Mendota Heights PD Blotter: Parking Lot Relief Leads to Different Kind of Detox

All information is taken from the Mendota Heights Police Department incident summaries.

Jan. 10

reported a series of harassing phone calls. 

Jan. 8

A teenager girl was arrested after threatening her dad with a knife.

Jan. 7

An intoxicated driver was stopped on Highway 110 for speeding. The driver—and a passenger with a Hennepin County warrant—were both arrested.

Jan. 6

Four students at  were cited for showing up to school drunk. 

Jan. 4

A phone left behind at was set aside by management, but it was stolen before the owner returned. 

Jan. 3

A bike was found in a creek by .

Jan. 2

A purse was reported stolen Dec. 30 from a party bus at .

Jan. 1

Someone flagged down an officer at the River Bluffs Shopping Center to report that a driver had just hit a parked car and taken off. Police tracked down the vehicle, who’s driver failed field sobriety tests and was arrested.

A vehicle parked on the 1300 block of Northland Drive was damaged by a hit and run.

An dog described as an “older golden mix” was picked up and taken to 4 Paws Animal Control.

Seven paintings were reported missing from a home on Sylvandale Road.

Dec. 31

A man was spotted urinating in the River Bluffs Shopping Center parking lot. When he realized he’d been spotted by police, he ran into , and became uncooperative. He was cited for disorderly conduct and taken to detox.

A mailbox was struck by a car sometime overnight on the 700 block of Decorah Lane.

Dec. 30

A burglar broke the glass on the front door of a business at The Village overnight and made off with a safe.

A counterfeit $20 turned up in a till.