Police Logs
New Ulm Police
• Located an intoxicated man in the New Ulm Medical Center parking lot at 12:52 p.m. Tuesday.
• Responded to a report of an intoxicated man sitting in a vehicle in the McDonald’s parking lot on South Broadway at 3:58 p.m. Tuesday. A 52-year-old Cokato man was found outside the vehicle. Police contacted the man’s Wright County probation officer who asked that the man be arrested for a probation violation. He was transported to the Brown County Jail. A report went to Wright County Corrections.
• Responded to the Verizon Wireless store about a customer refusing to leave the store, 1609 S. Broadway at 6:58 p.m. Tuesday. Officer met a 63-year-old New Ulm woman who was upset the store would not give her a phone she bought. Store management said the woman was unwilling to pay the full amount owed and requested a trespass notice be issued to her.
• Took a report of a truck being spray painted and keyed on the 800 block of State St. N. at 11:26 p.m. Tuesday. The truck’s owner, an 18-year-old New Ulm male, believed the individual responsible is his ex-girlfriend, who he did not want to identify. A report was done for documentation.
• Stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation and suspicious driving conduct at 12:56 a.m. at Payne St. and 2nd St. North. Impairment was detected from a 51-year-old New Ulm man. He was arrested for 4th-degree DWI and transported to the Brown County Jail. The man was cited for 4th-degree DWI, obstructing the legal process and no proof of insurance. Reports went to the New Ulm City Attorney’s Office and Brown County Probation.
• Stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation at 1:09 a.m. Monday along Highway 14 in Milford Township. It was learned the driver, a 53-year-old New Ulm man had a felony arrest warrant. He was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail. A report went to Brown County Probation.
• Received a two-vehicle crash report at 6:02 p.m. at 20th Street South and Broadway. Curtis Allen Hoffmann, 64, New Ulm, was driving a 2007 Buick Lucerne southbound that collided with a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu driven northbound by Courtney Danielle Thompson, 31, New Ulm. Damage was severe to the front of the Malibu and it was towed. Damage was moderate to the passenger side fender of the Buick. Both drivers wore seat belts. Hoffmann said he had leg pain but was not transported to the hospital. Thompson said she had left hand and chest pain and was not transported.
• Received a two-vehicle crash report at 3 p.m. Sept. 17 at Center and Broadway. A 2010 Chevrolet Malibu driven southbound by Brian David Labaw, 64, Franklin, was in the left turn lane with a yellow arrow when he turned into the intersection and collided with a northbound 2010 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Bradley Dean Scheibel, 59, New Ulm. Both vehicles were towed due to disabling damage. Both drivers wore seat belts and were not injured.
Renville County
Sheriff’s Office
• Received a 911 call at 6:26 p.m. Tuesday about a motorcycle crash near the intersection of CR 11 and CR 8, 6 miles north of Buffalo Lake in Boon Lake Township. A 2016 Yamaha YZFR6 Sport motorcycle driven by Hidrael Ramirez Jr., 22, Hector, was eastbound on CR 11, overtook a vehicle that was turning off CR 11, left the road and crashed.
Ramirez had serious injuries and was transported to North Memorial Medical Center by North Air Care. Assisting agencies were Hector Police, Buffalo Lake Police, Ambulance and Fire Departments and North Air Care. The crash is under investigation.
Sibley County Sheriff’s Office
• Responded to a report of a suspicious pickup truck and trailer parked along County Road 62, about four miles west of Henderson at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Deputies talked to the vehicle occupant, Alexander Nipp, 28, Gibbon. It was determined the truck and trailer were stolen from a job site near Green Isle. Nipp was arrested.