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Hastings police identify juvenile male who set fire at Cari Park
The Hastings Police Department identified the person responsible for recently setting fire to the playground structure at Cari Park. Officers received a tip and followed up on it. That ultimately led to a confession by the 14-year-old male. The police department has sent the...
news / crime and courtsOctober 11, 2013 - 8:51am
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October 10, 2013
Police report preview - Sept. 28 to Oct. 4
Here is a preview of this week's police report. The complete report can be seen on Page 4A of this week's print edition. • Suspicious activity in a parking lot of a convenience store in south Hastings led to a DWI arrest Sept. 29. The driver of the vehicle was seen getting out...
news / crime and courtsOctober 10, 2013 - 10:56am
Florida man pleads guilty to swindling senior citizens, including Hastings couple
A 35-year-old Florida man, Robert Attias, has pleaded guilty to one count of theft by swindle (aiding and abetting) in connection with a series of phone scams committed against Minnesota senior citizens, including a Hastings couple in early 2010. In court proceedings earlier this...
news / crime and courtsOctober 10, 2013 - 8:22am
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October 9, 2013
Reward offered for information about Cari Park arson
A reward has been offered for information about those responsible for setting pieces of a Hastings playground on fire Sept. 28. Firefighters responded to Cari Park twice on the same day to reports of fire at the playground. When they arrived the first time, they found the underside...
news / crime and courtsOctober 9, 2013 - 9:01am
October 3, 2013
After 'Chinese fire drill,' two people in same car arrested for DWI in Hastings
According to Hastings police, two people were arrested for DWI after a "Chinese fire drill" at a stop light. The incident was reported at 5:08 p.m. on Sept. 22. An officer on patrol noticed a vehicle stop at a light on Vermillion Street and then watched as the two occupants got...
news / crime and courtsOctober 3, 2013 - 2:35pm
Police report preview - Sept. 21 to Sept. 27
Here is this week's police report preview. The entire report can be seen on Page 4A of this week's print edition. A 21-year-old Hastings man punched his 86-year-old grandfather and was cited on Sept. 21. He fled and was charged by formal complaint. The case is being reviewed. •A...
news / crime and courtsOctober 3, 2013 - 2:25pm
September 26, 2013
Officers determine sexual assault reported over the summer did not occur
After an investigation by Hastings police, it appears as though the criminal sexual assault that reportedly occurred in Hastings over the summer did not occur.
news / crime and courtsSeptember 26, 2013 - 9:25am
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August 28, 2013
Hastings man sentenced to 30 years for producing child pornography
A Hastings man will spend the next 30 years in prison. Last week, United States District Judge Ann D. Montgomery sentenced Mark Matthew Cortes, 25, to 360 months in prison, along with a lifetime of supervised release, on one count of production of child pornography. Cortes was...
news / crime and courtsAugust 28, 2013 - 4:07pm
August 14, 2013
M&H robbery suspect sentenced to five years
The 27-year-old Hastings man who robbed the M & H convenience store on May 22 has been sentenced to 58 months in prison. On Monday, Aug. 12, Judge Joseph Carter sentenced Joseph Robert Olson to serve his time at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at St. Cloud.
news / crime and courtsAugust 14, 2013 - 11:00am
August 8, 2013
Shots fired on Shannon Drive on Tuesday night; one person arrested
Shots were fired outside a Hastings residence on Tuesday night, prompting a sizeable police response. At about 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Hastings police responded to the 4100 block of Shannon Drive on the report of shots fired.
news / crime and courtsAugust 8, 2013 - 11:30am
July 24, 2013
Two cited in fight following Rivertown Days parade
Two men were cited following a fight at the conclusion of the Rivertown Days parade. The men were watching the parade near 10th and Ramsey streets. According to the police report, 20-year-old Brandon James Bleyle of Hastings approached 50-year-old Gary Thomas Reuter of Hastings and...
news / crime and courtsJuly 24, 2013 - 2:30pm
July 23, 2013
Hastings police investigating possible criminal sexual conduct at park
Hastings police are investigating a possible criminal sexual conduct near Lions Park on Saturday morning. Just after 9 a.m. Saturday, a woman went to a nearby beauty salon and said she had been sexually assaulted.
news / crime and courtsJuly 23, 2013 - 3:47pm
July 18, 2013
Theft of two shirts leads to more serious charge
The apparent shoplifting of two shirts at the Kohl’s store in Woodbury led a more serious charge against Martin James Collins, 23, Hastings. The Washington County Sheriff’s office has charged Collins with one count of drug possession - fifth degree, not small amount of marijuana,...
news / crime and courtsJuly 18, 2013 - 2:52pm
Charges of impaired driving, fleeing officer filed
A 47-year-old Smithland, Ky. man, John Michael Keplinger Sr., faces charges of fleeing a peace office in a motor vehicle and fourth degree driving while impaired (over. 08 within two hours) following a July 2 incident near Lillehei Avenue and 180th Street East in Marshan Township....
news / crime and courtsJuly 18, 2013 - 2:52pm
July 17, 2013
Vandals do extensive damage downtown
Late Friday and early Saturday morning, two Hastings juveniles took a walk through downtown. They left a wake of vandalized property behind them. Their joy ride quickly came to an end -- by Saturday afternoon, both were identified by police. One was arrested and taken to the juvenile...
news / crime and courtsJuly 17, 2013 - 11:06am
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