Friday, April 5, 2013
An Apple Valley woman who acted as his accomplice also pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting interference with commerce by robbery.
A Farmington man responsible for robbing five businesses in Dakota and Rice Counties, and his Apple Valley accomplice both pleaded guilty to federal charges on Wednesday. Eric Wade Forcier, 27, pleaded guilty to two counts of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of using a firearm during a crime of violence. Julie Ann Campana, a 29-year-old Apple Valley woman, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting robbery, according to a news release issued by the United States District Attorney's Office. Last October, Forcier began a two-week robbery spree, stealing $1,850 from Eddy's Bar & Grill in Inver Grove Heights, $60 from an Apple Valley Domino's Pizza, $154 from a gas station in Bloomington and $200 from a Jiffy Lube in…
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Emily Kay Schuster and Jesus Alexandro Ybarra, both 19, were allegedly part of a cadre that robbed a restaurant on Cliff Road and threatened an employee with a stun gun.
Two teens—including one from Lakeville—face felony charges after allegedly participating in a raid on a restaurant near the Burnsville-Eagan border. Emily Kay Schuster, a 19-year-old from Lakeville, is charged with making terroristic threats and simple robbery, both felonies. St. Paul resident Jesus Alexandro Ybarra, 19, has been charged with aggravated robbery in the first degree. At about 9:45 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, the Burnsville Police Department was dispatched to a restaurant on Cliff Road due to a robbery report. On arrival, officers found a single employee, two open safes, a pillaged register and a trail of cash. The employee, referred to as Witness 1, told police that he was working in the back of the store, just before close, …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The FBI released the 2011 crime stats from across the country.
Last month, the FBI released 2011 crime statistics for reporting communities across America, including Lakeville. All told, Lakeville police reported zero violent crimes in 2011. (See table below.) There were three robberies, 15 aggrevated assaults, and 108 burglaries. That said, in each category, Lakeville saw fewer incidents than every similarly sized citie in the state, such as Apple Valley, Blaine, Burnsville, Coon Rapids, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth and Woodbury. Nationwide, the estimated number of violent crimes reported in 2011—1,203,564—was down form 2010, the fifth such year of reduced violent crimes across America. The estimated number of property crimes reported to law enforcement—9,063,173—decreased …
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Jermaine Savory, 32, was arrested on Nov. 6 after allegedly stealing a car, robbing a gas station and leading police on a car chase that reached speeds of 100 miles-per-hour.
Attorneys for the prosecution and defense of Jermaine Savory agreed today that the Minneapolis man who led police on a high-speed car chase last November would benefit more from civil commitment than a criminal case. "Mr. Savory is not competent to assist me in his defense," public defender Warren Kochis told Dakota County District Court Judge Thomas Pugh. "I'd like to insist the court commence with civil commitment proceedings." Dakota County prosecutor Scott Hersey agreed with Kochis' motion and informed Judge Pugh that he could not proceed with the case against Savory without the completion of a psychological evaluation. Savory is charged with allegedly stealing a vehicle in Lakeville on Nov. 6 and using it to rob at gunpoint the …
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Jordan Veryl Greene, 23, faces three felonies for his alleged role in a Dec. 11 burglary of a barn in Eureka Township.
A Lakeville man has been charged with three felonies, including burglary and theft of a firearm, after police say he stole a number of guns and power tools from a Eureka Township home on Dec. 11. Jordan Veryl Greene, 23, declined to give a statement regarding the case, but his girlfriend Nina Marie Davis, 18, spoke to Lakeville Police, and claimed the two were present when a third person, Terrance Matthew Brown, 24, of Minneapolis, stole the guns from the barn. The woman's statement doesn't mesh with the criminal complaint, which says nearly $7,000 in firearms, power tools, and even a crossbow, were taken from the shed on the night of Dec. 11. According to the report filed the morning the burglary was discovered, officers "located distinct…
Friday, September 2, 2011
Justin David Aleya was arrested this week on robbery and probation violation charges.
A Burnsville man has been arrested on charges of helping two friends rob a Lakeville man last year of $380 and an undetermined amount of marijuana. Justin David Aleya, 24, was arrested Wednesday in Lakeville on the robbery charge. He also faces three felony counts of violating probation. Aleya remained in the Dakota County Jail Friday on a $20,000 bond. An omnibus hearing in his case is scheduled for Sept. 26 in Dakota County District Court in Hastings. According to the criminal complaint, the victim and a friend were sitting in the victim’s Lakeville garage on Aug. 7, 2010, drinking beer, when they saw two men walk past. The victim thought he recognized one of the men, and he invited the two—one of whom was later identified as Aleya—over …
Brent Jacobson
9:01 am on Friday, April 5, 2013
Based on the information in this article, this crime sounds like a state crime not a federal crime... more ›