Minneapolis Police 3rd PCT

Sector 4 Community Bulletin

(Cooper, Hiawatha, Howe, Longfellow, Seward)

Week ofAugust 30,2011to September6, 2011

Residential/Garage burglaries
Date / Time occurred / Location / Entry / Stolen
8/30 / 1:00a.m. – 2:30a.m. / 29xx 26St E / Gained entry through unlocked door. / T.V., Wii, cell phone
8/30 – 9/2 / 10:30 p.m. – 5:00 a.m. / 23xx 26 Ave S / Gained entry with force evident. / T.V.
8/31 / 8:30a.m. – 4:52p.m. / 30xx 46 Av S / Gained entryby breaking a window on door. / T.V.
8/31 / 8:00 a.m. – 3:42 p.m. / 20xx 31 Ave S / Gained entry through unlocked service door. / Computer
8/31 – 9/1 / 10:00 p.m. –6:00 a.m. / 38xx 44 Ave S / Gained entry through unlocked service door. / Bike, CD’s
8/31 – 9/1 / 9:30 p.m. – 5:30 a.m. / 36xx 41 Ave S / Gained entry by forcing the service door. / Bike
8/31 – 9/1 / 10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. / 41XX 46 Ave S / Gained entry through unlocked service door. / Bike, GPS
8/31- 9/5 / 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. / 40xx 38 Ave S / Gained entry by prying a window. / Rifle, jewelry, T.V.
9/1 / 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 41xx 39 Ave S / Attempted entry by pushing in screen of a locked window. / No loss
9/2 / 11:51 a.m. – 11:57 a.m. / 45xx 45 Ave S / Unknown suspect gained entry by breaking a window on a door after ringing the door bell. Suspect fled when interrupted by victim. / No loss
9/2 – 9/3 / 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. / 36xx 41 Ave S / Gained entry by forcing the service door. / Bike
9/3 – 9/4 / 10:00 p.m. – 6:15 a.m. / 39xx Snelling Ave / Gained entry by forcing the service door. / CD’s, video’s
9/4 / 12 :00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. / 44xx 42 Ave S / Gained entry through unlocked service door. / Bike
9/5 / 9:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. / 39xx 40 Ave S / Gained entry through unlocked door. / Cash, jewelry, IPOD, knife, cell phone
9/5 / 6:30 a.m. – 6:35 a.m. / 22xx 28 Ave S / Gained entry through a previously broken window of the attached garage. Suspect has been I.D. via fingerprints arrest warrant has been issued.

*Special Note:Sector 4 was hit hard with burglary of dwellings and garages for the week of 8/30/11 to 9/6/11 3rd PCT Property Crimes Investigators are asking residents to please remove valuable items from your car even when parking inside your garage as well as removing your garage door opener from the vehicle if you are not parking the vehicle inside the garage. Please check to be sure service doors are locked as you exit the garage. With burglary of dwellings they are asking that you remember to lock windows and doors even when you are home, as some of our burglaries of dwellings were through unlocked doors and windows.

What you can do:

  • Keep your doors locked at all times—even when you are home.
  • Check your windows to make sure they are secured. Basement windows may need additional reinforcement.
  • For additional information about window security, go to:
  • Be extra cautious about your neighborhood. Trust your instincts.
  • Call 911 if you see anything suspicious.
  • Talk to your neighbors about these incidents and ask them to be alert to suspicious activity. We need everyone’s help.
  • If you don’t have a block club or it has been inactive, now is the time to get active.
  • When electronics or larger items are stolen, providing serial numbers of stolen items to the responding officers is important to help in the recovery of your items and in the prosecution of the suspect(s).

What you can do now:

  • Take some time now and document the serial numbers of any valuables that have numbers on it.
  • Take pictures of your belongings. This would not only help in a criminal case but has helped a few residents filing insurance claims when they had a fire in their home.
  • Keep this list and photos somewhere safe, like your office or safe deposit box
  • If you are a victim of burglary, report it immediately by calling 911. Inform the responding officers if you see something that may have been handled or left behind by the suspect (cigarette butt, pop can, etc.).

Burglaries of Business for the week of August 30, 2011– September6, 2011

Date / Time occurred / Location / Description of Robbery / Suspect Identification
8/30 / 12:25a.m. – 12:30 a.m. / Costal Sea Food
2333 Minnehaha / Unknownsuspects gained entry by forcing the front door which set of the alarm. No loss / No suspect info
8/30 / 1:23 a.m. – 1:24 a.m. / Hop Wong
2913 27 Ave S / Unknown suspect gained entry by breaking the glass on the front door. Loss: small safe and contents / No suspect info

Shun Tillman

Crime Prevention Specialist

3rd Precinct CCP/SAFE

3000 Minnehaha Ave South

Minneapolis, MN