North Mankato Police receive multiple reports of car break-ins

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Police in North Mankato are asking residents to check their security cameras after receiving multiple report of cars being broken into.

According to police, they received a report of a man going through a vehicle on the 700 block of Lyndale Avenue and the caller was chasing them. At one point the man threatened the caller with a knife but kept running.

That suspect is described as an African-American male, tall, with a large build, in his late teens to early 20s and was seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and wind pants.

Officers patrolled the area but did not find him.

Police have received additional reports of cars broken into of the 300 and 400 blocks of Belgrade Avenue, the 400 and 500 blocks of South Avenue and they suspect more occurred overnight.

Police ask residents to check their security cameras to see if they may have captured any video or images of the suspect and report it to them at 507-625-7883.

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