Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Chin Son Kim, 47, faces up to five years behind bars for the fraud.
A Shakopee man has been charged with defrauding the federal food stamp program out of $29,816. Federal charges allege that Chin Son Kim, 47, would persuade food stamp recipients into giving him their EBT cards, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Then he'd take their cards to a cooperating local market, which would ring up the cards as if Kim had purchased legitimate items. Kim would then be given cash or store credit, which he would share with the food stamp recipients. Federal officials told MPR that food stamp fraud is rare. Kim faces up to five years in federal prison.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Calls from residents helped police track down and arrest a suspect, who has since been charged with three felonies.
A call to the Shakopee Police from a resident about seeing a prowler check car doors initiated a chain of events that led to the arrest of a St. Paul man with a long criminal record. Chad Downs, 32, has been charged with first-degree burglary, theft and receiving stolen property, which are all felonies, after police arrested him Saturday, Dec. 29. According to the police complaint, the initial call to Shakopee Police came at about 5:55 a.m. The caller provided police with a description of the suspect seen in the 7000 block of Edington Circle. Officer Thor Carlson responded to the area and began to search for him. At 8:03 a.m., police received a report of a suspicious male who was walking through yards. The suspect was reported to be just…
Friday, January 4, 2013
A selection of incidents from the Shakopee Police Department Public Data Report for Dec. 28 to Jan. 3.
The information below is taken from the Shakopee Police Department Public Data Report. This is not the complete report. December 28 December 29 December 30 December 31 January 1 January 2 January 3 Follow Shakopee Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter
Monday, December 31, 2012
Patch is counting down the most popular stories on Shakopee Patch in 2012.
In the top Shakopee Patch story of 2012, an Edina woman was charged with child endangerment after she allegedly forced her nephew to ride home from Valleyfair in the trunk of her car. The woman allegedly told her nephew to ride in the trunk after he became wet from water rides at Valleyfair because she did not want her car's leather seats to get wet. Commenters debated whether or not a ride in a car trunk was a child safety issue. Other Popular Shakopee Patch Stories: No. 2 Shakopee Patch Top Story: Pastor Arrested Who Fled with 16-Year-Old No. 3 Shakopee Patch Top Story: Saturday Night Live No. 4 Shakopee Patch Top Story: Man Found in Minnesota River ID'd Flooding in Duluth, Northern MN: #5 Shakopee Patch Story of the Year Top 7 Most …
Friday, December 28, 2012
A selection of incidents from the Shakopee Police Department Public Data Report for Dec. 21 to Dec. 27.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
A selection of incidents from the Shakopee Police Department Public Data Report for Dec. 13 to Dec. 20.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
A selection of incidents from the Shakopee Police Department Public Data Report for Dec. 6 to Dec. 13.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
A selection of incidents from the Shakopee Police Department Public Data Report for Nov. 29 to Dec. 5.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
A witness confronted the boys as they left the home carrying a television.
Two Shakopee boys were arrested after witnesses saw them carrying a television from a home on the 700 block of West Fourth Avenue. The boys, aged 13 and 14, knew the previous owner of the home and knew that the owner no longer lived in the house, said Shakopee Police Chief Jeff Tate. "They knew there would be no one in the home," Tate said. "This is not a random act." The incident unfolded the evening of Friday, Nov. 30 when witnesses, two neighbors and a utility worker, observed the boys outside the house. They then saw them leaving the house with a television. When confronted, the boys dropped the television and hid in bushes, where they were later found, Tate said. Shakopee Police arrived and arrested the boys for second-degree burglary…
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The election results made the top of the list followed by stories on arson and Black Friday.
Here are the top seven most popular stories on Shakopee Patch during the month of November. Have you read them all? Shakopee 2012 Election Results UPDATE: Overnight Fire at Wine Styles Appears Incendiary In Nature Black Friday Deals Beginning Early—On Thanksgiving Day Shakopee Man Implicated in Underage Sex-Trafficking Ring Election 2012 Minnesota House and Senate District 55 Results by Scott County Precinct Overnight Explosion Damages Wine Styles in Shakopee Shakopee Couple Charged with Selling Methamphetamine
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3:13 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
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