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(KNSI) – A 26-year-old Princeton man is jailed after allegedly running from the police with a gun and suspected methamphetamine.
According to a press release from the Waite Park Police Department, about 1:20 Saturday morning, an officer found a vehicle that had allegedly been involved in a chase with St. Cloud officers on April 15th. Police watched the car when they said a man walked up and pulled a backpack out of the vehicle. Police tried to make contact with the suspect, who they say fled on foot.
Police were able to get him into custody. While searching the suspect, police allegedly found a handgun and a “white crystal like substance which appeared to be methamphetamine.”
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Police: Drunk driver plows through pickleball courts in Waite Park
The charges were filed this week, months after the incident.
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Police this week have identified a man who was charged in January for driving drunk and smashing up pickleball courts in Waite Park and later ramming into another vehicle and then fleeing the scene.
Jose L. Briceno Jr., 26, of Waite Park, was charged in Stearns County District Court in connection to the Nov. 27 incident that left the pickleball courts at River s Edge Park severely damaged.
Police connected the drunk-driving crime to Briceno by matching vehicle debris on the court to a vehicle that had been involved in a hit-and-run crash in St. Cloud.
Waite Park Police Makes History With First Female Sergeant
WAITE PARK The Waite Park Police Department made history when they hired their first female police sergeant.
Becca Grosz was promoted to sergeant after spending the last three years as an investigator. The St. Joseph native says even as a kid she knew she wanted to be a police officer.
She says while she was aware of the history made by her promotion, to her it s business as usual.
I have always said I want to be just as good as my partners. If I m not then I should not be getting hired or on the road with them. So I ve always tried to do my best and be their equal.
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