Police use sleuthing skills in apprehending man after robberies, threats

Source: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.存倉Aug. 25--Law enforcement officers had to use sleuthing skills to figure out a twisted and frightful tale early Saturday morning.The case allegedly involved a gun, threats, a ruse and a surprise ending for the perpetrator.Lt. Eli Umpierre said one man was taken into custody after he allegedly threatened two persons in different parts of Rochester.The first call came from a man who said he was leaving a restaurant/bar on Second Street Southwest when an assailant brandishing a handgun approached, pointed the weapon at the victim and got into the vehicle.The assailant took money and the victim's cell phone, Umpierre said. Before leaving, the assailant told the victim to toss his keys out the window, place his hands on the steering wheel and remain there, without moving, for five minutes.The assailant then exited the vehicle and left.As the victim was assessing what had happened -- and behaving in the manner the assailant had directed -- the assailant returned, said he had been shot, and said, "You need to take me to the hospital."He again pointed the gun at the victim, Umpierre said, and ordered the man to drive. The pair got to 19th Avenue and Valley High Drive when the suspect said he needed to vomit.The suspect got out of the vehicle when it stopped, and left the scene, Umpierre said.Several squad cars responded to the scene. But soon after, dispatchers received another call, this time (about 12:41 a.m.) from a woman who had just arrived at her home in the 1900 block of Valley High Drive. She had opened her automatic garage door, parked, turned off the car, gathered things to take inside and turned to see a Caucasian male wearing a black bandana "and he迷你倉has a gun pointing at her."The woman screamed -- loudly.The suspect ripped her purse away and took off running.A family member of the woman heard the commotion and saw the suspect running away. Witnesses reported the suspect fled in an older-model, black, beat-up car.Authorities quickly responded, and a Minnesota State Patrol officer pulled over a vehicle that appeared to match the one involved in the crime. But the lone occupant of the vehicle did not match the description of the suspect, so the officer lacked a reason to detain him.However, Rochester police officers pulled the same vehicle over again and, upon questioning, the driver admitted that a man had ridden with him."Last I know, he was running that way, and he was running into those bushes," the driver told police.Officers who approached the shrubby area could hear rustling in branches."Come out, or I'll release the dog!" the canine-unit policeman said.There was no response."The dog went in -- the bushes really started rattling," Umpierre said. "And pretty soon the guy says, 'Ow!'"Police officers entered the area and took the suspect into custody. But Umpierre said the canine officer essentially already had the man detained after several good bites and a strong grip with its jaw at the time human officers intervened.Turned out the suspect had not been shot. That was instead a ruse to convince the initial victim to drive. So the 27-year-old suspect had no injuries -- except for several dog bites. He faces two charges of aggravated robbery and one charge of burglary (for entering an occupied residence).Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Post-Bulletin Visit the Post-Bulletin at .postbulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉