Vehicle Break-Ins
Every Lowry Hill News story tagged Vehicle Break-Ins.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of May 25 — A Quieter Week, Led by Vehicle Thefts
Three crimes were reported in Lowry Hill the week of May 25, 2026 -- two involving vehicles and one robbery -- as Minneapolis closed in on 2,100 stolen vehicles for the year.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of May 25 — Vehicle Break-Ins and Thefts Lead the Week
Minneapolis police logged six incidents in East Isles during the week of May 25, 2026: three involving vehicles, two thefts and one auto theft, with no violent crime reported.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of May 18 — A Quieter Week, Led by Vehicle Thefts
Minneapolis Police open data recorded three incidents in Lowry Hill during the week of May 18, 2026, all of them thefts of vehicle parts.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of May 18 — Vehicle Break-Ins and Thefts Lead the Week
Minneapolis Police open data recorded seven incidents in East Isles during the week of May 18, 2026, including five vehicle-related reports, one residential burglary and one assault.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of May 11 — Vehicle Break-Ins and Thefts Lead the Week
Minneapolis police data records six reported incidents in Lowry Hill during the week of May 11, with vehicle break-ins and stolen cars accounting for four of them.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of May 11 — Vehicle Break-Ins and Thefts Lead the Week
Minneapolis police data records four reported incidents in East Isles during the week of May 11, three of them involving vehicles.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of May 4 — Thefts Top the Weekly Tally
Minneapolis police data records six reported incidents in East Isles during the week of May 4, four of them thefts, with the 2600 block of Hennepin Avenue accounting for half the total.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of April 27 — A Mix of Reports, Including Assaults
Minneapolis police open data logged six incidents in Lowry Hill during the week of April 27, 2026, including two assault reports and two auto thefts.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of April 20 — A Quieter Week, Led by Vehicle Thefts
Minneapolis Police data recorded three incidents in Lowry Hill during the week of May 22, 2026, all of them vehicle-related.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of April 20 — Thefts Top the Weekly Tally
East Isles logged just two crime reports the week of April 20, 2026 -- a shoplifting and a stolen vehicle -- a quiet week against a year in which Minneapolis is on pace for its most vehicle thefts in years.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of April 13 — A Quiet Week on the Blotter
Minneapolis police logged two incidents in East Isles during the week of April 13, 2026: a vehicle-related report on Girard Avenue South and a theft on Lagoon Avenue.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of April 13 — Vehicle Break-Ins and Thefts Lead the Week
Minneapolis Police logged five incidents in Lowry Hill during the week of April 13, 2026, and three of them were vehicle-related, including two on a single block of Girard Avenue South.
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Guns Stolen From Cars: A Growing Share of Firearm Thefts
Most guns reported stolen in Minneapolis are now taken from parked cars, and the department is asking residents to stop leaving them there.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of April 6 — Thefts Top the Weekly Tally
Minneapolis Police logged four incidents in Lowry Hill during the week of April 6, 2026: two stolen cars and two other thefts, scattered across the neighborhood rather than clustered on one block.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of April 6 — A Quieter Week, Led by Vehicle Thefts
Minneapolis Police data recorded three incidents in East Isles during the week of June 1, 2026: an assault near Lake of the Isles, a theft and a vehicle report.
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Catalytic-Converter Thefts Rise and Fall With Metal Prices
Catalytic-converter thefts are climbing again in the Twin Cities as the price of rhodium rebounds, after a 2023 state law and a metals slump had driven reports down.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of March 30 — A Quieter Week, Led by Vehicle Thefts
Auto theft and break-ins to parked cars drove the Lowry Hill crime log through late May and early June, with thefts on the 1800 block of Girard Avenue South recurring almost weekly.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of March 23 — Vehicle Break-Ins and Thefts Lead the Week
Five of the six crimes reported in East Isles the week of March 23, 2026, involved a vehicle, with Knox Avenue South appearing three times in a single week.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of March 23 — A Quiet Week on the Blotter
Minneapolis Police open data recorded two incidents in Lowry Hill during the week of March 23, 2026: an auto theft and a domestic assault, both reported March 29.
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Understanding the Smash-and-Grab Trend Across Southwest Minneapolis
Minneapolis police linked more than 500 vehicle break-ins to a single smash-and-grab trend by August 2025, the kind of episodic wave that hits corridors like Hennepin Avenue in concentrated overnight runs.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of March 16 — Thefts Top the Weekly Tally
Minneapolis Police open data recorded four incidents in East Isles during the week of March 16, 2026, three of them thefts.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of March 16 — Thefts Top the Weekly Tally
Minneapolis Police data recorded three incidents in Lowry Hill during the week of June 1, 2026: two vehicle-related reports and an assault.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Week of March 9 — A Quiet Week on the Blotter
Minneapolis Police open data shows one incident reported in Lowry Hill during the week of March 9, 2026.
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East Isles Blotter: Week of March 9 — A Mix of Reports, Including Assaults
Minneapolis Police open data shows seven incidents reported in East Isles during the week of March 9, 2026, including a homicide on Hennepin Avenue.
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5th Precinct Briefing: Property Crime Down, but Vehicle Break-Ins Persist
Theft from parked cars remained the most common crime reported across Lowry Hill, the Wedge and East Isles this spring, even as officers told residents that broader property-crime numbers have eased.
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Cedar-Isles-Dean Blotter: Scattered Vehicle Prowls Reported
Vehicle-related thefts dominated recent police reports in Lowry Hill and East Isles, with motor-vehicle thefts and thefts from vehicles outnumbering every other category.
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Wedge Weekly: Theft From Autos Tops the Week's Tally
Thefts from parked vehicles dominated the property-crime reports logged in and around Lowry Hill East this spring, according to Minneapolis Police Department incident data.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Overnight Window Smashes on Two Streets
Recent property-crime reports in Lowry Hill ran heavily to vehicle thefts and break-ins, according to Minneapolis Police incident data.
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Wedge Weekly: Converter Thefts Reported on Dupont and Bryant
Recent property-crime reports near the Wedge run heavily to vehicle thefts and break-ins, drawn from Minneapolis police incident data.
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Wedge Weekly: Vehicle Break-Ins Cluster on Three Blocks
Auto thefts and break-ins clustered on the 1800 block of Girard Avenue South and the 2700 block of Irving Avenue South in late May.
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Wedge Weekly: Smash-and-Grab Car Break-Ins Return
A block-level look at recent property-crime reports in and around Lowry Hill East (the Wedge), drawn from Minneapolis Police incident data for the 5th Precinct.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: A Quiet Week With Two Converter Thefts
A block-level summary of recent property-crime reports in Lowry Hill, drawn from Minneapolis Police 5th Precinct incident data.
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East Isles Blotter: Bike Thefts Lead the Week's Reports
Property crime drove East Isles police reports over the past week, with vehicle break-ins and thefts outnumbering every other category, according to Minneapolis Police Department incident data.
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Wedge Weekly: Package Thefts Lead a Mixed Blotter
A block-by-block summary of recent property-crime reports near Lowry Hill East, drawn from Minneapolis Police Department incident data, where motor-vehicle theft dominates.
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Lowry Hill Blotter: Vehicle Prowls and a Garage Entry This Week
Recent property-crime reports in Lowry Hill were dominated by vehicle break-ins, with a cluster on the 1800 block of Girard Avenue South.
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Catalytic Converter Cut From a Pickup on Dupont in the Wedge
Thefts of motor-vehicle parts, the category that includes catalytic converters, have recurred across the Wedge and East Isles this spring, with cases logged on Girard, Humboldt and Mount Curve avenues.
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Vehicle Prowl Takes Items From Unlocked Car on Irving Avenue
Loose change and a bag were taken from an unlocked car on the 2500 block of Irving Avenue South in East Isles.
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Smash-and-Grab Breaks Two Car Windows on Kenwood Parkway
Theft from vehicles is the most common crime logged in Lowry Hill and East Isles this spring, with repeated hits on the Girard Avenue South corridor.
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Catalytic Converter Theft Reported on Bryant Avenue in the Wedge
An owner heard sawing on the 2300 block of Bryant Avenue South and found the converter gone.
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Tools Taken From a Work Van on West Franklin in Lowry Hill
A contractor's van was pried open overnight on the 2200 block of West Franklin Avenue, tools gone.
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