Drug Deal Gone Bad, Sexual Assaults & Stolen Bikes: Police Blotter

All the following information was taken from the Richfield Public Safety Department's crime reports from July 11, 2013, detailing incidents from July 7 through July 10.

July 7

• Police responded to a domestic assault on the 7700 block of 12th Avenue. An adult male was arrested.
• Police responded to a report of a female screaming at an undisclosed location. The female was located and stated that she had been raped.
• Police responded to a burglary report on the 6600 block of 11th Avenue. The suspect had run out the front door upon the owner's return home.

• After a routine traffic stop, a female passenger was arrested for an outstanding warrant and also issued a citation for drug paraphernalia possession.
• A bicycle was reported stolen from the 7700 block of Nicollet Avenue.
• A victim reported receiving harassing phone calls.
• A bicycle was reported stolen from the 6400 block of Richfield Parkway.
• A suspect reportedly tried to use a counterfeit $20 bill at a business on the 90 block of 66th Street West. The suspect was not located.
• A victim reported that his right, rear tire had been slashed while parked in an alley behind his home on the 6800 block of Xerxes Avenue.
• A victim reported that an unknown person had attempted to set up credit card accounts in his name.
• Police took a report of a protection order violation.
• Two bicycles were reported stolen from the 600 block of 66th Street East. Another bicycle was reported stolen from the 6500 block of Lyndale Avenue.
• An officer took a report of a drug offense where a party attempted to use a fake prescription to obtain Oxycodone.
• Police responded to a domestic assault on the 6500 block of Emerson Avenue. An adult male was arrested.
• Police responded to a disturbance where a male and a female were fighting in a car. The female party was uncooperative. 
• A bicycle was reported stolen from the 80 block of 66th Street West.

• Police took a report of a theft that occurred on July 2. Items that had been taken were jewelry and cash.
• Police responded to a report of criminal property damage on the 7500 block of 16th Avenue. According to the homeowner, the exterior screen on a northwest corner room had been slashed. No entry was made.
• Two ladders were reported stolen from a yard on the 6700 block of 13th Avenue.
• Super America, 826 W. 66th St., reported a gas theft of $60.
• Tires were slashed on a vehicle parked on the 7600 block of Penn Avenue.

• Police responded to a domestic and attempted rape at an undisclosed location. An adult male was located and arrested.
• Police took a report of a van's rear windows being broken out. Nothing was taken from the interior of the van.
• Police responded to a shoplifter in custody at Target. The total theft was $345. The suspect was cited and trespassed from the location.
• Police responded to a property damage report on the 6400 block of Richfield Parkway.
• The back windshield of a victims car was reportedly broken out.
• Police responded to a possible robbery on the 7100 block of Cedar Avenue. Upon arrival, and after speaking with parties involved, police determined that it was a drug deal gone bad and one party was arrested for possession of crack cocaine, possession of counterfeit bills, and giving false information to a police officer.