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 Feb. 19, 2012, detailing incidents from Feb. 14-17. Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
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Statistics show that violent crime is down in Hennepin County. Tell us what crimes you’re seeing in your community.
According to a recent Hennepin County Sheriff's Office press release, from 2006 and 2012, violent crime in Hennepin County has decreased 37 percent. The FBI says that murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault all make up “violent crime.” The Sheriff’s Office reports that in 2012, the county saw the lowest amount of violent crime in more than two decades. And while violent crimes may be decreasing, Twin Cities residents still see various crimes impact their neighborhoods. In Golden Valley, police recently warned residents about a string of mail thefts. Last January, Minnetonka police alerted homeowners to a rash of burglaries. Business thefts, including an incident that led to a dangerous police chase, have taken place in Eden Prairie. …
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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 Jan. 25, 2013, detailing reports from Jan. 22-23. Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
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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 Jan. 23, 2013, detailing reports from Jan. 17-21. Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
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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. 20-22. Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
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Police say Joseph John Litchy stole jewelry from the Lakeville woman while she was in the hospital's intensive care unit, then pawned it.
A Richfield man has been charged with stealing jewelry from a relative in Lakeville while the woman was hospitalized last spring. Joseph John Litchy, 21, is charged with felony theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. According to the criminal complaint, a Lakeville woman told police that she left the home that she shares with her mother on March 23 and found Litchy, her cousin, sleeping in a car in the driveway. The woman said she let Litchy into the house, then she left to visit her mother, who was in the hospital’s intensive care unit. When she told her mother that she’d let Litchy inside, her mother told her to “hide the jewelry” because Litchy couldn’t be trusted. The woman returned home later…
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 Oct. 12, 2012, detailing incidents from Oct. 7-10. Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
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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 Sept. 24, 2012, detailing incidents from Sept. 19 though Sept. 22. Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Follow Richfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
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Police say Cody John Peterson broke into a Minneapolis apartment and stole guitars, cameras, electronic equipment and a wallet, but left his cell phone on the couch along with a fingerprint on the entertainment center.
A Richfield man has been charged with burglarizing a Minneapolis home while the resident slept, making guitars, cameras, an iPad, a laptop computer and DVDs—but leaving his cell phone behind. Cody John Peterson, 23, is charged with first-degree burglary, a felony with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of six months behind bars. According to the criminal complaint, signed by Minneapolis Police Officer Phillip Gagnon, police were called to an apartment on the 2700 block of Hennepin Avenue South just before 8 a.m. Sept. 6 after the homeowner reported he had been burglarized. The victim told police that he got home about 1 a.m. and dead-bolted his apartment door before he…
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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 Sept. 13, 2012. Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 12
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