Monday, April 29, 2013
This week's selections include women charged with burglary, man charged with 13 robberies pleads guilty to one, firefighters save paramedic and theft from Walmart.
Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Trial Starts for Tim Huber, Charged with Murder in Death of Tim Larson of Albertville Jury selection is the first order of business in a trial set to last three weeks. Minneapolis Man Charged with Second-Degree Murder for Fatal Shooting Steven Andre Moore, 27, has been charged with four felony offenses in connection with the death of a Shakopee High student. Fire Destroys Maple Grove Home Wednesday Evening No one was injured in the fire on the 7700 block of …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Shop owner Luis Quizhpe took a baseball to the two men who robbed his specialty store in Chicago. A Richfield man has been charged in the incident.
Chicago store owner Luis Quizhpe didn't go down without a fight during a robbery Apil 9 that left him with a gunshot wound to the leg. While being held up at gunpoint, Quizhpe grabbed a baseball bat and started swinging at the two men attempting to rob him. And it was all caught on surveillance video. Despite being shot at multiple times, Quizhpe kept swinging at the suspect with the gun. Only one of the shots landed on the shop owner, hitting him in the upper right leg. As previously reported by Patch, Richfield resident Keith Owens, 51, was named as one of the suspects. He appeared in bond court Wednesday afternoon charged with attempted murder and armed robbery. Quizhpe reportedly identified Owens as the shooter in a line up. Related: …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Police and the Cook County Attorney's Office say Keith Owens was one of two men who robbed a store in Logan Square in Chicago last week.
A Richfield man suspected of shooting a Chicago store owner in an attempted robbery caught on video April 9 was ordered to be held without bail Wednesday. According to the Chicago Tribune, Richfield resident Keith Owens, 51, appeared in bond court Wednesday afternoon charged with attempted murder and armed robbery. Prosecutors said another man, Cornell Mack, 53, was also charged with attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery and discharge of a firearm for the same crime last week. Shop owner Luis Quizhpe and his brother-in-law Luis Ernesto Aucaquizhpe tried to fight the robbers off during last week's incident. On the surveillence tape, Quizhpe can be seen grabbing a baseball bat and swinging as the robber fires continuous rounds at him …
Monday, March 18, 2013
This week's selections includes eight arrested for marijuana distribution, bus robbery suspect arrest, Social Security number thefts, truck theft and restaurant kitchen fire.
Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Police Say Drunk Man Threatened to Kill Eden Prairie Police Officer A Shakopee man was charged with making terroristic threats against an Eden Prairie officer. Wayzata Company Agrees to Pay More than $400k for Violating Clean Water Act DMH Partners North, LLC, agreed to pay a $75,000 civil penalty to the U.S. and to purchase wetland credits valued at approximately $340,000. Richfield Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting That Left Victim Paralyzed The shooting occurred in …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Richfield Public Safety Department releases its most recent crime reports.
All the following information was taken from the Richfield Public Safety Department's crime reports from March 11, 2013, detailing incidents from March 7-9. March 7 March 8 March 9 Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
Sunday, December 30, 2012
The Richfield Public Safety Department releases its most recent crime reports.
All the information below was taken from the Richfield Public Safety Department's crime reports from Dec. 27, 2012. The following details incidents from Dec. 23-24. Dec. 23 Dec. 24 Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
Friday, November 30, 2012
No weapon was used in the incident.
Richfield's TCF Bank at 6501 Richfield Pkwy. was robbed at approximately 11:42 a.m. Friday. According to an FBI press release, the robber approached the bank teller, provided a note and demanded cash. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, the robber fled on foot. No weapon was displayed to the teller. The robber was described as an African American male, with a dark complexion, approximately 5-foot-10, 185 pounds and about 40–50 years old. He was reportedly wearing a dark waist length coat, dark jeans, dark rimmed glasses and a dark knit cap. The FBI is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of this subject. If anyone has any information regarding this robbery, they are requested to contact the FBI at 763-569-8000…
Sunday, August 19, 2012
This week's selection includes a power outage at Valleyfair, burglaries, Twins catcher and new plans for a garden center and a former library.
Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Sporting a Fake Nose, Man Robs SLP Bank The U.S. Bank branch at Byerly's in St. Louis Park was robbed Wednesday morning for the second time in four months. And the robber—who wore a fake nose and facial makeup—could be a man suspected of several other area bank robberies in recent months. Possible Cougar Sighting in St. Michael, Albertville Maralee Sjerven of St. Michael has lost close to 25 chickens and several turkeys to what she believes to be a cougar recently. 'Crazy John,' Child Sex …
Saturday, July 28, 2012
The Richfield Public Safety Department releases its most recent crime reports.
All the following information was taken from the Richfield Public Safety Department's Incident and Arrest reports from July 26, 2012, detailing incidents from July 21-25. July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 To see the most recent crime reports in their entirety, go to cityofrichfield.org/publicsafety/reports.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Dwayne James Douglas faces a felony charge of theft from a person after police say he demanded cash from a clerk at a Minneapolis and fled with almost $900.
A Richfield man has been charged with stealing nearly $900 in cash from a Walgreens drugstore in Minneapolis. Dwayne James Douglas, 21, is charged with felony theft from a person, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, compiled by Minneapolis Police Sgt. Jeffrey Harvey, police were called to the Walgreens location on Hiawatha Avenue South at about 1 a.m. March 24 on a report of a robbery. The cashier told police that a black man and an American Indian woman, both hiding their faces, had approached him as he was stocking cigarettes behind the counter. The man—later identified as Douglas—was wearing a black mask and holding something near his hip, and demanded that the…
Kris Janisch
11:01 am on Saturday, April 20, 2013
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