The Hastings Fire Department responded to five incidents between June 2nd and June 8th.
Four of the calls were
non-emergency, false alarms, or a malfunctioning alarm call. While the fifth was a smoke alarm check at 300 33rd Street West in Hastings. No injuries or damage was reported.
The Hastings Police Department responded to multiple calls over the week of May 25th, including the following:
ON 5/25/2026, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 900 BLOCK OF RAMSEY STREET FOR A REPORT OF A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. BRANDON BLEYLE, 32, OF HASTINGS, MN, WAS ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND OBSTRUCTING LEGAL PROCESS.
ON 5/25/2026, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 300 BLOCK OF 33RD STREET WEST FOR A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT.
ON 05/27/2026, AT 1005 HOURS, A HASTINGS OFFICER RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF SPIRAL BLVD/RED WING BLVD FOR AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING 2 VEHICLES. NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
ON 5-27-26 AT 1321 HASTINGS, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE 1700 BLOCK OF FRONTAGE RD. N. FOR A THEFT IN PROGRESS. THE STOLEN ITEM WAS RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO THE BUSINESS.
ON 05/27/2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 1443 HRS, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A FRAUD INCIDENT IN THE 900 BLOCK OF BAILLY STREET. THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
ON 05/27/2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 1640 HRS, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO A PAST ACTION BUS STOP ARM VIOLATION NEAR THE 300 BLOCK OF SPRING ST. AFTER INVESTIGATION, ST. JOHN, SAMANTHA LYNN FRANCES (34), OF HASTINGS, WAS CITED FOR FAILING TO STOP FOR A BUS WITH ITS RED LIGHTS FLASHING (169.444.2(A)).
ON 05-28-2026 AT 1654, A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER RESPONDED TO ROADSIDE PARK IN HASTINGS TO THE REPORT OF AN ABANDONED BICYCLE. THE BICYCLE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN UNUSED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND HAD PHYSICAL SIGNS OF WEAR AND TEAR DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE BIKE WAS COLLECTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE PLACED INTO EVIDENCE.
ON 05/29/2026 AT 0104 HOURS, OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE 2400 BLOCK OF VERMILLION STREET FOR A PARTY CAUSING A DISTURBANCE. UPON INVESTIGATION, CHARLES CHILDS OF WELCH WAS ARRESTED FOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
ON 05-29-2026 AT 1340, A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER RESPONDED TO THE 100 BLOCK OF 2ND STREET WEST, TO THE HASTINGS PARKING RAMP, FOR A PARKING VIOLATION. THE VEHICLE, A RED JEEP SUV, WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE 72-HOUR PUBLIC LOT PARKING ORDINANCE AND WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE OWNER WAS CITED FOR THE VIOLATION.
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