By: Kia Farhang

A man was arrested for allegedly breaking into a University of Minnesota student’s garage early Sunday morning, according to a Minneapolis police report.

Chemistry graduate student Deirdre Manion-Fischer said her roommate woke up to the sound of glass breaking in their duplex on Fifth Street Southeast. She looked outside and saw a group of people trying to open the garage door.

“We’re not really clear on the number of people,” Manion-Fischer said. Her roommate then called the police.

Minneapolis police Sgt. Bill Palmer said two suspects were at the scene when police arrived. They ran away, but police later found one of them hiding underneath a car across the street.

“We were just in the living room waiting while this was happening,” Manion-Fischer said.

Nothing was stolen from the garage. Manion-Fischer said the suspects tried to take her bike but abandoned it when police arrived.

“I was quite upset,” she said.

In the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, which includes the University, police have recorded 47 burglaries so far this year.

Urination on Dinkytown Wine and Spirits

University police cited a man for urinating on the outside of Dinkytown Wine and Spirits early Saturday morning.

Pedestrians on the street and sidewalk could see the man, according to the police report, and an officer saw a “large puddle of urine” on the pavement.

University police Deputy Chief Chuck Miner said crimes like this are fairly common around bar close.

Theft from St. Paul parking lot

Someone broke a man’s car window and stole his laptop while the car was parked in a University lot on the St. Paul campus Thursday evening, according to a police report.

The man is not affiliated with the University. Miner said thefts from St. Paul parking lots aren’t as common as other parts of campus.

Break-ins like this usually occur in the afternoon or early evenings, Miner said.

“Typically,” he said, “thieves like that don’t necessarily get up early.”

Public consumption on Cedar Avenue South

University police arrested a man on Cedar Avenue South for drinking in public and obstructing the legal process on Thursday, according to a police report.

An officer saw the man drinking a beer on the sidewalk and asked him if he had any identification on him. The man said no and tried to hide the beer.

When the officer tried to bring the man, 43, to his squad car, the man tried to pull away while shouting obscenities at the officer.

The man repeatedly spat on the back seat of the police car on the way to jail, according to the report.