Oakdale Police Blotter: Man Fled Police, Returned

Police arrested a 19-year-old man for underage consumption and possession of drug paraphernalia Sunday night after he fled police when they arrived at his home in the 6400 block of Upper 54th Street, according to an Oakdale Police Department report.

The man’s relative had called police around 8:30 p.m. to report that he was walking around their trailer home racking a handgun and was outside with a baseball bat, “acting crazy,” according to the report.

After fleeing, he returned, and was arrested, the report says. During a search of the home, police found drug paraphernalia in the man’s bedroom, and tested his blood alcohol content, which was .127, according to the report.

 The following incidents were also reported to Oakdale police June 23-26:

June 23:

• A 26-year-old man walked into the middle of the street at 15th and Goodwin and sat in a lawn chair in an attempt to block the Summerfest parade. Police asked him to move and he said his civil rights were being violated by not allowing him to drive his car to his house due to streets being closed for the parade. He later apologized for his actions.

 June 24:

• The “Little Red Bus” that was selling treats in during Summerfest was damaged between midnight and 7 a.m. Friday. Someone ripped off the passenger side mirror, damaging the fender and put gouges in the walk-in doors causing $400 damage.
• The tent outside the food trailer parked in for Summerfest was destroyed between midnight and 7 a.m. Friday, causing $100 damage. A Lions Club tent in the beer garden area was also destroyed during the same time causing $200 damage.
• A $200 camcorder was reported stolen from the skate park.

 June 25:

• While on foot patrol at Summerfest, police saw two men sitting in a car in the northeast parking lot at with an odor of marijuana coming from it. Officers located two glass pipes containing marijuana residue, a seed grinder, a pill bottle containing a small amount of marijuana and two Zanex pills, which they booked as evidence. 
• A 49-year-old Oakdale man was arrested for domestic assault in the 3800 block of Granada Lane after reportedly throwing a punch at a woman in the house.
• An employee of at 10th Street and Helmo Avenue reported that three to four people stole about $65 worth of bundles of firewood. Police caught the suspect vehicle in Lake Elmo Park Reserve, and seized the 12 bundles of firewood.
• A Vadnais Heights man reported that his license tabs were stolen while his car was parked at .
• An employee at the gas station at 10th and Hadley Avenue reported that someone pumped $60 worth of gas and drove off without paying for it.

 June 26:

• A 17-year-old boy was cited for exposing himself to a man at the . The man was fully dressed  when the complainant first saw him. Then when the complainant went to leave the park, the teen yelled and when the complainant turned around he saw that the teen had removed his pants and was exposing himself. Police found the teen and found him to be in possession of drug paraphernalia and under the influence of alcohol.
• Glass on an information sign at had been broken out, and someone had spray painted graffiti on a sign, trash can and paved trail in the park.
• A 41-year-old St. Paul man was cited for trespassing after an officer found him looking for scrap metal at the Oakdale Mall property.
• A 14-year-old girl was cited for kicking her grandmother in the stomach, causing severe pain, in the 600 block of Grospoint Lane.
• An Oakdale man and woman, both 29, were arrested in the 2800 block of Henslow Avenue. There were physical signs that both assaulted each other, and it was unclear who the primary aggressor was.
• Police responded to the 4800 block of Grenwich Trail on a report that a woman had taken an unknown amount of pills. The door to the home was locked and police could hear breaking glass. They opened the woman’s vehicle and used her garage door opener to gain access to her home. She was playing Christian music, reading the Bible and crying. She said she wanted to be dead and to be with God. The Oakdale fire department transported her to Regions Hospital.
• An Oakdale man reported that he was punched multiple times in the head in the 1300 block of Gentry Avenue by a juvenile male who accused him of stealing property. He had visible swelling and bruising to his right ear, and was transported to Regions Hospital for evaluation.