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Just the Facts
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Early Morning Scuffle Leads to Felony Charges—
Friday, May 1
to
Thursday, May 7
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Busiest Day of Week:
Friday— 86 events
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Busiest Hour of Day:
6:00 PM— 40 events
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Total # of Events:
541
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Average Events/Day:
77.29
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Average Events/Hour:
3.22
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Average Traffic Stops:
.70 per hour
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DWIs for the week: 5
Cops in the Community—
On April 27th, 28th and 30th,
Officers Andrew Van Osdale
and Jason Matejcek paid
visits to the Associated
Church & Trinity Church preschool programs. The officers made their appearances
to talk about summertime
safety topics, to give the
children a tour of their squad
car and to give the kids an
opportunity to meet and get
to know an officer.
We tip our hat to the Owatonna Fire Department for a job
well done—at the Fourth Annual Guns Vs. Hoses softball
game, our squad fell to the
fire department for the second year in a row.
During the early morning hours last Thursday, our officers were
called to an home in the 200 block of Spruce Avenue for an assault.
Arriving officers were met by a female who was reporting a victim in
this case was bleeding really badly. Officers entered the residence
and followed a trail of blood to the basement where they located a
Andrew Kramer 23-year old victim laying face down on a bed. Officers observed
large amounts of blood around the bed and the victim had suffered an approximately 4” wound on his
back, just above his belt line. The victim was treated by Gold Cross medical staff at the scene and later airlifted to Rochester. Investigating officers learned the victim was allegedly injured during a confrontation with a 26-year old suspect that goes by the name of Q-tip. Witnesses reported the suspect
came to the residence and was yelling for the victim to come outside. The suspect then allegedly
threw a rock through a window, prompting the victim to come outside and confront the suspect. The
victim allegedly was wrestling with the suspect when he realized he had been stabbed. Police were
called to the scene and the suspect fled on foot. Later that morning, Owatonna officers and Steele
County deputies located the suspect at his
residence and placed him under arrest.
Drug and Gun Charges—
When the suspect was arrested, he was
The Cannon River Drug & Violent Offender Task Force found to have a fresh cut on his right hand
was involved in an investigation that led them to an and two, large apparent blood drops on his
Owatonna residence on Tuesday afternoon. The task undershirt. Andrew J. Kramer was formally
force had secured a search warrant for a garage in the charged with 2nd Degree Assault—a felony.
200 block of E. Pearl Street and for three
individuals. As a result of the warrant, AED Donation—
Owatonna officers stopped a subject of the
warrant while he was driving his vehicle. On Tuesday. Tracy DuChene accepted an
During his search, he was found to be in automatic external defibrillator (AED) that
possession of a handgun—John Bulver, age was donated to the department by the
John Bulver
27, was arrested for being in possession of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
the weapon. During the search of the gar- (SMSC). The photo below is Sgt. DuChene
age, presumptive methamphetamine, drug accepting the AED from SMSC community
member and firefightparaphernalia and guns were recovered—
er, Nathan Crooks.
two of the guns were reported stolen. BulTara Saltou-Olson
ver was formally charged with 2nd Degree
Possession of a Controlled Substance, (2) counts of
Possession Stolen Property and Possessing a Firearm Arbor Day Honorees—
with an Altered Serial Number. Tara Saltou-Olson, age
18, was at the scene of the warrant and subject to the The City of Owatonna honors retiring employsearch—she was found to be in possession metham- ees on Arbor Day by planting a tree on city
phetamine and charged with 5th Degree Possession of property to recognize the retiree’s service to
a Controlled Substance. The Cannon River Drug & the community. On April 24th,
Violent Offender Task Force is comprised of agents our latest retirees, Sergeants
from law enforcement organizations in Rice County Tim Hassing, Deanne vonWald
and Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms & Corporal Mark Edel were
(ATF). The South Central Drug Investigation Unit assist- honored. Pictured are Deanne
and Mark planting their trees.
ed with this case.
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