Oakdale Police Blotter: Man Cited for Driving Remote Control Car on the Road

A 30 year-old Oakdale man was cited Monday, June 27, for racing his remote control car on 50th Street after police told him to stop, according to an Oakdale Police Department report.

An officer saw the man driving the gas-powered car along the eastbound shoulder of 50th Street and told him to keep the car off the road, according to the report. An anonymous motorist later flagged the officer down to report that the man had the toy car cross directly in front his vehicle, and then race alongside it, the report says.

The officer returned to the site in the 6900 block of 50th Street and saw the man driving the car back and forth across the entire width of the roadway.

Police cited the man with a public nuisance violation.

The following incidents were also reported to Oakdale police June 27:

• A GPS device, duffle bag of clothing and an old Comcast receiver with a total value of $410 were stolen between 2 p.m. June 26 and 9 a.m. June 27 from a vehicle parked in a driveway in the 7500 block of Fifth Street.
• Between 11:30 p.m. June 26 and 8 a.m. June 27 someone stole $25 cash and a $400 camera from a vehicle parked in a driveway in the 6700 block of 15th Street Court.
• Two 15-year-old girls were issued juvenile disorderly conduct citations after getting into a fight at .
• A customer at who left her wallet on the counter while she was getting her hair rinsed said the wallet was stolen. A suspicious man had come into the shop and purported to want to buy something from the woman whose station the wallet was left in. Police followed the suspect vehicle, however it intentionally eluded them. The value of the items stolen is $350.
• A $120 GPS device, $100 radar detector, cell phone charger, cash and other items totaling $326 were stolen from a car parked in a driveway in the 2300 block of Hale Avenue.
• Police responded to the 5600 block of Hadley Avenue on a report of a suicidal male. The man had called 911 and stated that he wanted to kill himself and that he wanted the Oakdale Police Department to shoot him. Police found him extremely intoxicated upon arrival with a PBT result of .279. The Oakdale Fire Department transported the man to Regions Hospital.
• An Oakdale man who advertised his dog for sale on Craigslist reported receiving a check for $1,650 in the mail from a “Mark Johnson” with instructions to send the difference between the price of the dog and the check to a Coffeyville, KS, address by Western Union. The man verified with the bank that the check was not real. The man did not lose any money.
• A wallet containing a driver’s license, financial cards and $300 cash was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at Carmike Cinema between 10 p.m. and 1:30 a.m.
• Police stopped a vehicle at 12th Street and Gentry Avenue that had an obstructed front plate and a blinker hanging off of the vehicle by only wires. The driver was found to have a suspended driver's license with five failure to appear/pay fines violations in the past year. The man was arrested and his vehicle was towed.
• A backpack containing a wallet, glasses, contact lenses, identification cards and other items totaling $752 was stolen from a vehicle parked at between 10:30 and 11 p.m. The left rear window of the car had been smashed out causing $150 in property damage.

The above items are taken from the . In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation, and not evidence of guilt. The arrested person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Incidents are listed in the order in which they were reported, not necessarily the order in which they occurred.