Crime & Safety News

As the Holiday season approaches, local SERVPRO fire restoration specialist offers stovetop safety tips for home cooks From 2014 to 2018, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reports* that United States fire departments were called to an estimated average of 172,900 home structure fires related to cooking each year. During the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays,…

It’s deer season, in more ways than one. This will be the second weekend for deer hunting in our area. If you like cold and snow, the weather will also be perfect for you. I will be warm and safe at home. Over my career I have had to euthanize enough deer and seen them…

How best to avoid injury in a deer-vehicle crash? That depends on what you’re driving. If you’re in a car or truck, the key is not to swerve. If you swerve, you’re more likely to drive into oncoming traffic or go off the road. Instead, brake and hit the deer. It may seem counterintuitive, but…

Car crashes are a frequent call that law enforcement agencies respond to. Typically, the cars and drivers are still on scene. Sometimes they are not, and the investigation runs into some roadblocks. Deputy Shirley Zwack responded to a property damage crash with no vehicle on scene Nov. 4. The scene was in the 26000 block…

Catalytic converter thefts are still occurring on occasion. Deputy Steve Romstad responded to one in St. Augusta Nov. 3. I haven’t heard of this vehicle type being targeted before, but two buses had their converters cut off overnight. The thieves had to enter into a secured fenced‐in area to facilitate the theft. A shoe print…

At 2:40 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an individual with a gunshot wound from a hunting accident, in the 72000 block of CSAH 27 in Kingston Township. Meeker Deputies, Minnesota DNR, Dassel Rescue, Mayo Ambulance, and Life Link III responded to the scene. Deputies arrived to find…

Deputy Scott Romstad (yes, they are related) responded to a fraud complaint later that same day Nov. 3. A business in Rockville had been defrauded out of approximately $28,000. The business had been sent an invoice by a company that they do a fair amount of business with, or so they thought. Several weeks later…

Nov. 13, Bruce Scott Dalbec, 64 of Maple Lake, was arrested in Buffalo on the charge of second-degree DWI. Nov. 13, Ian Alfred Rivers, 24 of Maple Lake, was arrested in Maple Lake on the charge of domestic assault. Nov. 11, Leonard William Driscoll, 36 of Maple Lake, was arrested in Maple Lake on the…

Date, Time, Call, Location: Disposition 11/14/21, 2:34 am, DUI, 240th St, Dassel Twp: Arrest. 11/14/21, 3:29 pm, Traffic Stop, MN Hwy 4, City of Grove City: Citation Issued. 11/14/21, 6:14 pm, Domestic, 318th St, Kingston Twp: Arrest. 11/13/21, 1:42 pm, Public Assist, CSAH 11, Darwin Twp: Civil. 11/12/21, 2:10 pm, Animal Complaint – Dog, Central…