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INVESTIGATOR ERICKSON 2025 QUARTER 3 INVESTIGATIVE HIGHLIGHTS In the 2025 316 quarter, 41 cases were investigated by Investigator Erickson. Of those cases, 27 cases were charged out by arrest. 12 cases are still under investigation, and 3 cases are under review for charges. Case Highlights: Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult Mounds View Police Investigator Erickson received a report for alleged financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult. The vulnerable adult lives in a memory care facility and it had been discovered that all funds in the victim's checking and savings account had been depleted to the point of not being able to pay for her living. Through the investigation, more than $71,000 dollars have been drained out of the victim's account. The suspect is the victim's adopted daughter that holds conservatorship over the victim's finances. Investigator Erickson served several search warrants for bank records and statements showing numerous transactions by the defendant using the victim's account. Investigator Erickson interviewed the defendant who eventually admitted to using all the money because she fell victim to a scam where she fell in love with someone online who she believed was a member of the military and she was sending thousands of dollars to him. After the full investigation, the defendant was charged with three counts of Financial Exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Felon in Possession of a firearm Mounds View police officers stopped a vehicle for violation of a domestic assault-no contact order. The officer spoke with the driver, and a handgun was found in the front seat. Inv Erickson further investigated the handgun and did a search warrant for the suspect's DNA to compare with the handgun. DNA results proved that the suspect had been in possession of the handgun. The subject was charged with felon in possession of a handgun. Domestic Assault Investigator Erickson responded with patrol officers on a call where the victim texted her friend saying that she was being held against her will by her ex-boyfriend and needed the friend to call police. The victim has a previous No Contact Order against the subject, and Mounds View Police had previously dealt with the subject for previous DANCO violations, Drugs, Burglary, and Terroristic Threats. Inv Erickson and investigators were able to locate the subject and arrest him. The subject had several warrants and was charged with Domestic Assault and 5t" Degree Narcotics possession. Counterfeit Currency Inv Erickson investigated a case where the defendant was at an event in Mounds View and attempted to pay the bartender with fake $100 bills. The defendant used three separate fake $100 bills that even said "prop copy" on the backside. The defendant was charged with Possessing Counterfeit Currency.