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Big Lake Police Department

 Calls for Service – Jail Bookings

August 12, 2024 – August 18, 2024

Call for Service Summary:

  • Calls for Service for the Week: 247
  • 2024 Calls for Service:6,553
  • Traffic Stops/Enforcement: 77
  • Traffic Complaints: 6
  • Citations: 15
  • Arrests: 4
  • Medical Emergency Calls:  14
  • Mental Health: 2
  • Check Welfare: 10
  • Civil Mediation (Child Custody-Property):  6
  • Domestics: 5
  • Dog Complaints/Found Animals: 9
  • Suspicious Activity/Vehicle/Person: 10
  • Security Alarms: 4
  • 9-1-1 Hang Up: 2

BLPD Arrests with Booking: 

  • Jason Taaffe (Age 42 – Big Lake, MN) DWI
  • Justin Hartung (Age 30 – Big Lake, MN) DWI
  • Zachary Newbauer (Age 30 – Big Lake, MN) DWI
  • Edward Misamore (Age 51 – Big Lake, MN) Warrant

Sunday, August 18, 2024

  • Disturbance – Shore Acres – Report of parties fighting.
  • Agency Assist – Hwy 10/Lake St S – Assisted State Patrol on a crash.

Saturday, August 17, 2024

  • Disturbance – Ridge Cir – Intoxicated neighbor causing problems. Mediated.
  • Missing Person – Will St – Child reported missing. Was found while officers were enroute.
  • Agency Assist – Jenkins Dr – Started to Becker to assist on a domestic.
  • Community Policing – Humboldt Dr – Officers and Reserves took part in the Big Lake Block Party at McPete’s. 
  • Theft – Jefferson Blvd – Items taken from the parking lot of a business.
  • Community Policing – Lakeside Park – Officers assisted with a color run event at the park.
  • Agency Assist – 253rd Ave, SC – Assisted a deputy during a vehicle search.

Friday, August 16, 2024

  • Agency Assist – Evans Cir, ER – Assisted Elk River PD on a domestic with a gun. 
  • Crash – Co Rd 73/Lake Ridge Dr – Vehicle struck a dog on the roadway. The dog ran off and was not located.
  • Warrant Arrest – Highland Trl – Report of party shooting arrows into a tree at a city residence. Officers made contact. The party was found to have a Wright County warrant and was arrested. 
  • Funeral Escort – Lake St N – Assisted with traffic control.

Thursday, August 15, 2024

  • Agency Assist – Co Rd 81/Hwy 10 – Backed a deputy on a traffic stop with a vehicle search.
  • Agency Assist – Gunter Way – Assisted deputies serve a search warrant at a residence. 
  • Fight – Eagle Lk Rd N – Report of parties fighting in a parking lot. Officers ended the fight and began investigating. Two parties were arrested for DWI. 

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

  • Disturbance – Inverness Way – Conflict over vehicle noise.
  • DWI – Eagle Lk Rd N – An officer spoke with a party in a business that showed signs of impairment. The officer saw later saw the person in the driver’s seat of a vehicle preparing to drive. A DWI investigation was conducted, and the driver was arrested for DWI. 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

  • Disturbance – Station St – Resident causing problems. Mediated. 
  • Disturbance – Lake St S – Disturbance reported at voting location. Mediated. 
  • Agency Assist – Ormsbee St – Located and stopped a vehicle involved in a hit and run on Hwy 25. Remained with vehicle until State Patrol arrived.
  • Theft – Rose Dr – Shoplifting.

Monday, August 12, 2024

  • ATV Complaint – Railroad – Two dirt bikes riding along the railroad. 
  • Juvenile Complaint – Minnesota Ave – Kids throwing rocks at a building.
  • Found Person – Eagle Lk Rd S – Preschooler walking down the sidewalk by themselves.
  • Agency Assist – Sanford Ave – Elk River PD asked to check a residence for a runaway.
  • Juvenile Complaint – Grace Dr – Siblings fighting. 
  • Theft – 177th St – Trailer reported stolen. 
  • Juvenile Complaint – Lakeshore Dr/Oak Ave – Juvenile riding bicycle all over roadway and prevented vehicles from passing. 
  • Lift Assist – Norwood Ln – Assisted uninjured person from the floor. 
  • Theft – Lakeside Park – Bicycle left at the beach was taken.