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March 29
12:20 a.m. Medical. 706 College Ave. S. Report of medical with female feeling cold and not making sense. Report of stroke history. Officer arrived on scene and provided oxygen. Rescue and Gold Cross Ambulance arrived. Transported by Gold Cross.
8:08 p.m. Welfare. 309 First Ave. NW. Responded to an assist person call where the caller was worried about his friend who’s girlfriend just broke up with him and took their child to her parents’ place in St. Joseph. The boyfriend had two females go to the house to make sure she was there. He made comments to his friend about going there and going postal. Girlfriend also called in terrified. Issued extra patrol for area and advised to call 911 if anything is out of the ordinary or he receives more descriptive text messages from his friend.
10:31 p.m. Medical. 401 Fourth Ave. SE. An officer was dispatched to a medical for a female who was having chest pains and a possible heart attack. The officer responded and upon arrival located the female and her friend in the lobby area. The officer started gathering information from the female. Gold Cross Ambulance arrived and ended up transporting the woman to the hospital.
March 31
9 a.m. 230 Hill Street W. Received a complaint about junk and vehicles at the above address. Officer checked area and found many things that have to be removed. Photos taken. A letter will be sent with follow-up to continue.
April 1
6:52 p.m. Texting while driving. CR 13/CR 75. While on routine patrol, an officer was stopped at the intersection of College Avenue N./CR 75. The officer observed the suspect vehicle traveling east on CR 75 holding his phone and looking at it as he passed the officer and appeared to be typing or reading a text. The officer stopped the vehicle on CR 133/CR 75. The officer asked if he knew why they stopped him. He thought they stopped him for speed. Advised they stopped him because he appeared to be texting. He admitted to sending a text. Issued citation. Explained and released.
11:12 p.m. 910 Baker Street E. Officers were dispatched to a possible domestic. The complainant advised she could hear a lot of screaming coming from the unit for the past half hour. Officers arrived on scene and heard screaming. Made contact. Three children were inside playing loudly. Parents came from a couple units down and were advised of the complaint. No issue. Warned for noise.
11:33 p.m. Ash Street E./First Ave. NE. Officer respond to the area and discovered a male walking with an open container of beer. Suspect admitted he had an open container and claimed he did not know there was an open-container ordinance even though earlier he had said his friend had previously received a ticket for violating this ordinance. Officer issued a citation for open container.
