2012 YEAR IN REVIEW

No. 5 Story of the Year: MH Man Charged with Stabbing Former Friend's Grandfather

Police say Shane Thomas Crocker of Mendota Heights and Austin Christian Grove of St. Louis Park assaulted and stabbed a man after he told them to stay away from his grandson.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter As the end of the year approaches, Patch recaps the biggest stories of 2012—both in terms of pageviews and impact on the Mendota Heights community. The original article posted on Aug. 28, 2012. Other Story of the Year posts: • No. 6 Story of the Year: MH Man with Alleged White Supremacist Connections Indicted on Drug Charges • No. 7 Story of the Year: Tornado Touches Down in Mendota Heights• No. 8 Story of the Year: BC2 Artisan Bakery Rises Again in Mendota Heights • No. 9 Story of the Year: Mendota Heights Deer Hunter Finds 8-Foot Marijuana Plants in Valley Park • No. 10 Story of the Year: Dodge Nature Center Says Goodbye to Bald Eagle   …

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Sheriff's Newsletter: Woman Jumps From Car, Escapes Kidnapper

The suspect was determined to be an acquaintance of the woman. He was eventually located by Hastings police officers and taken into custody after a short foot pursuit.

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Mendota Heights Man Charged with Stabbing Former Friend's Grandfather

Police say Shane Thomas Crocker of Mendota Heights and Austin Christian Grove of St. Louis Park assaulted and stabbed a man after he told them to stay away from his grandson.

Two men, one from Mendota Heights and one from St. Louis Park, are charged with assaulting a St. Louis Park man, cutting him with a knife after he told them to stay away from his grandson. Austin Christian Grove, 19, of St. Louis Park, and Shane Thomas Crocker, 19, of Mendota Heights are each charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon—a felony with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine. According to the criminal complaints, signed by St. Louis Park Police Detective Matthew Reilly, police were called to a home in the 7900 block of West 26th Street just after 1 a.m. Aug. 22 to investigate an assault. Officers spoke to the victim, who had suffered deep cuts on his arms. He told police that he lives in …

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Man Sentenced in Felony Kidnapping, Holding Victim in Mendota Heights

Victim was assaulted, kidnapped.

Mendota Heights Woman Accused of Assaulting Officers, Paramedics

Otedra Tanecia Denedria Dailey faces three felony counts of assault and one of first-degree criminal damage to property.

A Mendota Heights woman has been charged with assault and criminal damage to property after police say she did extensive damage to a car, then spit at officers and bit a paramedic. Otedra Tanecia Denedria Dailey, 36, faces three felony counts of fourth-degree assault, each of which carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $6,000 fine. She is also charged with felony first-degree criminal damage to property, which has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, and a gross misdemeanor charge of obstructing the legal process, which has a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine. Dailey remained in custody Thursday on a $20,000 bond. An omnibus hearing in her case is scheduled Sept. 19 in Dakota …

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'Ultimate Fighting Fighter' Faces Charges Following Pepper Spray Assault in Lilydale

The suspect was recognized by bar staff when he returned nearly three months later.

A St. Paul man has been charged with assault after police say he pepper-sprayed a woman at a Lilydale bar late last year and boasted to her companion that he was an “ultimate fighting fighter.” Daniel Jeramiah Neal, 27, faces a felony charge of third-degree assault and a misdemeanor charge of fifth-degree assault in the incident. The maximum penalty for the felony count is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine; the misdemeanor carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. According to the complaint against Neal, filed in Dakota County District Court in Hastings, the victim and her male friend had left the Moose Country in Lilydale about 2:30 a.m. last Dec. 11. The woman waited in the front passenger seat while her …

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Blotter: 'Tis the season for gas theft

A pepper spray attack and theft from vehicles are also reported to Mendota Heights Police Department.

All information was taken from the Mendota Heights Police Department incident summaries from Dec. 1-Dec. 15. Dec. 15  Someone pumped 45.93 worth of gas from the Holiday Gas Station in Lilydale and drove off without paying. An employee was able to get the license plate number of the vehicle. Dec. 14 A man reported someone broke out the window of a van on the 2500 block of Lexington Avenue and stole a bag of tools. Dec. 11  A man at Moose Country sprayed pepper spray in a woman's face and assaulted another man before leaving in a taxi. Dec. 8 An officer at Henry Sibley learned of a student who had been cutting school bus seats with a knife. The vandalism was caught on video. Dec. 6 A vehicle with expired tabs registered in another city was…

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