CC MINUTES 07252005 SPECIAL MEETING

Home Browse Search

I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 CITY COUNCIL 3 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES 4 JULY 25, 2005 CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 9 ROLL CALL. 10 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Gray, Horst, Stille, and Thuesen. 11 Absent: None. 12 Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison. 13 14 Mayor Faust encouraged two -way communication between the citizens and police department. Citizen 15 can come to the podium and state their name, address, and try to limit comments to two minutes. 16 17 Mr. Momson indicated that because of the recent crimes we felt holding this meeting would be a means 18 for residents to obtain information. 19 20 INTRODUCTION OF CHIEF AND CASE INVESTIGATOR 21 22 Chief Engstrom stated that this meeting was called to stop rumors that may be filtering throughout the 23 city. He also informed the residents that coming the first of the year, the police department will have an 24 email tool that residents can sign up for and it will notify residents of police issues electronically. There 25 are two cases to discuss, one case is two weeks old and the other case is one two months old but recently 26 reported to the police department. Chief Engstrom introduced Captain Ohl, the lead investigator on 27 these cases and indicated he will be speaking on both of them. 28 29 STATUS OF THE ARMED ROBBERY OF THE HOMEOWNER ON JUNE 26, 2005, IN THE 30 3500 BLOCK OF SKYCROFT DRIVE. 31 32 An individual was unloading packages from her automobile and was presented a handgun by a male 33 individual. The individual was escorted into her home and bound with zip strips and asked for her cash, 34 debit cards and credit cards. The individual was able to obtain these items from the home and then left 35 with no further interaction between the individual and the male individual. 36 37 There were four squads that responded to this call as well as the crime lab. The officers scanned the 38 area and were unable to locate the suspect. The victim thought the suspect came by foot and left by foot. 39 The officers also talked to several of the residents that were out that evening and nobody indicated they 40 witnessed anyone suspicious. The crime lab was scanned over the scene and was able to get one 41 fingerprint. 42 43 The police department mailed out approximately 300 flyers and did develop one possible suspect that 44 was known to the police department for wandering the area. The police department was able to put 45 together a photo line up but the victim was unable to identify him. The notice that was mailed out 46 indicated that the suspect had his face covered and would have been difficult to identify. 47 Captain Ohl stated this investigation is ongoing. 48