The Savage Police Department issued 45 citations between Aug. 14 and 20 and responded to 308 incidents between Aug. 15 and 22. Some of the incidents included the following:

CRASHES

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

Craigslist murder suspect Michael John Anderson of Savage still has not entered a plea to answer charges that he killed Katherine Ann Olson of Cottage Grove last fall.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent

A name is just a name.

Community involvement is what has made National Night Out special for the city and its citizens for the last 11 years and police won’t do anything to jeopardize that, said Crime Prevention Officer Pat Mans.

With all the negative press the National Association of Town Watch (the umbrella company for National Night Out) has received as a result of the executive’s hefty pay, police want to ensure the community that nothing, but possibly the name of the event, will change next year.

A 24-year-old man from Savage was indicted in federal court in connection with the distribution of ecstasy.

The Savage Police Department issued 46 citations between Aug. 7 and 13 and responded to 282 incidents between Aug. 8 and 15. Some of the incidents included the following:

CRASHES

By Shannon Fiecke, Correspondent

Shakopee police continue to search for answers after a young woman from Savage died from injuries she sustained at a house party Saturday (Aug. 16) at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community.

A 23-year-old woman from Savage was fatally injured in a car crash Saturday morning (Aug. 16) in Shakopee and a 26-year-old man from Redwood Falls was arrested on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol.

A 55-year-old Burnsville man was charged with two counts of first-degree DWI, driving after cancellation-inimical to public safety, violating a restricted driver’s license and operating a vehicle with impounded plates by the Scott County Attorney’s Office on Aug. 4.

Formal charges have been referred to the Scott County Attorney’s Office for review in connection with the series of burglaries and thefts that occurred in the Huntington Estates and Rolling Meadows neighborhoods.

Capt. Dave Muelken said a search warrant was issued on a home in the 14000 block of Alabama Avenue. Criminal charges of tampering with a motor vehicle, theft, possession of stolen property and burglary are pending against a 15-year-old girl, a 19-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man – all from Savage. In the case of the adults, charges of credit card fraud are also pending, he said.

The Savage Police Department issued 35 citations between July 31 and Aug. 6 and responded to 259 incidents between Aug. 1 and 8. Some of the incidents included the following:

CRASHES