Just the Facts
F e b r u a r y
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2 0 1 5
V o l u m e
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I s s u e
7
Residential Burglars Arrested—
Friday, Feb. 13
to
Thursday, Feb. 19
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Busiest Day of Week:
Friday— 122 events
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Busiest Hour of Day:
2:00 PM — 50 events
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Total # of Events:
746
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Average Events/Day:
106.57
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Average Events/Hour:
4.44
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Average Traffic Stops:
.88 per hour
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DWIs for the week: 1
Cops in the Community—
This past week, Detective Joel
Hunt made an appearance at
Torey’s Restaurant to present to
a group from the Southern Minnesota Chapter of APICS—a professional organization for supply
chain and operations management. Detective Hunt talked on
topics surrounding identify theft,
smart phone related crimes and
income tax fraud.
Also this past week, Officer John
Petterson and his canine partner
Kash made an appearance on
the Owatonna Today show. During the show, Officer Petterson
talked about the training he and
Kash are going through to become a United States Police
Canine
Association
(USPCA)
certified canine team and then
gave a short demonstration on
Kash’s narcotics detection abilities. To view the episode, please
click here.
On February 7th, Owatonna officers met with a male reporting that several individuals entered his residence,
threatened him with a knife and damaged some property. The victim alleged he heard someone knocking on
his bedroom window and then heard someone enter his
Noriah M. Tabor
Juvenile Males x3
home through a garage service door. He heard someone yell for him then observed three known males enter his bedroom. One of the males demanded to
know where a cell phone was, then damaged a tablet by throwing it on the floor. The victim was allegedly pushed onto a bed and then a knife was produced and held up to his neck. The victim threatened
to call the police and the three suspects and a fourth driver left the residence in a silver vehicle. While
the officers were still at the scene of this alleged crime, the silver vehicle drove by the residence—after
conducting a traffic stop, two of the suspects were apprehended. Two additional suspects were later
located at a residence in Owatonna and also apprehended. Noriah M. Tabor, age 19, faces (2) counts
of 1st Degree Burglary and (1) count of 2nd Degree Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. Three male juveniles,
A Chilling Word of Warm(n)ing—
all age 16, face formal charges of 1st Degree Burglary.
This past weekend our officers were
called out to the area of Mill Street and Recent Investigations—
Cedar Avenue for suspicious activity. The
th
responding officers learned that a citizen On February 16 , Owatonna officers were called to the
had started their car to warm it up and Microtel Hotel regarding a public assistance call. While
the officers were in route to the call, disleft it running & unattended. While the
patchers discovered the female requesting
car was running and unattended, the veassistance was wanted in Rice County on
hicle owner observed some juveniles in
two outstanding arrest warrants. When the
the area that
officers located and arrested the female,
were acting
Heather J. Marovich she told our officers she had methamphetasuspicious.
Another fami- mine and a syringe in her purse. A search of the female
ly
member uncovered the disclosed items and an additional pipe.
investigated Heather J. Marovich, age 34, was formally charged in
th
and
found District Court with 5 Degree Possession of a Controlled
one of the juveniles in the driver’s seat of Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
the running car—all of the juveniles took On February 14th, an Owatonna officer investigated a
off running and were later apprehended complaint of a restraining order violation. It was reportby our officers. After interviews with the
ed by the female victim that she had a rejuveniles were complete, one 14-year old
straining order against another female which
male was cited with Motor Vehicle Tamprevented any direct or indirect contact. The
pering. This case is a good reminder
victim reports she had been receiving Faceabout our winter months and leaving a
book messages from the subject of the orrunning vehicle unattended. Although
Destiny D. Taykalo
der. Destiny D. Taykalo, age 38, was arrestMinnesota does not have a law specific to ed and charged with Harassment—Violating a Restraining
leaving a running vehicle unattended, Order.
sometimes the potential risk is not worth
the reward.
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