Crime Time

Here is your latest northern suburbs crime report, courtesy of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Andover

Theft - A man reported a theft at his house. A pair of high-quality winter boots, value $300, stored in a box in his garage, were missing. The man later found that his landlord had donated a lot of boxes to Goodwill and accidentally also donated the man's boots. The man checked with Goodwill, but the boots had already been sold.

Blaine

Theft - A man said that he has been playing Final Fantasy II online for about four years and has acquired goods and property worth about 72 million game points. The man reported that someone logged into his site and stole all the items he had in his game account. He said he gave his account number and password to another man about a month ago, so the man could play the game. The man said items that were stolen from the account can be sold for money and are worth about $3,800.

Theft - A woman reported that she heard her dog barking around 9 a.m. She later found that someone stole her "chainsaw made-out-of-wood bear," which is a bear made out of wood by a person using a chainsaw, she said.

Crystal

Shoplifting - Someone stole 16 packages of Totino's Pizza Rolls from a store.

Fridley

Shoplifting - Employees at a Holiday gas station reported a man took four breakfast sandwiches and ran out of the store without paying for them.