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<br />CRIME STOPPER NEWS
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<br />The following thefts (larcenies), vandalism (damage to property), and burglaries were some of those
<br />reported in Ramsey during the month of May. If you have any information about these incidents call
<br />427-1410 and do your part to stop crime.
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<br />Date Area Description
<br />5/1 85XX 154th Lane Vandalism.
<br />5/2 6745 Hwy. 10 Damage to mailbox.
<br />5/2 Brooks Superette No pay on gas.
<br />5/3 7129 Hwy. 10 Larceny from yard.
<br />5/4 79XX 173rd Avenue Theft from building.
<br />5/4 60XX 167th Avenue Damage to property.
<br />5/4 177XX Erkium Burglary.
<br />5/5 80XX 177th Avenue Vandalism.
<br />5/5 79XX 142nd Avenue Burglary.
<br />5/5 7039 Hwy. 10 Theft to mini-bike.
<br />5/6 6415 Hwy. 10 (Greenberg's) Theft of radio from vehicle.
<br />5/6 156XX Erkium Theft of Kerosene heater.
<br />5/6 82XX 159th Lane Theft of bicycle.
<br />5/7 80XX 154th Lane Damage to property.
<br />5/7 69XX 152nd Avenue Damage to property.
<br />5/8 154XX Eland Damage to property.
<br />5/8 166XX Coquina Burglary.
<br />5/9 152XX Kangaroo Damage to property.
<br />5/10 162XX Kamacite Theft of mailbox.
<br />5/10 McGregor's Restaurant Damage to property.
<br />5/11 179XX St. Francis Blvd. Theft from vehicle.
<br />5/12 67XX Hwy. 10 Theft from vehicle.
<br />5/12 56XX 180th Lane Burglary.
<br />5/13 161 XX Ferret Damage to property.
<br />5/14 72XX 162nd Lane Damage to property.
<br />5/14 151XX St. Francis Blvd. Damage to property.
<br />5/17 Brooks Superette No pay on gas.
<br />5/18 Brooks Superette No pay on gas.
<br />5/19 Brooks Superette No pay on gas.
<br />5/20 179XX Germanium Forced entry burglary; loss of jewelry.
<br />5/21 53XX 156th Lane Damage to property.
<br />5/21 55XX 165th Lane Vandalism.
<br />5/21 151 XX Salish Theft from vehicle.
<br />5/22 60XX Hwy. 10 Burglary.
<br />5/23 Food 'N' Fuel Theft by swindle.
<br />5/24 144XX Wolfram Damage to property.
<br />5/24 170XX Armstrong Theft from vehicle.
<br />5/26 79XX 157th Avenue Vandalism.
<br />5/26 79XX 149th Lane Theft of bicycle.
<br />5/26 71 XX 156th Avenue Theft of safe with contents & jewelry.
<br />5/27 169XX Sodium Theft of golf clubs.
<br />5/29 72XX 163rd Lane Damage to property.
<br />5/31 Iron Works Gym Theft of letters from sign.
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<br />DID YOU KNOW?
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<br />CATS - In the City of Ramsey, although a cat is
<br />not required to be licensed or vaccinated, it is
<br />unlawful to let a cat run at large. Just as with dogs,
<br />cats are subject to impounding.
<br />POLICE HOME CHECKS - Call the Police Depart-
<br />ment at 427-1410 if you are leaving your home for
<br />periods of over 4 days and the officers will put your
<br />home on their house checklist.
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<br />van-dal-ism n: willful or malicious destructor deface-
<br />ment of public or private property.
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<br />van-dal n 2: one who willfully or ignorantly destroys,
<br />damages, or defaces property belonging to another
<br />or to the public.
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<br />sense-less adj: destitute of, deficient in, or contrary
<br />to sense: as b: FOOLISH, STUPID, c: MEAN-
<br />INGLESS, PURPOSELESS.
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<br />re-spon-si-ble ajd la: liable to be called on to answer.
<br />2a: able to answer for one's conduct and obligations:
<br />TRUSTWORTHY. b: able to choose for oneself bet-
<br />ween right and wrong.
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<br />com-mu-ni-ty n. 1: a unified body of individuals: as
<br />d: a group of people with a common characteristic
<br />or interest living together within a larger society.
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<br />A person living in a community, who shows no
<br />responsibility for his or her behavior and commits
<br />a senseless act of destruction has committed van-
<br />dalism and is nothing more than a vandal.
<br />By now you can tell what the tone of this article
<br />is going to be, can't you? That's righLvandalism
<br />(or, as it is legally called in Minnesota, Criminal
<br />Damage to Property). There are any number of other
<br />terms and words that can be used in conjunction with
<br />that dirty word. Try, Cowardice, Sneakiness, Lack
<br />of Civic Responsibility, Ostrichism (head-in the-sand
<br />attitude), Narcing, Ratting, Revenge, etc.,etc. The
<br />list can go on and on because so many excuses are
<br />made for committing acts of vandalism or for not
<br />coming forward and telling who did. One of the
<br />largest (top 5) citizen complaint areas in our files is
<br />VANDALISM and it seems to be growing every year.
<br />Or maybe I've just been in this line of work too long
<br />and the frustration is bubbling over. Whatever, every
<br />month the long list of complaints about destroyed
<br />mailboxes, broken lawn decorations, broken bottles
<br />in the street, slashed tires, "lawn trashing" (driving
<br />cars onto lawns and spinning tires), broken over
<br />shrubbery and small trees continues to get longer.
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<br />POLICE NEWS...
<br />Vandalism
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<br />While I do hate to brand only one group or class of
<br />citizens with the major responsibility for this type of
<br />crime I must say that, even if I didn't have kids myself
<br />or I owned no calendars I could tell when Friday or
<br />Saturday nights roll around, when there are teacher
<br />conferences, or Easter Vacation, Christmas Vaca-
<br />tion or summer break times by looking at the com-
<br />plaint reports because during the above listed times
<br />the vandlism calls go up. Sorry 'bout that, young
<br />folks but I've got to lay the blame, for the major share
<br />of this type of activity on your shoulders!
<br />And now I've just got to ask the $64 question.
<br />WHY? First of all, why do you do it? Does destroy-
<br />ing other persons possessions provide a perverse
<br />relief for boredom? Do those of you who do these
<br />types of things have no sense of value for property
<br />or do you in fact even have any sense of property
<br />rights? I'm sure you do because I know you would
<br />scream bloody murder if someone stole your bicy-
<br />cle, smashed your stereo or "trashed" your car. I'm
<br />sure that most of you value to some degree your own
<br />possessions so why do you get a kick out of walk-
<br />ing down a dark street and smashing a mailbox or
<br />breaking up someones lawn decorations? Cowar-
<br />dice maybe? Did that person have the nerve to ex-
<br />ercise his or her rights and complain because your
<br />dog did doo-doo on their front steps and now you
<br />are getting revenge? Instead of personally confron-
<br />ting the person and talking it out you sneak around
<br />and damage property. WOW! Or you 'lawn trashers'
<br />with your cars that can actually spin their wheels on
<br />green grass. Is this the new form of 'macho' display
<br />that proves to you and others that your car or four-
<br />wheeler is powerful enough to plow through 2112 in-
<br />ches of grass? And then there is Mr. Muscle who
<br />rides along in a car and uses a ball bat or tire iron
<br />to physically crush aluminum mailboxes. Awesome,
<br />just awesome! Lets not leave out the bottle breakers
<br />who find pop or beer bottles lying along side the road
<br />(a whole 'nuther subject, by the way) and see if, by
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<br />RAMSEY ECONOMIC
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<br />DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
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<br />ANNOUNCES STOCK SALE
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<br />The Ramsey Economic Development Company
<br />(REDC), at it's first annual stockholders meeting in
<br />January, announced the sale of additional stock
<br />shares in the company.
<br />The REDC is a non-profit company whose primary
<br />purpose is to promote the development and expan-
<br />sion of new and existing businesses in Ramsey. The
<br />REDC will work as a liaison between the city and the
<br />private sector, as a source of information and
<br />assistance in meeting the development needs of
<br />businesses considering expanding or locating in
<br />Ramsey.
<br />The REDC has already been involved in a number
<br />of issues surrounding the promotion of economic
<br />development in the City of Ramsey. Some of these
<br />include a brochure on the City of Ramsey, the
<br />establishment of a business liaison task force
<br />designed to meet with prospective businesses who
<br />have expressed an interest in expanding or locating
<br />their business in Ramsey, and, the REDC is currently
<br />researching the possibility of a joint venture with the
<br />City of Anoka regarding a small business incubator
<br />project.
<br />Stock in the company is currently being sold for
<br />$25.00 per share. Proceeds from the sale of stock
<br />will be used as an operating fund by the company,
<br />in it's efforts to promote the growth, expansion, and
<br />development of new and existing businesses in
<br />Ramsey.
<br />The REDC is currently offering stock to any
<br />business, or private citizen, who is interested in the
<br />future of the city, and in promoting economic
<br />development in Ramsey.
<br />Anyone interested in obtaining more information
<br />about the Ramsey Economic Development Com-
<br />pany; or in purchasing stock in the company can
<br />contact any of the current board members or Glen
<br />Hardin at 421-3830.
<br />Currently Ramsey Economic Development Com-
<br />pany board of directors include:
<br />Glen Hardin, President
<br />Steve DeLuca, Vice President
<br />Bob Muller, Secretary
<br />Ken Wagner, Treasurer
<br />Darryl Fults, Asst. Secretary
<br />Chuck Alsdurf, Asst. Treasurer
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<br />their supreme athletic prowess, they can cause the
<br />bottles to break by throwing them up into the air and
<br />letting them fall on the hard asphalt surface. Not so
<br />much as a thought is apparently given to the conse-
<br />quences of this type of act. So what if a slashed and
<br />ruined tire costs $75 to replace or the new tike tire
<br />costs $10.50. Who cares if the 'bare-foot boy'
<br />slashes his foot wide open while traipsing down the
<br />edge of the roadway. Shouldn't be going without
<br />shoes anyway, right?
<br />And last, but certainly not least, I must address
<br />those who see these acts of vandalism committed
<br />either as a witness or as a consequence of being
<br />with the person who commits them and by neither
<br />word or action does nothing to stop the act and won't
<br />come forward to say who did it. Now we are getting
<br />into the part about RESPONSIBILITY and COM-
<br />MUNITY! Here is where OSTRICH ISM comes into
<br />play. It seems to me, that even at a young age, peo-
<br />ple can understand that as a member of a communi-
<br />ty there is a responsibility owed to others regarding
<br />the safety of their bodies and their property and if
<br />they don't have the courage to assume this respon-
<br />sibility how can they ever expect others to be con-
<br />cerned for them when their turn comes? And it will
<br />come! Don't ever think, you passengers in the "lawn
<br />trasher" car, that that same driver won't do the same
<br />to your home if you should have a falling out
<br />sometime or maybe to your neighbor who is your
<br />friend. If you or your brother or sister ever lays open
<br />your foot on a broken bottle you can think back to
<br />the time you saw someone break a bottle on the
<br />street or pathway and you stuck your head in the
<br />sand. Now, I'm not asking all you folks, young and
<br />old, to play "Big Brother" and run around spying on
<br />everybody and calling the commisar on Mom and
<br />Dad. All I'm saying is that maybe if these types who
<br />commit vandalism get the idea that none of us will
<br />stand for it and will come forward and speak out, they
<br />will slow their activities somewhat.
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