Blotter: Man with Knife Collection Threatens to "Start the Massacre"

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Editor's note: Eagan Patch regularly posts selections taken from the Eagan Police Department incident reports. All addresses in the reports are approximate.

Jan. 23

12:42 p.m.—Police responded to a criminal sexual conduct call at a fast food restaurant on the 1200 block of Town Centre Dr. The caller, a woman, told police a man sitting in a parked car was masturbating while holding a cell phone in his hand. Click here to read more about this criminal incident.

3:32 p.m.—Police responded to a damage to property call on the 1700 block of Walnut Ln. A resident told police someone had sawed off his mailbox.

5:26 p.m.—Police responded to a drug activity call at a hotel on the 3300 block of Norwest Ct. The caller, a desk clerk, told police two adults were using illegal drugs in a room.

6:43 p.m.—Police responded to a suspicious person call on the 4500 block of Horizon Cir. The caller, a homeowner, told police an unknown person tried to gain entry through the back door of the house while the resident was cooking dinner.

7:24 p.m.—Police responded to an assault call on the 4300 block of Nicols Rd. The caller told police a male teenager punched his teenage sister in the face. Both were charged with fifth-degree domestic assault after police learned the two had been fighting.

Jan. 25

3:33 p.m.—Police responded to a civil assistance call on the 700 block of Hackmore Dr. An elderly man told police his adult son took four shotguns from his home for safe-keeping, because his son felt the older man was mentally stable enough to have the weapons. The caller, who was upset at the "theft," told police he wanted his guns back.

3:43 p.m.—Police responded to a burglary call on the 1300 block of Jurdy Rd. The caller told officers that his home had been burglarized, and that two computers, TVs, a 12-gauge shotgun and money were taken. Police found that the front door had been kicked in.

5:16 p.m.—Police responded to a suspicious person call on the 1000 block of Wescott Rd. The caller, a property owner, told police someone had recently vandalized the property.

10:44 p.m.—Police responded to a suspicious person call at a retail store on the 1300 block of Town Centre Dr. The caller told police he had left his semi truck cab running while he went into the store for an hour. When he returned to the parking lot, he found the cab missing. Police found the tractor cab in a different spot in the same parking lot—although the driver swears that someone moved it from where he had parked it earlier.

Jan. 26

8:17 a.m.—Police responded to a check welfare call on the 1900 block of Timber Wolf Trl. S. The caller told police he or she was concerned about the mental health of another man, who posted a status update on Facebook that morning saying: "Everyone needs to stay the hell away from me for the next week. I am so pissed off right now, one wrong word could be all it takes to start the massacre." Police learned the man had a knife collection. Officers eventually made contact with the man and gave him contact information for the crisis hotline.

8:39 p.m.—Police responded to a theft call at a liquor store on the 4100 block of Pilot Knob Rd. The caller told police two shoplifters had left the store with four $33 bottles of alcohol. The same subjects were in the store last week and got away with $500 of product, the caller added.

Jan. 27

1:30 p.m.—Police responded to a theft call at a retail store on the 1200 block of Town Centre Dr. The caller told police two shoplifters came into the store last night, cut cords and stole two digital cameras valued at $2,000 and $1,600.The thieves were caught on video, however.

Jan. 28

7:27 a.m.—Police responded to a burglary call at a business on the 4100 block of Knob Dr. The business was entered by force over the weekend.

9:22 a.m.—Police responded to a theft call on the 3800 block of Ballantrae Rd. The caller told police someone broke into his truck and stole a stereo, subwoofers, speakers and $5,000 of tools from his trunk.

8:52 p.m.—Police responded to a weapons call on the 1500 block of Clemson Dr. The caller told police two roommates had been physically fighting, and that one threatened the other with a knife.

11:13 p.m.—Police responded to a suspicious person call at a hotel on the 4500 block of Erin Dr. The caller told police there may be two females running a prostitution operation out of a room at the hotel. Police arrested both and issued them citations for prostitution.

Jan. 29

2:22 a.m.—Police responded to a medical call on the 3500 block of Lexington Ave. The caller told police an adult male had overdosed on painkillers. The reporting party said he or she was going to take a shower, and found the man laying on the floor with a needle.

5:32 p.m.—Police responded to a suspicious person call on the 4000 block of Amethyst Ln. The caller told police a woman showed up at her door and said she was from the city of Eagan, and was looking for cash donations to help remove fire hazards from schools. Police made contact with the suspect, who denied the accusations. It is the second complaint residents have made against her in two weeks.

9:21 p.m.—Police responded to a burglary call on the 3200 block of Hill Ridge Dr. The caller told police an unknown person came into his townhome and took $1,300 in cash out of a bedside table.

Jan. 30

9:43 a.m.—Police responded to a suspicious person call on the 2100 block of Shale Ln. The reporting party told police a woman with a small child rang her doorball late last night and asked to use a phone. But the homeowner grew nervous when the woman—who said her husband "kicked them out"—began looking around the home. The caller told police she was worried the woman was casing her home.

1:40 p.m.—Police responded to a report of a criminal sexual conduct incident on the 3900 block of Valley View Dr. S. The caller, a sexual assault nurse at a local hospital, told police a victim was reporting that she had been drugged and assaulted in Eagan at the Valley View address.

5:16 p.m.—Police responded to an assault call on the 3100 block of Alden Pond Ln. The caller told police his ex showed up intoxicated and assaulted her 11-year-old son, leaving a cut on the boy's head. The woman was later found at a local restaurant and will face charges of fifth-degree domestic assault.

Jan. 31

9:03 a.m.—Police responded to a disturbing the peace call at a school on the 2100 block of Diffley Rd. Two students who were not from this school entered the building and attacked another student in class. Both were arrested and cited for fifth-degree assault.