Crime Time

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

Andover

Property Damage - Someone threw a bowling ball at a mailbox.

Blaine

Disturbance - A resident reported finding a burning bag of dog feces on her steps.

Theft - A man reported that the treasurer for his bowling league stole $4,080 of the league's money.

Coon Rapids

Property Damage - Someone threw eggs and bologna against a house. The complainant thinks it must be high school kids, because he has three teenagers.

Harassment - A man reported receiving phone calls for two hours. He said his phone would ring and after he answered, there wasn't anyone on the other end. At one point, a man's voice on the other end said "hi" then hung up. Then, the man got several text messages that mentioned his name. One of the messages said "thank goodness it's Friday." The man said he works at TFI Friday's, and this message "creeped him out."

Theft - A woman reported that her daughter had makeup stolen out of her backpack while she was in one of her classes. The woman was irate and demanded that police find out who has been stealing from her daughter. Police told the woman that they would be unable to investigate without more information. The woman told the police officer that he needed to do a "sting" and put cameras in her daughter's classrooms, so that he can catch the thief. The officer told the woman that he had neither the technology or the time to do a "sting." The officer told her what he tells the entire student body: "Leave your belongings at home so they don't get stolen at school. If you bring it to school, do not leave it unattended." The woman did not like the officer's response and ended the discussion.

Disturbance - A man reported that three boys were going through the neighberhood "ding-done ditching" and also left an ice cream pail full of Fig Newtons on his front step.

Fridley

Harassment - A man reported he received a phone call from a bill collector who claimed that he was going to send somebody from the Sheriff's Office over to arrest him. The man previously tried to pay by check over the phone, but there were insufficient funds in his account. He owes $230 to a phone-sex company.