South Metro Crime Report

'Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Urine?'

Among other police reports from the region last week is the tale of a man who allegedly went to great lengths for a clean drug test.

  The following stories first appeared within the past week on this Patch site, or those of our neighbors throughout the South Metro region. To read the full story, click on the headline link.   Rosemount Woman Charged with Kicking Officer After DWI Arrest Police say Brenda Lynn Heinen kicked an officer in the leg when she was arrested for drunken driving on her 41st birthday. Suspect in Rosemount Standoff Formally Charged A 32-year-old Rosemount man has been charged with a felony after threatening to kill his neighbors with a non-existent weapons cache that he said included a sniper rifle, an AR-15, a 12 gauge, and an AK-47 equipped with a grenade launcher. Apple Valley Man Charged with Strangling Woman on New Year's Day Police say Justin…

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Rosemount Woman Charged with Kicking Officer After DWI Arrest

Police say Brenda Lynn Heinen kicked an officer in the leg when she was arrested for drunken driving on her 41st birthday.

  A Rosemount woman has been charged with threatening and kicking a police officer after she was arrested for drunken driving on her birthday. Brenda Lynn Heinen, 41, is charged with fourth-degree assault of a peace officer, a felony with a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $6,000 fine. She is also charged with two gross misdemeanor counts of second-degree DWI, each of which has a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine. A driver in the area of County Road 42 and Highway 3 reported to police at about 10 p.m. Dec. 16 – Heinen’s 41st birthday – that there was a driver in the area who was “all over the road,” according to the criminal complaint. As an officer approached the area, he spotted a minivan westbound on …

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