Wedge Weekly: Smash-and-Grab Car Break-Ins Return

Recent 5th Precinct reports near the Wedge are dominated by vehicle-related crime, the same property-crime mix that runs through neighborhood blotters across this part of south Minneapolis.

These items are compiled from the Minneapolis Police Department's open incident data, published through the city's open-data portal atLowry Hill East falls within the department's 5th Precinct, alongside the bordering Lowry Hill and East Isles neighborhoods. Per policy, we list the block only and name no resident or anyone not convicted of a crime.

Recent confirmed reports on adjacent 5th Precinct blocks include:

1800 block of Girard Avenue South (Lowry Hill): a residential burglary reported May 14, and motor-vehicle parts thefts reported May 18 and May 24. No arrest has been announced.

2700 block of Irving Avenue South (East Isles): a residential burglary reported May 21 and a theft from a motor vehicle reported May 20. No arrest has been announced.

1100 block of Summit Avenue (Lowry Hill): an automobile theft reported June 1 and a motor-vehicle parts theft reported May 26. No arrest has been announced.

1900 block of Humboldt Avenue South (Lowry Hill): a robbery of a person reported May 29. No arrest has been announced.

[unverifiable: the newsroom's crime_incidents table currently holds no incident records inside Lowry Hill East itself; the dated, confirmable 5th Precinct reports above are from the bordering Lowry Hill and East Isles neighborhoods and are offered as the nearest verifiable picture of recent activity around the Wedge.]

Residents can report incidents through 311 or the 5th Precinct and are asked to share doorbell or security-camera footage, which often links one break-in to the next.