Missing Torso At Center Of Lawsuit Between Medical Group, Waste Co. Avoiding the cumbersome County system allows more City departments to issue more citations. On September 24, 1951, Pockrandt Lumber and Fuel wrote a letter to the Council commending police action when boys wrecked trucks at the site. He was sent to Stillwater State prison, to be handed over later to Federal authorities. This is the official St. Louis Park, Minnesota Police Department page. Cousins Charles J. Dessalliers, 22, of Massachusetts and Phillip J. Desalliers, 24, of Plymouth were charged with second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and fifth-degree assault. This site is now at the confluence of Glenhurst, Minnetonka Blvd., Highway 7, and Lake Street. In a related item, the Pinkertons were actively recruiting in the area. In August 1955 the Traffic Violations Bureau was established. In May, a bomb went off in the parking lot behind City Hall, slightly damaging a squad car. [Names have been redacted at the familys request.]. Come October, A.J. One of the holdups was at the Texa-Tonka Pure Oil Station at 7921 Minnetonka Blvd. A rash of break-ins was reported in February. One of the bandits was shot but only had $4.05 on him, stating that his partner had all the loot. The cost to the Village to send a prisoner to the workhouse was upped to $3.50 per day effective October 1. He walked toward the Center of the Park and everyone just looked at him shouting Extra Extra Extra, St. Louis Park P.O. Scism, justice of the peace, Wednesday night, but when Rossi declined to swear out a complaint against him, the matter was dropped. On July 18, the Village Council passed an ordinance defining and punishing vagrancy. Instead of being a loafer with no money, this political definition of a vagrant was anyone who taught or advocated crime or violence as a means of accomplishing industrial or political ends. In another section, a vagrant was one who taught or advised citizens that they ought not aid or assist in the United States in prosecuting or carrying on war with the public enemies of the United States. These were the days after the Russian Revolution, and fear of communism made people a little crazy. Ralph Erickson, and told him he was at Knollwood Plaza. The robber got away, despite the four shots from a deer rifle that came from Bank President Allan R. Burrill. As deputy chief for the past three years, he has overseen the patrol, investigations and administration divisions. Shoplifting was getting to be a real problem a couple of stores were so plagued that the City was considering raising the retail license fee to recoup police costs. This facility was used until 1923. Rina B. Fuff, 1840 Jersey Ave., was found stabbed and asphyxiated in her home. This chapter doesnt pretend to describe every incident, but perhaps this sampling will give us an idea of what the Park Police force had to contend with. An ordinance was passed punishing vagrants and street beggars, which gives some indication of conditions in the Park. Over $5,000 was taken by the polite holdup men, including a 150 pound bag of silver coins. Young, 25, of St. Paul was charged with second-degree unintentional murder. In that year he lived at 5626 W. 36th Street, a stretch of road that was cleared of all houses in the 1950s but chock-a-block with apartments 50 years later. For some reason, the Body Shoppe was a heavy advertiser in the TV Times, with up to six ads in an edition. The Village Council took them under consideration and failed to find them substantiated. In July, he was appropriated $9.45 for 1,000 index cards. Since Statehood in 1858, a total of 26 people were hanged for murder. The bomb was found to be workable but misfunctioned. Pavey admitted to going 35 mph and said he swerved to avoid some bad pavement. A plea bargain resulted in his being charged with burglary and receiving and concealing stolen goods but not rape. On April 9, 1975, two gunmen held up Bunnys and forced the employees in a cooler. On May 16th, the Village Council passed an ordinance relative to Fire Works and Discharge of Fire Arms Within the Limits of the Village No person shallexplode, burn, or fire off, any rocket, firecracker, roman candle or other species of fireworks or pyrotechnic display. In October 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard G. Peterson made the inflammatory charge that St. Louis Park was the home of two teenage gangs: the Baldies, who shaved their heads and wore steel-toed shoes, and the Animals, who had razor blades in their shoes and bit their victims with their filed teeth. Her statement was that Joe was in a foul mood after she had asked him not to wear his best shirt to go back to the Ford Plant where he worked that night. In 1963, an article in the Dispatch declared Blame is Placed on Home Life!. Josie Albertson-Grove covers the western Twin Cities suburbs for the Star Tribune. The Brookside Dairy Bar, at 5922 Excelsior Blvd., was robbed of money and drinks on October 22. In November, thieves took off with $1,000 from the Post Office. In the spring of 1934, Mr. Roy Olson of the St. Mancel Mitchell was sworn in as Chief on October 1, 1984. For more bad behavior, see Liquor in the Park, which also includes all drug-related crime. The Dispatch took on a tabloid approach to reporting the story: Vengeful Ex-City Employee Assaults Tom Chenoweth With Hunting Knife; Wifes Arrival Averts Tragedy!. Officials also tried designating an outdoor area where students could smoke, but that soon became a pit. Now students were issued tickets and faced suspension if they were caught. Robert Eisenberg, 50, strangled wife Harriet to death at their home at 2067 Utah. The entire text of the letter can be found in the Minneapolis Star, August 31, 1933, Page 5. On April 21, 2007, Dameon D. Gatson, 22, paid his friend Paul A. Peterson, 18, both of Hopkins, to punch Gatsons pregnant girlfriend in the stomach in order to cause a miscarriage. After a proposed necktie party was defeated, Judge (City Attorney) H.H. I drove into the industrial area south of Cedar Lake Road and Edgewood and saw a car in the middle of a field with the dome light on and a door open. He was quoted as saying When the Park got two saloons they hired the first policeman! Andys wife took the calls, and when she turned on the porch light he knew he had a call. The perpetrator was identified four months later, a demolition expert in the Army. in Minneapolis. Mrs. E. Depew was reimbursed for providing meals for prisoners. In September 2012, St. Louis Park resident Joel Delano Powell, Jr. was convicted by a Federal jury for his role in a large, multi-state identity theft ring that operated from 2006 through 2011. The body of St. Louis Park resident Marjorie Ann Buscher, a 19-year-old hitchhiker with a mental age of 12, was found by the side of the road in Sumter County, off I-95, stabbed several times in the chest and back. Richard Foley, 19, of 4121 Ottawa Ave. and his brother Don, 25, of Minneapolis stuck up the North Commons Tap Room of $145 and the Rail Inn of $400, both in Minneapolis. Mike Harcey - Chief Of Police - City of St. Louis Park | LinkedIn He was charged with first degree murder. The Petersons and 10 other Americans were anti-abortion activists, invited by Norwegian clergy to participate in pro-life activities. The system was not radar, but used landmarks to check speed. The two were arrested in Wyoming and Montana. Patrolling the City on Halloween were six cars of ham radio operators from the Minnesota Emergency Communications, Inc. Three other men were also convicted in the case. If you are unable to attend either event, the program on Feb. 16 will be broadcast via Facebook live and available afterward for viewing. One took the time to rob the barber shop of $100, and another paid cash for an album before the heist. The issue was referred to committee, which determined that it was the States jurisdiction. In February, F.W. Kruelle played a critical role in developing and implementing the departments response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as helping the department navigate a very challenging period in law enforcement. The couple had three children. The group claimed that the clinic was owned by Methodist, a statement denied by the hospital. He stole the car from the Super Valu parking lot, from a relative he was living with. The action may have been related to a strike of about 300 workers that started on July 29, 1965. This time, he heard a call go out for a car carrying three women who had forced themselves into an elderly womans house and stolen her checks. A few hours later, Kilmer called his pastor, Rev. "In Deputy Chief Kruelle, we've found the candidate who demonstrates deep integrity and character, practices honest and open communication, values diversity and provides accountability," Keller said in a statement. The thieves got away with radio and testing equipment and satellite system circuit cards. The City Council, the Police, and the School Board hotly denied the existence of these gangs said to number 75-100 each in the Park. Three were women. Harold Gene Leach was charged with burglary, possession of burglary tools, assault stemming from a bar fight, and intimidation of a Federal witness. (dont know where that was, but they had a bowling team). No action was taken, but the Village Council did order the Marshall to see that it got cleaned out once a week. On May 14, 1957, Jerome M. Goldberg, 46, was killed with three blasts of a .12 gauge shotgun by his 16-year-old son Norman. The charge was dismissed on May 22, 1929. The loss was insured. Marshall Wetzel reported his success in collecting fines. The next year he was appointed Village Marshall for the first four months of 1920. It was while he was there that Earl came along and the chase followed. Many folks saw this one machine as a huge threat, including the Meatcutters Union, Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees Union, and the Minneapolis Retail Grocers Association. Cost: $472. Goldberg was a plumber and lived at 3041 Brunswick. There were 12 shoplifting cases in one week in September 1966. He also took $100 from the cash register. The Eisenbergs two grown children tried to convince the judge to reduce the charge to manslaughter, but Robert killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage on December 7 while awaiting trial. In June the PTA appeared before the Village Council requesting an ordinance against the shaking of dice. Also found in the house were burglars tools, sub-machine guns, and handguns. A fifth chiefs car was on order. of between $75 and $112 on August 5, 1972. Edward D. Stoops was appointed Marshal following World War I until the late 1920s. Both events will take place at St. Louis Park City Hall . St. Louis Park City Manager Kim Keller has selected Deputy Chief Bryan Kruelle of the St. Louis Park Police Department as the department's next police chief. Juarez pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal vehicular homicide, admitting that he had smoked marijuana and taken Zanax before driving, and texting and driving nearly 20 miles faster than the speed limit. pleaded guilty in Minneapolis municipal court of keeping his Minneapolis Bar open after hours and was fined $100. The transcript of the Minnesota Supreme Court decision can be found here. I am confident that, as chief, Deputy Chief Kruelle will continue to move the department forward and cement the reputation of the St. Louis Park Police Department as one that centers all of our communities in its operational and policy decisions., Im thrilled at the selection of Deputy Chief Kruelle to lead our police department into the future, said Mayor Jake Spano. Erickson lived at 5921 W. 34th Street in the Park. The shop concentrated on education, providing pamphlets, books, and a four-hour self defense course for $99, taught by Christianson and John Holm. Police found that Porter had had a blood alcohol percentage of .23. After his final robbery he led police on a high-speed chase and was shot after brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. He was convicted of second-degree murder in July 2011. On July 1, 1925, it was reported that Marshall Stoops had trouble at OHearns Cafe on Excelsior Blvd. Speaking at these sessions was Paul W. Keve, Director of Court Services, District and Juvenile Courts. Country: United States Address 1: 3015 Raleigh Ave S City: St Louis Park State: Minnesota Zip Code: 55416-5705 County: Hennepin County Phone #: 952-924-2600 Fax #: 952-924-2676. (Minneapolis Tribune, September 13, 1933). Hamilton, 49, died at the scene of a blow to the head. The shop offered a tanning booth and massage. Police were called to a home in the 7900 block of West 26th Street where a man reported being slashed with a knife after telling the suspects to stay away from his grandson. We are committed to an active partnership with our community as we work together to solve problems and prevent crime. She was fined $1 and court costs of $4. Gordon Sewall was to have been given a hearing before W.L. A call was received that a waitress had been assaulted by two female customers after they were cut off. On October 27, 1989, a crowd of 50-150 youths gathered outside of the Roller Garden. (Sun Sailor, November 20, 2014).