[Lyndale_e-news] Time to Rally. Incident on Grand Ave. at Super Elite Groceries

[john braun]

What Cindy was too humble to mention in this message is that she was the crime-smacking soccer-mom who made chase in her mini-van and made all this possible.   A round of applause is in order for some first-rate community policing!  

John Braun 
3209 Grand 

> From: skriens at black-hole.com
> To: lyndale_e-news at mail.menolly.net
> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:05:09 -0600
> Subject: [Lyndale_e-news] Time to Rally. Incident on Grand Ave. at Super	Elite Groceries
> 
> This information is important and affects us all.  I want you to be  
> aware of what happened one week ago.
> 
> Two men were seen sprinting out of Super Elite across Grand Ave. at  
> 8:00pm last Thursday night.  A resident of Lyndale saw them while  
> driving home on 33rd.  The two men ran North in the alley west of  
> Grand and the resident followed in her mini van to see what two  
> sprinting men in the dark were doing.  Just as the resident drove into  
> the alley, a small car with its lights off sped out of a driveway   
> right in front of her van.  911 was called and license plate and car  
> description was given and the lights on the car stayed off as they  
> sped away.  The car was followed for a few blocks until it was lost  
> around Pillsbury  approaching 35th.  With 911 dispatch still on the  
> cell phone, the resident went back to the corner store to check.   
> Through the door could be seen a mess all over the floor and going in,  
> the resident saw the empty cash register hanging off the counter by  
> it's cord and behind the counter lay the employee, leaning against the  
> back wall, dazed and trembling.  He was ok.  Police arrived within two  
> minutes.  Mo, the store owner who was at home was now on his way there.
> 
> So, the two had come in to the store. One put a gun to Mohammed's  
> chest and demanded the money.  Mohammed thought he was going to be  
> shot so he took hold of the gun and the robber's hand and pointed it  
> back toward the robber. The second man then threw the register at  
> Mohammed and he fell back against the wall, the register drawer opened  
> and spilled a couple hundred dollars out behind the counter they  
> hopped over or came around grabbed the money, barked threats and took  
> off running across Grand Ave.
> 
> Crime Lab came for evidence and they took the tape of the full color,  
> three-security-camera footage.  The store stayed open and then at  
> 10:00pm the police found the car with matching plates in the parking  
> lot of a hotel in Bloomington.  They went in and arrested the three  
> men inside their hotel room.    The next day, Mohammed had a difficult  
> time making a positive id so they released all three.   A prosecutor  
> has been assigned to this case. Sergeant Carpenter has been assigned  
> as the detective.  By the way, in the City of Minneapolis right now  
> there are 3500 reported robbery cases being handled by SIX  
> detectives!  Detective Carpenter was told to please put this one at  
> the top of the list as it seems such a tight case.  As of this  
> morning, the detective unit is still waiting on the crime lab to  
> transfer the footage from VHS to CD and produce the images for  
> Sergeant Carpenter.  Also, today a warrant was issued for a Lyndale  
> resident whose photo is on the store's wall from a previous incident  
> at the store one month ago and who Mohammed is convinced was one of  
> the men who robbed him.  This man was not found in the hotel room.
> 
> 
> Here is where you all come in to this.  It's time for all of us to  
> help make sure this one gets attention.  Let's see this one through.
> 
> ================================================
> The CASE NUMBER  CCN: 09-343709
> 
> Sergeant Bruce Carpenter's phone #:  612-673-2568
> ================================================
> 
> 
> Impact statements, phone calls, if it goes to trial, we should have a  
> presence at the trial, checking in to see what judge may hear this  
> one.  Dialogue ideas.  Tell your neighbor to sign up for this e-news  
> and help get people linked in to our lovely little community here in  
> Lyndale.
> 
> Thanks for taking time to read this.  Keep your eyes open and have a  
> great day!
> 
> Cindy Skrien
> 
> p.s. I can be reached at 612.720.0369
> 
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