Cliff Buchan
News Editor

Keep that heavy foot off the pedal and be sure to buckle up.

That is the advice of Chief of Police Clark Quiring who said this week Forest Lake officers will be out in force this month with a Safe & Sober campaign that is targeting speed and seat belt use.

Anyone stopped for speeding and not wearing a seat belt can expect a ticket, the chief said.

Extra patrols began this week and will continue throughout the month. Quiring said officers will be doing extra patrols on high-traffic roads and on city streets where there have been public complaints.

Forest Lake officers will team with deputies from Washington County for the patrols. Funding for the saturation patrols is coming from a joint county-city grant, the chief said.

Minnesota State Patrol troopers will assist on some of the extra patrols, the chief said.

Other crimes

In other crimes, police here:

Arrested an 18-year-old North Branch male for probable cause fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct after the male was found having sex with a 15-year-old female on Monday night in the 800 block of SW 4th St.

The incident was reported by the girlís mother, the chief said. Formal charges are pending in the investigation.

ïWill ticket a Forest Lake man living on N. 207th St, for allowing a dog to run at large after an incident on Sunday, May 7. Police said a black lab that was being walked by a city woman was attacked and seriously injured by a pit bull that was running loose. The injured dog required medical expenses that exceeded $700, police said.

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