A 28-year-old man suffered injuries after an incident that occurred around bar close on Feb. 16.
Police reports state that the 28-year-old was in the bathroom when a larger male entered and insulted the man’s friend by calling him “a little ginger.”
The victim then told his friend, “Yeah you are a little ginger,” then turned to the man and said “You have a little ginger in you as well.”
Then other man allegedly pushed the 28-year-old into either the urinal or the wall of the restroom and then was hit in the face.
The male suspect remained unidentified at the time of the incident, but was described as a tall white man, 6 foot 3 inches with blond hair and wearing a blue long sleeve shirt.
Bouncers at Rafters noticed him leaving the bathroom very quickly shortly after the reported incident and followed him out after discovering the victim and his injuries. The man refused to go back inside Rafters and left the scene.
Police say the 28-year-old victim suffered a cut on his lower lip and possibly a broken or chipped upper front teeth.
The victim told police, that depsite living out of state, he’d like to press charges against the man once he was found. The incident remains under investigation.
$2,200 worth of items stolen
An unoccupied home on the 900 block of Greeley Street had an estimated $2,200 worth of merchandise stolen from it between the end of January to Feb. 14 when the theft was reported.
Stillwater Police reports state that items stolen from the home, which was for sale, included a washer and dryer pair, dishes, seven bottles of miscellaneous wine, the Realtor’s tool box, Ikea furniture, possible wall art and some table lamps.
When the Realtor arrived at the home to prepare it for a showing, he noticed that the garage service door was standing ajar and the door frame was significantly damaged as though it had been forced open. Then he entered the residence to assess the damage.
After a walkthrough, police determined the items missing and determined that the home was safe. The Realtor had been sick and hadn’t shown the home until Feb. 14. He didn’t remember anyone suspicious that he had shown the property to before he called it in.
No viable tracks or footprints were found at the property. The current owner of the house said that his daughter could have more information regarding the washer and dryer because he hadn’t been working at the home since his wife had died. His daughter and her boyfriend had staged the home before putting it on the market.
The case is considered active.
Man cited for damage at Smalley’s BBQ
A 21-year-old man was cited for damage to property in Smalley’s Caribbean Barbecue after damaging a stall door in the restroom.
After getting a call about a man with a large amount of blood in the men’s bathroom and on a person leaving the establishment, police located the man in the parking lot to the east of Smalley’s.
The 21-year-old told police that he had gotten in an altercation with an unknown male outside of Smalley’s after the man insulted his friend. After the incident the 21-year-old returned to Smalley’s and admitted to striking or attempting to tear the bathroom stall door off of its hinges in the bathroom when he cut his fingers on sheet metal. The injuries required stitches.
The man was issued a citation and estimated damage to the property is valued at $200.
Compiled by Avery Cropp at avery.cropp@ecm-inc.com