Thursday, January 31, 2013
The city of Mendota Heights honored seven police reserve officers at a city council meeting earlier this month.
Seven police reserve officers were recognized earlier this month by the city of Mendota Heights for volunteering a total of 3,029 hours in 2012, the Pioneer Press is reporting. Presidential volunteer service awards were given to George Castillo, Jesse Mettner, Jeff Parker, Jim Knox, Randy Pentel and Jerry Murphy, and Murphy was presented with a lifetime achievment award for volunteering about 13,000 in the past 45 years. The Mendota Heights Police Department began a reserve unit in 1967 to support the sworn police officers working in the field. The program fell by the wayside until 2009 when the unit was revived under the guidance of Murphy, a volunteer captain who was the remaining member of the original program. It takes 42 hours of …
Steve Meyer, a police officer for the Mendota Heights Police Department, took a week-long trip to the United Kingdom as part of his studies at Saint Mary's University.
The following is a press release from Saint Mary's University. Steve Meyer, police officer for the Mendota Heights Police Department, recently returned from a weeklong trip to the United Kingdom with 11 of his classmates in the public safety administration graduate program at the Twin Cities Campus of Saint Mary’s University. Meyer, who lives in Rosemount, will graduate from Saint Mary’s this spring. The purpose of the trip was to get students out of their comfort zones and experience policing in another country. While there, the Saint Mary’s group met with people in all facets of the Northamptonshire Police department, from the lowest-ranking constables to Sir Hugh Orde, the United Kingdom’s highest-ranking law enforcement official (see…
Monday, January 21, 2013
Domestics and disturbances in Mendota Heights between Jan. 1 and 16.
The information for Mendota Heights Patch's police incident map is provided by the Mendota Heights Police Department. Zoom in (or out) for a better look at Mendota Heights or your neighborhood. Click on pins to see police data for each incident. Use the scroll bar on the right side of the map to see a full list of incidents. Note that for locations listed as, for instance, "the 5900 block," the pin will appear near the 5900 street address, but the incident did not necessarily occur exactly there; it happened somewhere on the block with address that begin with 59XX. Please leave a comment below or email zac.farber@patch.com with any questions, corrections or concerns.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Frauds, thefts and burglaries in Mendota Heights between January 1 and 16.
The information for Mendota Heights Patch's police incident map is provided by the Mendota Heights Police Department. Zoom in (or out) for a better look at Mendota Heights or your neighborhood. Click on pins to see police data for each incident. Use the scroll bar on the right side of the map to see a full list of incidents. Note that for locations listed as, for instance, "the 5900 block," the pin will appear near the 5900 street address, but the incident did not necessarily occur exactly there; it happened somewhere on the block with address that begin with 59XX. Please leave a comment below or email zac.farber@patch.com with any questions, corrections or concerns.
Friday, January 11, 2013
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says Dakota County is the fifth most dangerous county in the state for drunken driving.
Follow Inver Grove Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter Mendota Heights Police made three drunken driving arrests during last month’s statewide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DWI enforcement campaign, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety reported Friday. Inver Grove Heights Police did not record an arrest during the enforcement effort, according to preliminary reports. The Dakota County Sheriff’s Department recorded 18 DWI arrests. Statewide, more than 2,500 drivers were arrested for impaired driving during last month’s campaign. That compares to 2,600 DWI arrests recorded in December 2011. Looking at the arrest totals for other Patch cities in Dakota County: Apple…
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A 19-year-old Minneapolis woman has been charged with felony auto theft following the Nov. 21 traffic stop.
Follow Inver Grove Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter A Mendota Heights police officer driving through South St. Paul last month made an interesting discovery: a stolen car was being driven in front of his car. Mariah Rae Warborg, 19, of Minneapolis was arrested and charged with felony auto theft after being pulled over by the officer on Nov. 21. According to a Dakota County criminal complaint released this week: When the officer performed a license plate on the car in front of him, he learned the car had been reported stolen the previous night. He stopped the car and found Warborg, who was driving, and passengers in the car. The officer also reportedly discovered a purse and wallet belonging …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
If convicted of the charges against him, Michael Bruce Johnson faces up to a year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
A 44-year-old Mendota Heights man was charged with gross misdemeanor child endangerment after police caught him transporting his three-year-old daughter and five-year-old son on a motorcycle without helmets. According to a Dakota County criminal complaint, Michael Bruce Johnson was seen by Mendota Heights police traveling northbound on Highway 13 South with his daughter seated in front of him and his son seated behind him. The complaint states that the only protective gear on any of the them was a pair of goggles, worn by Johnson. It also says officers noticed the child on the rear of the motorcycle was unable to reach his feet to the foot rests, and there was not a footrest for the female child. Child endangerment carries with it a …
