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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Predatory Offender Accused of Living in IGH, West St. Paul Without Notifying Authorities

Jennifer Marie Vanwagner of West St. Paul was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a juvenile male in Chisago County.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter A 29-year-old woman required to register as a predatory offender is accused of living in West St. Paul and Inver Grove Heights since August without notifying authorities. On Monday night, Jennifer Marie Vanwagner of West St. Paul was being boarded on $30,000 bail in the Ramsey County Jail. Vanwagner—also known as Jennifer Marie Hultman—was charged in Dakota County on Dec. 7 with one count of felony failure to registered as a predatory offender. If convicted, she could be punished by between one year and one day to five years in jail and a fine of between $3,000 and $10,000. According to a Dakota County criminal complaint released Dec. 7: During …

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