HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 04-16 Dispatchers get earful of Maplewood burglar's plans MAPLEWOOD REVIEW Dispatchers get earful of
Maplewood burglars' plans
There's a new rule for _ _ ments, the county attor-
would-be burglars: don't The first officers on the scene reported two ney states that both
dial 911 while you're _ have "substan-
en wearing dark clothing were seen corn-
casing the joint. tial criminal histories
With today's smart- lug out of the building; one was carrying a including numerous
phones able to dial television set and the other had a box. convictions for bur
911 with a touch of Told by officers to stop, the pair reportedly glary."
the screen, emergency dropped the items and ran east, into the
dispatchers spend a fenced area around an apartment building. —Holly Wenzel
lot of time picking up
calls from toddlers and APR 1 2014
"pocket dialers." They check out the situation. $10,000 fine or both.
generally try to call the The first officers on Following his appre-
number back to check the scene reported two hension, Weiss was
on the caller's safety. men wearing dark cloth- taken to Regions Hos-
But in this case, after ing were seen corn- pital for injuries to his
hearing a few words of ing out of the Larsen's left arm; he reportedly
conversation, dispatch- Auto/Meineke Car Care refused to make a state-
ers kept listening -- and Center building; one ment after being read
alerted Maplewood was carrying a televi- his rights.
police there might be sion set and the other Evans was also taken
trouble. had a box. to Regions, so medical
Told by officers to personnel could look at
`If it goes off..: stop, the pair reportedly injuries to his upper left
Ramsey County dis- dropped the items and back and investigate his
patchers received a 911 ran east, into the fenced claim that he'd taken 15
call at 4:44 a.m. April area around an apart- Xanax. He reportedly
1 and heard a voice say ment building. denied being in the car-
"If it goes off they are Police dogs were sent care building, instead
right across the street" in to apprehend the insisting he was behind
before the call was cut men. the apartment building
off. Todd Joseph Weiss, having sex with his girl-
T h e o r i z i n g the 32, of Minnetonka and friend.
voice might have talk- Justin Grant Evans, 38, At Larsen Auto,
ing about a security of Savage were each police found a door
alarm and locating the charged with third- had been pried open
phone signal as corn- degree burglary, a and the owner identi-
ing from the 1900 block felony, by the Ramsey fied the items dropped
of County Road D in County Attorney's outside as belonging to
Maplewood -- mainly Office April 8. the business, as well as
a strip of businesses -- The charge carries a an Apple computer that
dispatchers contacted maximum sentence of had not been located.
police to have officers five years in prison, a In the charging docu-