Police: Disorderly conduct, deer at Lakeview Hospital
Man cited for disorderly conduct Stillwater police cited a 44-year-old St. Paul man for disorderly conduct after he caused a scene at the same location twice in one night. Officers responded to Lucky’s...
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Traffic stop leads to drug charges A Maplewood man, Patrick David Harris, faces drug charges in connection with an Oct. 26 incident in Bayport. Court documents state that Bayport police were...
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Stillwater police cited a 44-year-old St. Paul man for disorderly conduct after he caused a scene at the same location twice in one night. Officers responded to Lucky’s Gas Station when an employee...
View ArticleCourt report: Traffic stop leads to drug charges
A Maplewood man, Patrick David Harris, faces drug charges in connection with an Oct. 26 incident in Bayport. Court documents state that Bayport police were monitoring the area on 5th Avenue North when...
View ArticleParking lot groper serves 60 days in jail
Reuben Ramcharit was sentenced Nov. 13 after being convicted on sex-related charges after an April groping incident in the Stillwater Cub Foods parking lot. Ramcharit received two years probation, must...
View ArticleMahtomedi man charged after 10 pounds marijuana found in home
A Mahtomedi man faces drug charges after 10 pounds of marijuana was found at his home. Washington County Sheriff deputies were dispatched to an address after a report of a residential alarm sounding....
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Former county sheriff dies in home: Trudeau remembered as inspirational figure
Trudeau as Washington County Sheriff, shown in 1994. (File photo) BY CLINT RIESE - ECM PUBLISHERS Star athlete. Decorated law enforcement official. Tireless volunteer. All-around good guy. Jim Trudeau...
View ArticleStillwater man, a former teacher, accused of having sex with students
A 36-year-old Stillwater man is accused of having sex with two 16-year-olds who were in a history class he taught at a high school in Grantsburg, Wis. Matthew Robert Koenen, a former teacher at...
View ArticleString of Christmas light thefts in Stillwater
Several incidents involving stolen Christmas lights and vandalism in the area of Olive Street occurred over the weekend. A call came in around 1:30 a.m. Nov. 17 reporting a suspicious male in the area...
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Tobacco Market could lose its license
Tobacco Market at 2040 Market Drive in Stillwater could lose its tobacco license after failing a third compliance check in less than a year (Gazette staff photo by Jonathan Young) A Stillwater store...
View ArticleA fake taxi, trespassing, and copper theft
Following are some of the incidents reported by the Stillwater Police this past week. Silver Ride taxi? A woman called police early in the morning Nov. 24 saying she had left her coat in a taxi after...
View ArticleFather convicted of assaulting son with brass knuckles
A Stillwater father accused of hitting his 16-year-old son with brass knuckles during an argument on May 21 was convicted of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, tampering with a witness and...
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Oak Park Heights inmate strangled
The Minnesota Correctional Facility – Oak Park Heights is a maximum-security prison. An inmate at the maximum-security prison in Oak Park Heights apparently strangled and killed another inmate Dec. 2,...
View ArticleThreatening graffiti found in Stillwater
Threatening graffiti was found on the Main Street stairs Dec. 2. The graffiti was bright red featuring a police officer wearing a badge and holding a gun with an arrow through the head. “DEATH TO PIGS”...
View ArticleBouncer cited for disorderly conduct after chase on foot
A bouncer for Rafters in downtown Stillwater was cited for disorderly conduct after an altercation with a man outside Rafters’ property around 2:15 a.m. Nov. 28. A Stillwater Police Officer reported...
View ArticleOak Park Heights man charged with robbery, assault
An Oak Park Heights man made his initial appearance in court last week in connection with an Aug. 11 incident. Trevor Duane Nelson is charged with first-degree aggravated robbery and aiding and...
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Lily Lake case dismissed, appeal likely
Jack Ariola Erenberg The lawsuit stemming from the August 2012 death of 9-year-old Jack Ariola Erenberg after being exposed to an amoeba after a late-summer swim in Lily Lake was closed and dismissed...
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Richard gets six years in McCloud assault case
Eric Richard After almost two hours of heart wrenching, tear-filled testimony from families on both sides of the case, Eric Kaprice Richard II, 23, was sentenced Dec. 10 to six years and two months in...
View ArticleUp in flames in Target parking lot
A problem with a tail light quickly turned into a much bigger problem for a Cenuria, Wis., man whose vehicle caught fire in the Stillwater Target parking lot Dec. 9. According to Stillwater police, a...
View ArticlePolice: 28-year-old hit by car
A 28-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle while walking in the early morning hours of Dec. 14 on the 500 block of Owens Street N. Officers responded to the scene and were told the victim was up and...
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