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Stillwater PD eyeing body cameras as early as 2016; as issue has state,...
TASER’s Axon Flex Body Camera, courtesy of TASER International Body cameras may soon come to the Stillwater Police Department. Chief John Gannaway says he’s putting the devices in his 2016 budget for...
View Article‘Booty Cruise’ creates busy night for cops
Women from across the region descended on the KDWB Booty Cruise at the St. Croix Boat & Packet for a booze-filled three-hour tour June 4. This women-only event has become notorious for drunken and...
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Police incidents up in Stillwater in 2014; Serious crimes continue to drop...
Although overall incidents in Stillwater were up last year, serious crimes were down compared to previous years. (Graph taken from Stillwater police 2014 annual report) Stillwater police responded to...
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UPDATED: Authorities catch fugitive from Stillwater Correctional Facility in...
Patrick James Buswell Authorities have apprehended the man who escaped the Stillwater Prison in Bayport. Patrick James Buswell, who walked away from a minimum-security unit at the Minnesota...
View ArticleBody washes ashore near Lakeland Shores
On Friday June 12 at 2:34 pm the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a body that had washed ashore from the St Croix River adjacent to the city of Lakeland Shores. Investigators do...
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UPDATED: Police seek man who escaped Bayport prison
Patrick James Buswell Authorities are searching for a man who escaped from the state prison in Bayport the morning of June 12. According to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Patrick James...
View ArticleUPDATED: Sheriff’s office investigates death near Fairy Falls
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death near Fairy Falls, just north of Stillwater. A sheriff’s office spokesperson said hikers called in an unknown situation near Fairy Falls...
View Article10 volunteers join Washington County Sheriff’s Reserves
On May 21, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office graduated 10 new volunteers from the Reserve Academy. The reserves went through a 16-week program learning skills to assist in their volunteer work....
View ArticleMan charged with Oak Park Heights murder wants to represent himself in court
The man accused of an April 11 murder in Oak Park Heights wants to decline a public defender and represent himself in court. Nathan Nigel Anthony Eldredge, 24, is charged with one count of...
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Drowning ruled as cause of death for Abbey Russell
Abbey Russell The Ramsey County Medical Examiner has identified fresh water drowning as the cause of death for Abbey Kae Russell, the 24-year-old female from Stillwater who was reported missing April...
View Article‘Tis the season … for door-to-door salesmen
In the wake of spring storms, Stillwater police began receiving complaints about door-to-door solicitors. While selling door-to-door isn’t illegal, city code requires many types of solicitors to get a...
View ArticleBaytown couple faces 2nd-degree drug charges, could get up to 40 years in prison
A 39-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman, both of Baytown Township, were each charged with one count of second-degree drug possession and one count of child endangerment following a welfare check on...
View ArticleEckberg pleads guilty to tax evasion; agreement calls for him to give up all...
Former Lumberjack Days festival organizer Dave Eckberg has pleaded guilty to three felony counts of failure to pay or collect taxes in connection with the event. Under the terms of the May 7...
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Vandalism spree on Curve Crest Boulevard in Stillwater hits felony level
Simonet’s Furniture has had seven windows shot since March. (Gazette staff photo by Jonathan Young) Police suspect the same individual or group of individuals is behind an ongoing spree of vandalism of...
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Russell’s body found in river; could be four to eight weeks before cause of...
Abbey Russell The search for Abbey Russell of Stillwater ended a week after it began when a fisherman found her body in the St. Croix River near the Ole Sawmill Marina, just north of downtown...
View ArticleSteele found not legally responsible
A jury in Dane County, Wis., found Andrew Steele was not legally responsible for the murders of his wife and sister-in-law because of a mental disease or defect April 22. Steele previously pleaded...
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Body found in St. Croix identified as Abbey Russell
Abbey Russell On May 3, the Ramsey County Medical Examiner identified the body pulled from the St. Croix River just north of downtown Stillwater May 2 as Abbey Kae Russell, the 24-year-old female from...
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Stillwater police seek help finding missing person; weekend searches turn up...
Abbey Russell A weekend-long search for a Stillwater woman reported missing early in the morning of Saturday, April 25, turned up empty. But police are still seeking the public’s help to find...
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Man charged in Oak Park Heights murder; suspect arrested in Illinois
A crime scene team truck from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension sits outside the Summit Park Condominiums in Oak Park Heights April 14. (Gazette staff photo by Jonathan Young) A 24-year-old man...
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Police identify apparent homicide victim in Oak Park Heights
A crime scene team truck from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension sits outside the Summit Park Condominiums in Oak Park Heights April 14. (Gazette staff photo by Jonathan Young) The Ramsey County...
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