Staples PD reports snowmobile concerns
On Jan. 5, Staples Police recieved a report of snowmobilers crossing the yards of private residences on the 1500 block of 3rd St NE. Police will do additional patrols in the area.
Jan. 6; Staples Police were dispatched to the Staples Express for a report of a female with an active warrant. Police arrived and couldn’t locate the subject. A Wadena Co. Sheriff’s Deputy advised that a car left at a high rate of speed from the alley behind the station and that a female in the back seat was crouching down. Units eventually caught up to the vehicle near Hwy 10 and 243rd Ave. and initiated a traffic stop. After making contact with the individuals, police arrested the female in the vehicle, Lianna Wolpert, 27, of Wadena, for an outstanding felony warrant out of Morrison County, and cited the driver, Dana Cooper, 46, of Eagle Bend, for possession of drug paraphernalia. Police were assisted by the Wadena and Todd County Sheriff’s Departments.