Suspicious male asks for water then flees on 15th Ave, Anoka MN


Police are searching for a suspicious man who asked a woman for water near 15th Ave and Jefferson. The man looked around as if searching for something and then ran east along 15th Ave. Officers and a drone unit are checking the surrounding area.
Audio|Source: Anoka County Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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For David 37, I was just approached by a citizen said about 30 minutes ago, a male matching our mail description, asked her for water, and then ran off eastbound 15th from Jefferson.
00:11
David 29, myself and my counselor, we'll head to that area.
00:15
29, 1960.
00:17
Thank you. Hecksy and I checked all the backyards moving around back to the Vick's house.
00:23
All right, yeah, we did the same thing.
00:26
We didn't get much of anything over here.
00:27
Reed, did you say the delay on that information was about 30 minutes?
00:31
Ten-four. Her address is near 115.
00:34
She said he looked at the keys looking around and I'm ran to east.
00:37
Copy. Flight and Grone, if you copy that, if you're able to move a little further east and start checking over there.
00:43
Yep, one check over.
00:45
Drone, copy. I get that too.
00:46
Was he, was this bad guy just kind of walking down the street, as far as your witness said, or was he kind of walking at sidewalks or working the yards?
00:53
He came up into a yard, and then she said he walked back out to the street and continued to keep down.
00:58
She didn't look for him further than that.
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Location mentioned:
15th Ave, Anoka, MN 55303
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