The Street Where I Live

[Oggar]

Police busy downtown during weekend

By Dan Nienaber
The Free Press

MANKATO — Whether it was the warm weather, a little too much alcohol or, possibly, a combination of both, Mankato police officers working downtown were busy this weekend.

At about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Mankato Place security guards arrived to help after a 37-year-old North Mankato man got into scuffle with employees at Buffalo Wild Wings. When the man pushed one of the security officers, the other officer pulled his pepper canister and sprayed it twice. He hit his partner with the first shot and the suspect with the second shot.

The suspect was later arrested by police in the outside mall area near Blue Bricks bar.

Around the same time, officers used shocking devices to break up a fight outside the Savoy and Red Sky Lounge establishments. Five men were arrested after officers arrived to find them fighting. There were two groups of friends involved, one accusing the other of throwing a sucker punch to start it all. A sixth man was taken to the hospital because he was very intoxicated.

Prior to those incidents, officers were called to Blue Bricks after a customer there did some damage. The man was confronted by a bouncer after he pulled a $5 frame and picture from a wall, stuffed it under his jacket and attempted to leave the bar. A fight started during the confrontation and the man pushed a computer, used for taking food and drink orders from customers, on to the ground. The $12,000 machine was badly damaged and a felony charge is being requested.

Early Saturday morning is when a 22-year-old Eagan man decided to do his version of a “Dukes of Hazard” display on Cherry Street, Mankato police Cmdr. Amy Vokal said. A police officer had parked her squad car on Cherry Street at about 2:45 a.m. when the man decided to run up to her car, jump into the air and slide on his butt across the squad’s hood. He ran away after falling to the ground on the other side of the car, but his cell phone had fallen out of his pocket. He was tracked down and arrested.

It was during the afternoon hours Friday when a 75-year-old New Ulm man allegedly started following a car, with two females in front, as it drove along Third Avenue. The women reported the man was waiving what looked like a $100 bill. When they made it to the Hubbard parking lot, off Riverfront Drive in Old Town, the man continued to follow and allegedly told them he was looking for sex. The women got his license plate number and the man turned himself in after an officer called him.

[Resident Asshole]

Good stuff. What did the Dukes of Hazzard guy get arrested for? Public intox?

BTW, that was some pretty piss-poor writing, as far as journalism goes.

[ThirstyDrunk]

Damn that was like a whole episode of COPS.

[Oggar]

It's a pretty piss poor newspaper. Dukes of Hazzard guy I have no idea, does a squad car count as an officer like a police dog/horse? My guess is probably something public property.

[Wingman]

the cops on tybee island tazed (twice) and arrested an austitic kid. the gbi are looking into it now.

makes me wonder exactly what i could get away with, there....

[Bluto]

Stories like these are why I supported the Mankato area as a stop on an impromptu road trip a few weeks back.
cheers!

[Oggar]

It's a crazy town, and living above a dive bar keeps it exciting. Should you ever decide to make the trip drop a pm and I'll do my best to give you a tour.

[fizzmaster]

Insanity! I love how the cop in the first episode pulled a Jim Lahey and sprayed his partner in the face with pepper spray!

[Chimneyfish]

Damn that was like a whole episode of COPS.

We play a game while watching Cops where we bet if the next person arrested will be wearing a shirt or not. Betting shirt gets you 3-to-1 odds.

[ThirstyDrunk]

Damn that was like a whole episode of COPS.

We play a game while watching Cops where we bet if the next person arrested will be wearing a shirt or not. Betting shirt gets you 3-to-1 odds.

If they run (or resist), this is an all drink! Everybody drink!

[Oggar]

In the Barca-Oggar codification of the COPS drinking game everything is an all drink. In 3 episodes worth of greatest hits it's not unheard of to go through a 12 pack apiece.

[Palinka]

Mankato is, without doubt, the best drinking town outside of Eastern Europe.

[beerkegbilly]

do you drink as you see a shirt less redneck on cops

[Bur]

Damn that was like a whole episode of COPS.

Cops far as I know is sorta boring, I've watched both finnish version and the original. I really needed to drink hard to tune to that shit