The following incidents were reported to River Falls Police Department Feb. 10 through March 31.

Monday, Feb. 10

At 5 p.m., a resident at 242 W. Cascade Ave. reported a theft from his apartment and named another resident of the house as a suspect. He said while he was out of town, someone went into his locked apartment and stole a green toolbox with tools (valued at $1,500), a black backpack with electric stapler (valued at $50), two Weller solder guns and two solder stations (valued at $200), a leather motorcycle jacket (valued at $200) and a screwdriver set (valued at $20). After speaking with the landlord, who lives on the premises, the suspect and two acquaintances of the suspect, police weren’t able to get any answers. The case remains under investigation.

Thursday, Feb. 27

At 12:22 p.m., the property manager at Storage Twins (1396 Cemetery Road) reported a gate section broken off the main fence. The damage was estimated at $200. There are no suspects.

Sunday, March 9

Police were dispatched to a welfare check on a male at 9:11 a.m. at 1960 Pika Trail #C after his parents reported receiving a concerning text message from him. Police knocked on the door several times, but no one answered the door or the man’s phone. Police said there wasn’t an exigent circumstance to enter the home. They were called back at 10:14 a.m. after a family friend found the 29-year-old man unresponsive and cold to the touch. The room was filled with prescription and over the counter medication. The St. Croix County Medical Examiner responded to confirm the death.

Saturday, March 16

• Officers were asked to conduct a welfare check on a woman at 10:52 a.m. at 403 Union St. EMS transported the woman, who was threatening self-harm, to the hospital.
• At 16-year-old runaway juvenile was reported at Positive Alternatives (2860 Williams Ave.) at 9:52 p.m. At 10:43 p.m., a group of people at Cloud House Tobacco (121 S. Main St.) reported a juvenile had run up to them asking to go to the hospital. Police responded and found the runaway sitting in the cold. She said she felt suicidal and homicidal. She said she’d been seeing things all week, feeling unsafe and was scared she’d be sent to Winnebago. After evaluation at the hospital, she was brought back to Positive Alternatives with a plan in place.

Friday, March 28

• At 11:17 a.m., police were sent to 215 W. Cedar St. #2 for an active domestic. The complainant said a woman had come through her front door requesting help after being punched in the face by her boyfriend. The neighbors ran over the woman’s house and took her 19-month-old baby out of the home as the suspect, Collyn James Heemstra, 21, River Falls, was still in the home. It sounded like he was throwing things around. He told police he had slapped his girlfriend while she was holding their son because she wouldn’t let him leave after an argument. He also admitted he threw her medication and a pop. She told officers she was trying to get him to stay; during the argument, she was punched in the face while holding the child, hit, kicked and strangled. Police took photos of bruises all over her body, plus of the child, who had a black eye. Heemstra said he didn’t know how the child had been hurt. When police searched Heemstra, they found a kitchen knife in his pocket; he said he had it in case she wouldn’t let him leave, but hadn’t planned to use it. They also found a knife in the bedroom on a blanket where the crib was thrown across the room. Heemstra was arrested for domestic substantial battery – intend bodily harm, strangulation and suffocation and domestic disorderly conduct. The mother took her son to a Twin Cities hospital; she was diagnosed with a concussion and had blurry vision and ringing ears.
• Officers responded at 3:22 p.m. to a two-vehicle crash in the River Falls High School (818 Cemetery Road) parking lot between a 1990 Ford F150, driven by a 16-year-old River Falls juvenile, and a legally parked 2022 Kia K5, owned by Jackie Ann Schwartz, River Falls. The juvenile was backing out of the parking spot and struck the rear passenger corner of the Kia. The Ford had minor damage while the Kia had functional damage.
• Derek Tradell Woods, 35, River Falls, was arrested and cited $300 for operate without valid license (third within three years), misdemeanor bail jumping and a failure to appear warrant after a traffic stop at 10:53 p.m. at Highway 65 and Frontage Road. Police pulled Woods over after receiving word from St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office that he was suspected of trespassing at Sunnyside Storage in their county.
• Madalynn Grace Stuart, 20, Andover, Minn., was cited $187 for ID card violations after attempting to use a fake ID at 11:08 p.m. at Shooter’s Pub (107 E. Elm St.) She ran toward Main Street when staff confiscated her ID. Police tracked her down at her dorm room.

Saturday, March 29

• Police arrested Kayla Marie Chounard, 36, River Falls, for two St. Croix County warrants at 12:25 a.m. at 113 ½ Elm St. Police transported Chounard, who was cooperative, to jail.
• At 2:31 a.m., police observed a disturbance occurring in the 100 block of East Walnut Street. Zachary Lee Weiss, 22, River Falls, was trying to instigate a fight with another male while his friend held him back. Five minutes earlier, police saw Weiss and his friend standing next to the Circle K sign (302 S. Main St.) and it appeared they were going to steal lettering. When they took off walking, police saw the friend hold Weiss back from fighting two people standing outside of Emma’s (222 S. Main St.) They were told to quit causing trouble and go home; the friend explained they were waiting for a ride. When Weiss tried to fight yet another man, he was arrested and cited $187 for disorderly conduct. He was released to his friends when they arrived to pick him up.
• Officers were notified of a hit and run at 12:03 p.m. in the Kwik Trip (1510 Cemetery Road) parking lot. An unknown vehicle struck a legally parked 2016 Jeep Compass, owned by Aurianna C. Litz, Oakdale, Minn., on the front side corner, causing minor damage before fleeing the scene.
• Police were dispatched at 7:57 p.m. to 215 S. Fourth St. for a found dog named Bandit. At 6:03 p.m., Bandit’s owner had reported that Bandit jumped out of his open car window. William Michael Temme, 58, River Falls, was cited $98.80 for dog running at large. Police have been called 11 times in the past few months concerning Temme’s loose dog.
• Dylan Blake Ross, 22, New Richmond, was arrested and cited $136.60 for operating left of center, $986 for operating with PAC and $986 for OWI after a traffic stop for driving over the fog line and in the wrong lane of traffic while heading south on Highway 65 near Cascade Avenue. When police pulled him over, the smell of alcohol was “overwhelming.” He stumbled when getting out of his truck and consented to perform field sobriety tests under the canopy at Kwik Trip out of the rain. After the tests, police had probable cause for an arrest. Ross registered a .229 BAC.

Sunday, March 30

• Zoey Reed Beck, 19, Oakdale, Minn., was cited $187 for possession of THC and Angela Marie Blegen, 18, St. Bonifacius, Minn., was cited $187 for possess drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop for operating without headlights and taillights at 12:30 a.m. at Cascade Avenue and Sixth Street. After smelling marijuana, police had probable cause to search the vehicle. They located a makeshift bong, baggies containing marijuana residue, four nicotine “salts” bottles and vapes in the vehicle.
• Russell Louis Neis, 66, River Falls, was arrested and cited $250 for operating while revoked (alcohol related) and $187 for possess drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop for operating without headlights at 1:37 a.m. at Main and Cedar streets. When police pulled the vehicle over, passenger Bradley Hall Johnson, 64, River Falls, was seen throwing something out the window, which hit the Dollar General building. Officers located a marijuana pipe and a small container of marijuana, which Johnson said he threw out of fear. Police also located a pipe on Neis. Johnson was cited $187 for possession of THC and $187 for possess drug paraphernalia. Both men were given courtesy rides back to their homes after being cited/booked.
• Police were dispatched at 2:50 p.m. to Family Fresh (303 S. Main St.) where a man and two children left the store with a cart full of groceries without paying. An employee confronted them and they abandoned the cart, got into a vehicle and fled. The cart contained $295.68 in groceries that were recovered. The employee wrote down the offender’s license plate number and gave it to police. Officers responded to the suspect’s home, but he had left on foot. The case remains under investigation.
• At 4:25 p.m., police responded to a disturbance at a group home at 403 Union St. A resident had become agitated and left in their wheelchair heading toward Main Street. She told officers she was mad at staff, wanted to buy beer and food and was heading to the store. A staff member told police the woman had picked a lock to get into the office, taken the money, flipped over a table and left. Police followed the woman down Main Street and were eventually able to convince her to get into the group home’s van without incident.
• Michael Jon Heil, 44, Hudson, was arrested and cited $250 for operating while revoked (alcohol related) after a traffic stop for lane deviation at 7:12 p.m. at Greenwood Valley Drive and Kimberly Circle. He said he thought his license was valid. Police moved his vehicle to a safe location and brought him to the station, where he was booked and released. They also delivered his Door Dash order to his customers.

Monday, March 31

• Kinsey V. Gracey, 19, Geneva, Ill., was cited $187 for an ID card violation at 1:16 a.m. at Shooter’s Pub. When the bar’s owner confiscated her fake ID, she tried to get it back from him and told him her dad was in the bar, which he was not. The girl’s boyfriend told police it wasn’t fair she was singled out because other underage people were in the bar. She asked police for her fake ID back, which they declined.
• Karen Diane Spence, 47, River Falls, was arrested and cited $200 for operate without valid license (second within three years), felony bail jumping and misdemeanor bail jumping after a traffic stop at 10:51 p.m. at Main and Vine streets for an inoperable headlight. Because she was cooperative, police booked Spence at the station and released her. Her son was given a courtesy ride home when officers learned his license was also revoked.