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Public safety brkefs: Minneapolis toddler.
severely injured in assault
January 29, 2014 - 9;48 Pell
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Bt. Paul
Vehicle with three kids inside is rammed
` 8 Inciudin three young phildren, according tv charges filed
A Bt. Paul motorist rammed a vehicle occupied by six peopl f �
Wednesday.
Ramsey Count District Court with first-degree criminal damage to property and
Nathan T. Vessenmeyer.
31, was charged �n R ,
sic counts of second-degree assault. Awarrant was issued for his arrest in the hit-and-run. .
According to charges: Vessenmeyer and his enc-girlfriend visited the same gas station about 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 0.
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. His enc- irifriend was.a. passenger In a Chevrolet Blazer. The enc-girifriend was with a man,
Vessenmeyer drove a white truck 9
and three children 6 years of age or younger, Including her 5-year-old daughter. #
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The woman greeted Vessenmeyer, who gelled at her. ;
' head-on," charges said.
Vessenmeyer "drove at their vehicle and nearly hit them g
Vessenmeyer allegedly pursued the Blaze g
Blazer on: McKnight ni ht F oad in Maplewood and rammed it, causing it to spin out. It then hit
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a snowbank and a steel cable attached to a utility pole.
The other woman in the Blazer reported neck and back pain. No other injuries were listed in the complaint.
Vessenmeyer has flus domestic violence-rel ted convictions and a pending fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct case
in Chisago County.
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