This week the Brainerd Dispatch is featuring Cass County’s Most Wanted list.

As of Friday, there were 510 active warrants in the county.

Seven of the Top 10 from April’s Most Wanted list still have not been found and continue to be on this month’s Most Wanted list. They are Truman Robert Beaulieu, Joseph Benjamin Campbell, Barry Merle Day, Ernest Wayne Declusin, Ricky Lee Laduke, Donald Michael Roy and Melvin Eugene Smith III.

The current Most Wanted list in Cass County consists of:

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Baxter police

ARREST — A 45-year-old man was arrested at 12:36 a.m. Friday for felony fifth-degree drug possession.

INTOXICATED — A report at 4 p.m. Thursday of an intoxicated female laying on her front lawn on the 4000 block of Mapleton Road. The female was arrested.

FIRE — A report at 1:59 p.m. Thursday assisting Brainerd Fire with smoke in an apartment. There was a small fire in a oven on the 13000 block of Berrywood Drive.

Crow Wing sheriff

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Brainerd police

THEFT — A report at 12:40 a.m. Thursday of a theft from a vehicle on the 1000 block of Ninth Avenue Northeast.

A report at 1:54 p.m. Wednesday of a theft of identity in south Brainerd.

A report at 1:32 p.m. Wednesday of a theft of items from an unlocked vehicle on the 1000 block of Kingwood Street. An iPod and cigarettes were taken.

A report at 12:16 p.m. Wednesday of a theft of a cellphone from a vehicle on the 500 block of Second Avenue Northeast.

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MINNEAPOLIS — A 25-year-old Cass Lake man Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a .357-caliber revolver.

Anthony Duane Howard, who was indicted on March 12, entered his plea before United States District Court Judge Joan N. Ericksen.

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MINNEAPOLIS — A 32-year-old Crosby man Tuesday pleaded guilty to possessing a .40-caliber, semi-automatic pistol along with approximately 30 grams of methamphetamine in federal court.

Zachari Allen Kozar pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Kozar entered his plea before United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery.

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The following recently were sentenced in Crow Wing District Court:

Brittany Kelm, 24, Brainerd, was sentenced to five years of supervised probation for felony theft.

Jacob Lee Anderson, 25, Brainerd, was sentenced to one year in Crow Wing County Jail with one year of that time stayed for gross misdemeanor traffic regulation violation.

Jeremiah L. Kramer, 21, Brainerd, was sentenced to one year in county jail with 335 days of that time stayed for two years.

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Baxter police

ARREST — A driver was arrested at 12:42 a.m. Tuesday for fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance and a semaphore violation after a traffic stop on Highways 210 and 371.

THEFT — A report at 6:07 p.m. Monday of a theft of bicycles from an open garage on the 6000 block of Riverwood Road.

PROPERTY DAMAGE — A report at 8:59 a.m. Monday of graffiti in the bathroom at Southdale Park on Knollwood Drive.

Brainerd police

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■ Court date reset
again in stabbing case

The 39-year-old St. Paul man accused of stabbing another man in a vehicle on Jan. 27, 2011, in Nisswa, will next appear in court on July 29.

Jon Martin Johnson, charged with felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in Crow Wing County District Court, is accused of stabbing Timothy Porter three times while the two were in a vehicle at the intersection of Highway 371 and Crow Wing County Road 13 in Nisswa.

Johnson’s court hearings have been reset since Aug. 31, 2011, with his last court date May 8.

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Two Cass Lake men stabbed Saturday

CASS LAKE — Two 19-year-old Cass Lake men were found stabbed after law enforcement officials responded to a report of a disturbance at 3:18 a.m. Saturday in Cass Lake, reported Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch.

The sheriff’s office identified the victims as Dominic Cloud and Tristan Cloud. Burch said both victims were transported to Sanford Hospital in Bemidji with serious, but non-life threatening, injures. The suspect or suspects had left the scene prior to officer’s arrival. The investigation continues.

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Crow Wing sheriff

FIRE — A report at 5:09 p.m. Thursday of an unattended fire jumped the road on Tuck Road and Crow Wing County Road 30 in Aitkin. Cuyuna Fire Department responded.

THEFT — A report at 2:37 p.m. Thursday that her son stole her wallet and her debit card in Deerwood.

BURGLARY — A report at 7:50 a.m. Thursday of a break in at a residence on the 6000 block of Crow Wing County Road 13 in Nisswa.

Baxter police

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Brainerd woman sentenced in
stabbing incident

The 42-year-old Brainerd woman, who allegedly was involved in a stabbing incident that occurred Jan. 17 in Nisswa, was sentenced in Crow Wing District Court.

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Baxter police

DISTURBANCE — A report at 3:08 p.m. Wednesday of a disturbance at Walmart Supercenter, 7295 Glory Road, about two females who littered. Complainant observed two females litter. He confronted them, gave trash back and they then left in vehicle throwing trash out again.

Crow Wing sheriff

BURGLARY — A report at 2:23 p.m. Wednesday of a burglary of a cabin over the winter on Silver Bay Road in Brainerd.

Brainerd police

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The following recently were sentenced in Crow Wing District Court:

Gregory C. Thomas, 55, Garrison was sentenced to one year in Crow Wing County Jail with three years of that time stayed for gross misdemeanor driving while intoxicated (DWI).

Paul A. Kostrzewski,35, Verndale, was sentenced to one year in county jail with 335 of those days stayed for three years for gross misdemeanor DWI.

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Greg Newell and Rachel Danielson are two people involved in a nationwide case involving passing counterfeit American Express Traveler’s Checks.

The pair were in Milwaukee yesterday morning 5/7/13, and then headed to Madison later afternoon yesterday.

Newell and Danielson pass traveler’s checks mostly at ‘big box’ retailers, such as Target and sporting goods stores. The latest images from Target show a possible license plate from Illinois L575574 on a grey Toyota 4-door.

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Baxter police

THEFT — A report at 4:59 p.m. Tuesday of a theft of a game camera from the land on the south end of Olivewood Drive.

A report at 9:47 a.m. Tuesday that the complainant left a Kindle in the shopping cart in the Walmart Supercenter parking lot, 7292 Glory Road, and video shows that a female suspect took it.

Crow Wing sheriff

FOUND — A report at 10:12 a.m. Tuesday that the complainant found two small baggies with white powder in them along the fence line in the ball field in Pequot Lakes.

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Crow Wing sheriff

FIRE — A report at 9:35 p.m. Monday of a large grass fire east of Ironton.

A fire was reported at 6:55 p.m. Monday in Cuyuna.

A report at 5:19 p.m. Monday of a ditch fire and a tree on fire in Emily.

A report at 5:51 a.m. Monday of a vehicle smoking in a parking lot on the 23000 block of Crow Wing County Road 3 in Merrifield.

THEFT — A report at 5:52 p.m. Monday that his daughter had broken into their home on Three Mile Road in Brainerd and took items.

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Baxter police

DISTURBANCE — A report at 2:38 p.m. Friday that subjects were told by Kentucky Fried Chicken, 14430 Dellwood Dr., that they are not allowed to take chicken home from the buffet anymore, this is a recurring problem. Officers responded. Subjects agreed to leave without their chicken.

ARREST — A 19-year-old man was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) after a driving complaint was reported at 1:12 a.m. Sunday on Highway 210 and Golf Course Drive.

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A jury trial scheduled May 28 for Thomas Richard Erickson, who is accused of allegedly sexually abusing young boys over the past several decades at his Nisswa home, was pushed back in Crow Wing County District Court.

Judge David TenEyck scheduled a new jury trial date of June 11 for Erickson.

Erickson was charged Aug. 26, 2011, with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and five counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. The ages of the victims at the time of the assault ranged from 6-14 years old.

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