Woman reports daughter stole vehicle but no threat found, Wadena MN

Family Offense

Reported: 11/1/2025 07:33 PM

Cedar Ave NE, Wadena, MN 56482

A woman reported her daughter stole her vehicle near Boasland Drive and Cedar Avenue with an open 911 call and screaming. After investigation, officers found the woman was just looking for her phone inside the vehicle and no threat was present.

Audio|Source: Wadena,Otter Tail, Hubbard, and Todd County Public Safety

02:53

Transcript:

00:00

PD cars posting a call for Lee's Vernon, comp reporting that her daughter stole her vehicle with a blackdized ring, so I'm getting it attached.

00:08

Hey, team, have work.

00:11

Oh,

00:14

boy, come.

00:17

All right. All right.

00:22

Clear. I put some notes in there if you can ICR.

00:26

Good for.

00:33

4304407 I sure do but I don't have a printer that works

00:46

4304 you want me to email you one

00:52

232 status

00:57

4137

01:00

What is going?

01:06

Ten,

01:07

four, I've got an open 911 line with screaming.

01:10

Looks like it's headed Easton on Odlin Drive.

01:15

What rules?

01:22

9-1-1 call open. I heard a whole bunch of screaming and yelling. Looks like it's going to be Boasland Drive and Cedar Avenue.

01:32

It's going to be a custom plate.

01:35

David, Ocean, Ocean, Ocean, King, Ice, Edward, Edward.

01:38

Can you go again? Your radio was all messed up.

01:44

704.

01:49

Wadena is that Minaga or Wadina?

01:56

Or Wadena? But she's saying she was just yelling for somebody to get out of the car so she could find her phone.

02:07

And for eastbound from Cedar?

02:10

State again, what drive?

02:16

We don't have an Audland drive.

02:25

Sixth Street Southeast is another one for it.

02:32

I am talking to her. It does sound like everything's code for us. You can twenty-two. She is just looking for her phone.

02:40

Where are they at now?

02:42

Still on that corner of 6th and Cedar.

02:47

I advise them to stay there. I'll swing by and just double check.

02:53

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Cedar Ave NE, Wadena, MN 56482

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