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| Call from Judge Judy goes unanswered |
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| Wednesday, 04 November 2009 | |
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Cliff Buchan News Editor The long-arm reach of a reality television show was not long enough to lure in a Rush City woman who works in Forest Lake. Chief of Police Clark Quiring said a call to the Forest Lake Police Department on Monday may go down as a first. A 31-year-old Rush City woman who works in Forest Lake called police to make a harassment report. Quiring said that on Monday the woman reported receiving two telephone calls at her place of employment from television shows “Judge Judy” and “Judge Joe Brown.” The representatives from the two TV shows told the woman that a 33-year-old man from Afton had filed a civil suit against the woman and requested that she attend the television show to resolve the dispute. Quiring said the woman gave the television show representatives a flat refusal and wanted to report the calls as a violation of a harassment protection order that she has against the Afton man. In investigating the case, Quiring said police learned that the Afton man did not initiate contact with the televisions show. The man told police he was contacted by the “Judge Judy” staff on Oct. 30. The TV show representative, Marie Zandavoree, told police a field researcher found the civil case between the two. She made calls attempting to bring the case to the show. Quiring said police did not probe details of the civil suit between the man and the woman. The Rush City woman said on Tuesday she was involved in a domestic relationship with the man who filed the civil suit in an attempt to reclaim property that was in her possession. Crash on US-61 Police in Forest Lake assisted with a two-vehicle rear-end collision on southbound US-61 at Lee Street at 6:41 a.m. Tuesday. Chief Quiring said one of the vehicles was slowing in the left lane to turn east at the crossover to Lee Street when the vehicle was rear-ended by a second southbound vehicle that could not stop. A 23-year-old female complained of chest pains and was taken to Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming. No Saints Day Halloween was over and it was officially All Saints Day when police responded to series of fights in the parking lot at Average Joe’s, 55 S. Lake St., at 3:06 a.m. Sunday. Police on patrol observed several fights taking place. In breaking up one of the battles, police found two women in the altercation. A 17-year-old from Shafer was ticketed for disorderly conduct and underage consumption of alcohol. She had a PBT of .121, police said. A 28-year-old North Branch female was reportedly kicked during the altercation but declined medical treatment. Early Friday morning, police were called to the 7600 block of N. 209th St. for a missing person report. While at the home, police observed a pipe, a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine and two baggies containing what police believe was marijuana in the front seat of a vehicle. An 18-year-old Forest Lake man was taken to jail on probable cause of second-degree controlled substance violation. On Oct. 27, police were called to Forest Lake Mini Storage, 407 SW 15th St. on a report of burglaries to mini-storage units. Police were told that someone gained entry to the complex and cut locks on seven units. Police were awaiting reports from unit holders as to property that may have been stolen. At 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 27, police responding to an alarm at Forest View Elementary School, observed a car speeding from the school parking lot at a high rate of speed. The car was stopped a mile from the school and the driver, a 20-year-old male from Forest Lake, was ticketed for driving with a suspended license, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and for littering. The alarm had no apparent connection to the incident involving the man, police said. On Tuesday, police were called to a home in the 9700 block of N. 219th St. where a resident reported a deer bleeding profusely from a hole in the chest. Police said the deer was dead when they arrived on the scene at 4:58 p.m. The resident was told to contact the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday to dispose of the animal. The home is on the far eastern border of the city near the border with Scandia. Chief Quiring said it was uncertain if the animal had been shot with a gun or hit with an arrow. Social Bookmarking ...       |
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