South Metro Crime Report

Woman Who Stole Car from Marines Now MIA

In other crime news from throughout the South Metro region, police arrests suspects for selling or possessing heroin, meth and cocaine.

  The following stories first appeared last week on this Patch site or others in the South Metro region. To read the full stories, click on the headline links.   Apple Valley Man Charged with Slashing Dog's Throat David John Galush is charged with felony animal cruelty; police say he slashed the family dog's throat, then left the dead animal's body in the back yard.   Warrant Issued for Woman Accused of Jacking U.S. Marine Corps Car from Burnsville's Heart of the City Tonya Annamae Losh, 33, has been MIA after failing to appear at her last court hearing in Dakota County. Burnsville Man Charged with Car Theft, Making Terroristic Threats Police say Juan Carlos Dorsonville stole a car out of a woman's garage and threatened to kill her if she …

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Mendota Heights Man Charged with Assaulting Vulnerable Adult

Police say Jacob Alexander Daraitis hit the Apple Valley victim hard enough to fracture his rib and bruise his lung.

  A Mendota Heights man has been charged with assaulting a vulnerable adult in Apple Valley in September, fracturing his rib and bruising his lung. Jacob Alexander Daraitis, 21, is charged with third-degree assault resulting in substantial bodily harm, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of a $3,000 fine. Police were called to the victim’s Apple Valley home just after 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20 to investigate a reported assault several days earlier, according to the criminal complaint. Officers met with the victim, diagnosed as a vulnerable adult, and his parents. The victim said Daraitis had been at his apartment on Sept. 16, and the two began arguing. The …

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