Crime & Safety
Fridley Police: Burglary Happened while Riverview Terrace Residents Slept
Missing: Computer, video games and a purse with cash and credit cards.
Sometime during the night last Thursday or Friday, someone burglarized a home in the 6400 block of Riverview Terrace NE without waking up the residents, according to a crime alert from the Fridley Police Department.
Whoever broke in "may have entered" by way of a door that wasn't secured, the crime alert said. In the morning, the residents found a rock propping open their front storm door and their patio door open. A laptop, 20 video games and a purse were gone.
It's the same block where after homeowners said they found him in a bedroom around 9 p.m. The suspect escaped, taking keys, and locked himself in the homeowners' vehicle, from which .
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Fridley police ask anyone with information about the incident last week to call 9-1-1 and ask to speak to a Fridley police officer. You may remain anonymous.
The key safety tip from the crime alert: "Check doors and windows to make sure they are secure."
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