South Metro Crime Report

Police Concerned About Increase in Mental Health Calls

Sexual assaults, brazen theft and aggravated robbery also reported around the region last week.

  The following stories first appeared during the past week on Patch sites in Dakota, Rice and Scott counties. To read the full articles, click on the headline links.   St. Paul Man Charged with Impregnating 14-Year-Old Rosemount Girl James Lee Whitner III is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct after police say he had sex with the victim twice in August. Man Charged with Brazen Theft of Trailer from Rosemount Man Police say Dale Michael Bale drove onto the victim's property, hitched his trailer to a pickup truck and drove away with it. 2 Apple Valley Men Charged with Aggravated Robbery Police say Jason Michael Milligan and Garrett Jackson Nash were involved in robbing an Apple Valley woman of a purse.   Burnsville Woman …

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Police Say Women Stole Car—From U.S. Marine Corps: South Metro Crime Report

In other recent crime news from around Dakota, Scott and Rice counties, the West St. Paul pastor who allegedly fled the state with a 16-year-old church member has been extradited back to Minnesota.

  The following stories originally appeared last week on Patch sites in Scott, Rice and Dakota counties. To read the full article, click on the headline link.   Rosemount Man Charged with Sexual Abuse of 7-Year-Old Girl Police say Ernest Henry Chouinard inappropriately touched the girl while staying at her home in Rosemount. Apple Valley Man Charged with Using 2-Year-Old as Human Shield Police say Timothy Lee Myers refused to put his hands above his head when ordered to do so. When an officer pointed a gun at him, Myers grabbed the child and held her in front of him. Apple Valley Woman Charged with Beating Toddlers Arrested in Scott County Ashley Marie Roff, one of two people charged with beating 2- and 3-year-old girls and allegedly …

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