Cottage Grove police reports for May 31

Fire

Police were called to Kingston Park, 9195 75th Street, on May 7 for a fire in a garbage can and a portable toilet. Damage: $1,300.

Cottage Grove firefighters extinguished a grass fire on May 7 at Grey Cloud Elementary School, 9525 Indian Blvd.

Authorities were called to a home in the 6600 block of Geneva Avenue at about 4:30 p.m. May 17 for a shed fire. A tractor in the shed had started on fire. Cottage Grove firefighters extinguished it.

Drug possession

Police were called to Cottage Grove Middle School, 9775 Indian Blvd., on May 8 for a report of drug and alcohol use. A 14-year-old Cottage Grove male was referred to the Youth Service Bureau’s chemical awareness program. He had a small amount of alcohol and a small amount of marijuana in his backpack.

Assault

Police were called to a home in the 8100 block of Idsen Avenue on May 12 for a domestic incident. Subsequently, a 44-year-old Cottage Grove man was arrested and cited for fifth-degree domestic assault. He allegedly pushed a 36-year-old Cottage Grove woman and ripped her shirt.

Police were called to Applebee’s, 8380 East Point Douglas Road, on May 13 for a report of someone urinating outside the restaurant. Subsequently, police ticketed a 29-year-old St. Louis Park man for fifth-degree assault for allegedly punching another man nearby. There was no citation issued for public urination.

Disorderly conduct

A 29-year-old Cottage Grove man was cited for disorderly conduct after he allegedly made inappropriate comments to a group of juvenile girls on May 13 near the intersection of 85th Street and Grospoint Avenue.

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