By Forrest Adams

Two 15-year-old males were taken into custody in Excelsior early last Saturday morning after police officers responded to a call of suspicious activity outside St. John the Baptist Catholic School, 638 Mill St., and Church.

The call into the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department was made around 3 a.m. by an off-duty police officer on his way home.

Two additional accomplices have been formally charged in connection with the attempted armed robbery of Lakeshore Market in May that ended with with store owner pulling out his own pistol and firing three rounds at the two robbers who had entered his store.
Jordan Bowie, 18, was formally charged on Thursday, June 3, in Hennepin County District Court with aiding/abetting attempted aggravated robbery- first degree. This is considered a felony.

The Carver County deputies assigned to the cities of Chanhassen, Victoria, and Carver and the townships of Laketown, San Francisco and Dahlgren responded to the following calls from Sept. 14 – Sept. 20:

One adult and four juveniles have been charged with crimes related to
thefts from vehicles in Waconia and Chaska, according to Carver County
Sheriff Bud Olson.

At 3:30 a.m., Aug. 19 a Sandbar Circle resident in Waconia called
the Sheriff’s Office to report someone going through cars in the
neighborhood. Deputies responded to the area and stopped a vehicle with
five occupants. One of these occupants specifically matched the
description the caller gave of an individual going through cars,
according to the Sheriff’s Office press release.

One admits to armed robbery in Chanhassen

By Forrest Adams

Two men have been charged in connection with armed robberies at gasoline stations in Waconia and Chanhassen in the past month.

Tyler James Burton Funk, 23, from Shakopee, and Phillip Lee Graunke,
20, of Prior Lake, were being held at the Carver County Jail and are
scheduled to appear in Carver County District Court Aug. 21.

Following an extensive search, two men have been arrested on charges of committing an armed robbery in Waconia, according to a press release from Carver County Sheriff Bud Olson.

At 6:38 a.m., Aug. 15, the dispatch center received a 9-1-1 call reporting an armed robbery had just occurred at the Kwik Trip gas station at 809 Vista Blvd in Waconia. The caller stated a man displayed a handgun, robbed the cashier and fled in a small black car, possibly a Cavalier.

Carver County Sheriff Byron ‘Bud’ Olson announced Thursday
afternoon that Andrew Navales, a 35-year-old who had been reported
missing in the city of Watertown has been located.   Navales walked away from a medical clinic in Watertown on Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m..  He was located by members of the Sheriff’s Office Posse shortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday. Sheriff
Olson said “Andrew saw Sheriff’s Posse members on their horses in a

Submitted by Mark Olson on July 31, 2009 -
10:55am.

The Carver County deputies assigned to the cities of Chanhassen,
Victoria, and Carver and the townships of Laketown, San Francisco and
Dahlgren responded to the following calls from July 6 – July 12:

 July 6

At 2:45 p.m., responded to the 9400 block of County
Road 43 in Laketown Township for a report of stolen jewelry. Estimated
loss was $1800.

ST. PAUL — Following one of the deadliest Memorial Day holiday weekends ever, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reinforcing the need for motorists to drive belted, safe and sober during the Independence Day weekend. Last year alcohol-related crashes accounted for five of the eight motorists killed surrounding the holiday. Another 1,819 motorists were arrested for DWI.To combat impaired driving, Operation NightCAP (nighttime concentrated alcohol patrol) enhanced DWI enforcement efforts will be conducted during the 4th of July weekend.