small red mark on her lower lip. She refused to provide the man’s name.

March 19:

• Police received a complaint about chickens making noise in the 3800 block of Goodwin Avenue. The resident at the home where the noise was coming from admitted to having a white rooster in his backyard, but he said he’d get rid of it within a week.
• Someone went through the contents of an unlocked SUV that was parked in a driveway in the 6500 block of Upper 23^rd Street. Nothing of value was taken, but the owner said she had pay stubs in the vehicle with her Social Security number on them.
• Someone broke the lock on overhead door of a shed in the 7800 block of 21^st Street and stole an off-road motorcycle worth $2,500.

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.