Police Blotter: Couple Robbed Outside Highway 153 Gym

Thursday, February 02, 2012

A couple told police they were robbed outside a gym on Highway 153.

Alec Haston and Kayci Orr said they were in their vehicle in the parking lot of The Rush when two black males in another vehicle circled the parking lot.

One of the men got out and brandished a  9mm handgun.

The robbers collected $20 and left in their dark-colored car.

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At the Brainerd Walmart, security personnel said Benjamn Pascual and a juvenile selected 13 video games and tried to hide them in a backpack.

Pascual and the teen are charged with theft under $500 after the $247.56 worth of videos were confiscated when they tried to leave without paying.

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A woman said she was walking on Vance Avenue when a car stopped and a black male jumped out. He grabbed her purse, then got back into the vehicle driven by another black male.

The purse contained $150, two rings, her cellphone and her passport.

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Idricther Rouland said she arrived home at Parkway Drive from school and noticed a large tree limb in her back yard. She then saw that the limb had been used to knock out a rear window. Her house had been ransacked.

She is missing two gold necklaces, a gold bracelet with diamonds, a checkbook and a pair of Polo boots. The total loss was $900.

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The operator of the Gas N Go on Dodds Avenue said someone drove off with the gas hose still attached to the truck.

Two doors fell off the pump and it was left whopsided.

The driver of the large old Chevy truck did not hang around to survey the damage.

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A security guard at Warehouse Row reported that a female employee found a photo copy of a picture taped to the wall of the stairwell. The picture showed a female in a hospital bed and was marked as Nite-Nite Heather.

One of the U.S. Marshals found an identical photo on the wall of an elevator.

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At an apartment on Greendale, Kim Holliday said she met Don Dunn over the Internet and he came to stay with her.

She said he had been there for two weeks when she left and returned home to find Dunn and all his clothes missing.

Also not in sight was her 42" Panasonic TV.


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