No, any theft in Minnesota is at least a misdemeanor level offense. Often, people use the term “petty theft” to refer to the lowest level of theft. However, in Minnesota, theft charges are either a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or felony. The lowest level, theft of property or services valued at $500 or less, is considered a misdemeanor theft. The penalties...
Anoka Food Truck Festival There is no better way to discover food than stopping by your local food truck for lunch. The City of Anoka takes this very seriously and for the 6th year in a row will be welcoming the 2023 Anoka Food Truck Festival on August 19th from 11 AM to 9 PM, hosted by the Minnesota Food...
Tuesday night community members in Hennepin County came together to voice concerns around the continuing issues of juvenile crime in the twin cities. This listening session is one of a series of such meetings as twin cities communities are grappling with the issues of increased juvenile offenses. Law Enforcement is targeting juvenile crime through Operation Safe Summer, with emphasis on...
As summer continues full steam ahead, so does theft from vehicles. According to the Eden Prairie Police Department, every summer there is an uptick in the number of thefts from vehicles in areas such as parks, stores, gyms, and tourist attractions. To help prevent your valuables from being stolen, be sure to follow any of these three steps: lock it,...
Short answer: You won’t! Stores are cracking down on the practice of “skip scanning,” which is where a shopper uses the self-checkout to bag their items while only pretending to scan and pay for some or all of them. Many stores have increased their self-checkout capacity due to the Covid-19 pandemic and skip scanning has become much more prevalent as...
Generally speaking, there are timelines outlined by law governing when criminal offenses can be charged by the State of Minnesota. Those timelines are called the “statute of limitations” and they start running once the crime itself occurs. Crimes may have no statute of limitations or a statute of limitations of six, five, or three years. See Part 1 of this...
Generally speaking, there are timelines outlined by law governing when criminal offenses can be charged by the State of Minnesota. Those timelines are called the “statute of limitations” and they start running once the crime itself occurs. Crimes may have no statute of limitations or a statute of limitations of six, five, or three years. See Part 1 of this...
Let’s start with theft. Minnesota Statute 609.52 details various types of theft. One of the most common “thefts” is laid out in Subdivision 2(a)(1) which states: whoever “intentionally and without claim of right takes, uses, transfers, conceals, or retains possession of movable property of another without the other’s consent and with intent to deprive the owner permanently of possession of the property” has committed a theft.
Is “I made a mistake” a defense to a criminal charge? As always with legal questions: it depends. If the definition of a crime requires you to think a certain way or believe certain facts, an honest mistake can sometimes serve as a defense. Let’s use the crime of theft as an example. Minnesota Statute 609.52 criminalizes various types of...
The Emergency Communications Center will no longer send officers to low priority incidents to ensure officers are available to respond to high priority crimes. Instead, callers wishing to report certain types of incidents will be redirected to report online or referred to teleserve. There are nine types of incidents that emergency services will ask callers to report online: Criminal damage...
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