Suspected Lurker Brought Home to Mother: Fridley Police Blotter

Police found an intoxicated person who had been reported on May 8 as lurking in the area of Target Distribution, 1090 73rd Ave. NE. They brought him home, where his elderly mother took responsibility for him.

Here are other items selected from information provided by the Fridley Police Department:

May 7:

• Police gave a girl who was stranded in the 7400 block of East River Road a ride home.
• Police dispatched to mediate an argument in the 1200 block of Onandaga Way NE arrested and brought to jail a female who fought with officers trying to handcuff her to take her to detox. 
• An officer gave a verbal warning to residents in the 1400 block of 73rd Avenue NE after a party there the previous night left items littered on a neighboring yard.
• A complainant reported that someone stole his AT&T iPhone 4 while he was at a party at an address he didn't know but said was behind Unity Hospital.
• A complainant in the 6800 block of Brookview Drive NE reported that someone enetered his unlocked garage and stole two packs of cigarettes from his unlocked pickup truck. 
• Someone stole change from an unlocked vehicle in the 700 block of Overton Drive NE, according to a complainant.
• Police located, arrested and transported to jail a male who a complainant said had assaulted his granddaughter. 
• An officer cited a woman for misdemeanor theft at Target, 755 53rd Ave. NE, and took her home to an address in Fridley.
• Police brought one brother from the 4800 block of Third Street NE to jail on third-degree assault and domestic strangulation charges, and brought another brother with facial injuries to Unity Hospital.

May 8:

• An officer took a stray puppy from the 6900 block of East River Road to animal impound.
• At the request of the Hibbing Police Department, a Fridley Police officer checked an address in the 6500 block of Central Avenue NE for a stolen vehicle but didn't find it.
• A caller reported seeing a vehicle in the used-vehicle row at Friendly Chevrolet, 7501 Hwy. 65, with its windows down, and an employee arranged to put the windows up after an officer contacted the business.
• A car went into the ditch on University Avenue NE at 79th Avenue NE after the driver passed out. There were no injuries and only minor property damage.
• An officer arrested a male who was sleeping or passed out in a vehicle in the 600 block of Osborne Road NE on outstanding warrants.
• Police offered suggestions to a complainant in the 1400 block of 73rd Avenue NE regarding a dispute with a contractor who installed and then repaired a fence after a storm damaged it.

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.