Forest Lake police interrupted a burglary in progress around 3:20 p.m. Feb. 4.
According to police reports, officers responded to a call that a man and a woman had been seen breaking into the back door of a home on the 800 block of 12th Street Southwest. One officer came to the front of the residence and knocked on the door, and another officer stopped the duo as they tried to leave through the back door. The officers arrested Donald Nicholas Garcia, 32, and Nicole Leigh Garcia, 33, both of Hugo. Upon a search of the alleged burglars and the surrounding area, officers allegedly found a bag of medication and some documents that had been stolen from the residence.
Stolen car fire
A day earlier, police arrested three men after an unusual call around 8:20 p.m.
According to police reports, on Feb. 4, officers responded to a report of a car fire near the intersection of Centennial Drive Southwest and 11th Avenue. Upon arrival, they observed six men who were trying to put the fire out by dumping snow on the vehicle’s engine. Three of the men were not with the vehicle, but the other three said they were with the car and that a driver had also been there but had left the scene. When police ran the car’s information in their database, however, they discovered it was stolen, and the three men were taken into custody for questioning. Police are still investigating the men’s connection to the car; no one has been charged in the case.