'No Trespassing' Sign Stolen: Fridley Police Blotter

Someone stole a No Trespassing sign that had been attached with twist ties to a chain link fence in the 100 block of Sylvan Lane NE, according to a complainant who said she suspects a specific person but has no proof. The sign disappeared Oct. 3, sometime between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Here are selections from information about other recent incidents in Fridley provided by the Fridley Police Department.

Oct. 1:

• A caller reported her vehicle window smashed and an iPad and several sentimental items missing from the vehicle, which was parked in the lot at . 
• An officer responded to an intentionally broken window in the 7300 block of West Circle NE, apparently caused by someone having thrown a hose nozzle through the glass.
• An officer responded to a report of a shoplifter who left Cub Foods, 246 57th Ave. NE, with an unknown amount of beef that he hadn't paid for.

Oct. 2:

• A caller reported that overnight someone had slashed all four tires on his pickup truck while it was parked in a driveway in the 5900 block of Third Street NE.
• A complainant blamed her cordless phone not working on neighbors in the 400 block of Mississippi Street NE tampering with her phone lines, but an officer found the phone's base unplugged. 
• An officer stopped a person for crossing University Avenue NE on foot against a red light. The person fled in the 300 block of 57th Avenue NE, the officer gave chase and arrested and jailed the person.

Oct. 3:

• A complainant in the 200 block of Rice Creek Boulevard NE said someone left a canoe behind his shed. An officer found a note that said the canoe was left there after it capsized and the note-writer would be back to pick it up. Police impounded the canoe at the complainant's request.
• A complainant received a business check in payment for a piano he had listed for sale on Craig's List that his bank would not accept because it had no account or routing number.
• A complainant said his son, a heroin user, had pawned the father's rifle, Bose subwoofer and Dewalt drill at Pawn America. 
• Five businesses failed a compliance check when 16-year-old decoys tried to buy tobacco products (20 businesses passed): Spur, 6485 E. River Rd.; Two Stooges, 7178 University Ave. NE; Mr. Discount Tobacco, 315 Osborne Rd. NE; Amstar, 7680 Hwy. 65; 4 Corners Gas, 1301 Mississippi St. NE. 
• A complainant said a young male broke into his house in the 1100 block of 63rd Ave. NE and after going though drawers and cupboards took a kitten. A neighbor tackled the thief and retrieved the kitten.

Oct. 4:

• A passenger car clipped the back end of a school bus at North Innsbruck Drive and Meister Road NE, causing minor propoerty damage.
• A male stole a snow blower from Home Depot, 5650 Main St. NE.
• Despite warnings that she risked illegal-dumping charges if she used City of Fridley dumpsters in the 400 block of 71st Avenue NE, a female dumped trash there. She was cited and released.
• A juvenile male driving recklessly rear-ended another juvenile male who was riding a bike in the 6200 block of Starlite Boulevard NE and drove off without stopping. The driver was cited and released to his father; the bicyclist was okay but the bike was damaged.

In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation, and not evidence of guilt. The arrested person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Incidents generally appear in the order in which they were reported, not necessarily the order in which they occurred.