Cliff Buchan
News EditorTwo Forest Lake police officers on Wednesday, Oct. 27 pulled a Roseville man from the cold water of Forest Lake after the man attempted to take his own life.
The man, 57, had slashed both wrists three times and waded into the water of Second Lake in an attempt to commit suicide, Chief of Police Clark Quiring said.
Sgt. Ron Hanegraaf and patrol officer Dave Pasicznyk responded to 867 SE 19th St. in the bay area of Forest Lake at 7:44 a.m. after a citizen called to report the man in the water. The two officers used the homeowner's paddleboat to go out after the man.
Sgt. Hanegraaf went into the cold water to help pull the fully-clothed Roseville man to the boat and safety. The man was taken by ambulance to Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
Police said the man had recently lost his job.
Quiring said the Roseville man drove to Forest Lake in the early-morning hours Oct. 27, slashed his wrists and entered the water to die.
Quiring said the cold water may have kept the man from bleeding to death.
Relatives of the man were notified of the incident in Forest Lake, Quiring said.
Man seriously hurt
when hit by a car
A Forest Lake man remains in serious condition at Regions Hospital, St. Paul, after being struck by a car on SW 12th St. Friday night.
Police were called to VFW Post 4210, 556 SW 12th St. at 9:30 and found Keith James Diethert, 44, of 1001 SW 7th St., unconscious and having trouble breathing.
Police said Diethert was struck by a car driven by Bobbi Jo Ouradnik, 18, of Hinckley, after running in front of the car on SW 12th St. Police said the man was in a coma and had a broken back.
The Minnesota State Patrol is assisting city police with the accident investigation.
Other crimes
In other crimes, police are:
ļInvestigating a forced-entry burglary of the Willowbrook Community Church office at 744 W. Broadway Ave., on Oct. 29. Police were called at 1:53 p.m. and found the church office ransacked. A list of stolen items had not been reported to police early this week.
ļInvestigating an attempted daytime residential burglary in the 21000 block of Ideal Ave. reported at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 27.
ļAssisted Forest Lake Fire & Rescue at an apartment fire at 1001 SW 7th Ave. at 10:11 a.m. Saturday. Apartment 213 in the second floor of the building was seriously damaged by the blaze and the building was temporarily evacuated.
ļAssisted the State Patrol with a pair of roll-over crashes last week and a four-car collision on TH-97 just west of US-61 on Tuesday morning.
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