A Dish TV Scam, Swindling & Sexual Assault: Police Blotter

All the following information was taken from the Richfield Public Safety Department's crime reports from Jan. 28, 2013, detailing incidents from Jan. 24-27.

Jan. 24

• Police assisted in a stolen property incident involving a cell phone and a student who attends Richfield High School.
• A swindling incident was reported by a victim who said a woman claimed to be a Dish Network representative to obtain $360.
• A victim reported that a friend who was entrusted to write her checks, due to the victims disability, wrote unauthorized checks.
• A woman reported her purse stolen from the trunk of her car. The car was parked at Hub Shopping Center.
• Police responded to a report of a drug sale at Marathon gas station on the 7700 block of 12th Avenue. The suspect was located, arrested and taken to the Richfield Police Department for booking.
• A catalytic converter and two oxygen sensors were reported stolen from a vehicle parked on the 6300 block of Lyndale Avenue.

Jan. 25

• A victim reported that $30 had been withdrawn from his checking account without authorization.
• A victim reported that an unknown person left a message on her phone stating, "Sarah, I will kill you."
• Super America, 826 W. 66th St., reported a gas theft of $31.32.
• A 24-year-old Minneapolis woman was arrested for receiving stolen property after police stopped her for not having her headlights on.

Jan. 26

• A screen protector was reported stolen from a business on the 30 block of 66th Street West.
• Officers stopped a vehicle whose driver was following his estranged wife and was known to have a gun in the car. The gun was removed and the party was cited for drug paraphernalia possession.
• A victim reported being swindled by a Dish TV scam in which $360 was lost.
• Police responded to a domestic on the 7100 block of 18th Avenue.
• Super America, 826 W. 66th St., reported a gas theft of $50.

Jan. 27

• A 54-year-old Richfield man was charged with fouth-degree DUI.
• Police responded to a report of an intoxicated female on the 600 block of 78th Street East and officers discovered she had been sexually assaulted.
• Police responded to a disturbance at Motel 6. A juvenile female was found and statedd she had been assaulted; she was bleeding from her lip. A 24-year-old Carver man was arrested.

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