Four people with lengthy criminal histories were arrested following two separate burglaries in SE Minneapolis over last week.
Just after midnight Saturday, Angela Ann Doerneman and Sammantha Jean Doerneman, both age 40 and apparent twin sisters, were arrested after leaving the scene of an apartment burglary on the 700 block of 5th Street Southeast, an area near the University of Minnesota, which is populated with off-campus student housing.
Police were dispatched to the address after security personnel called 911 to report that two female suspects were seen on surveillance cameras attempting to break in using a pry bar. The females were subsequently reported to be breaking into a USPS key box, and after making entry were seen leaving the property with stolen packages, according to police scanner audio.
As police were responding to the scene, off-site security personnel were able to keep 911 informed about the type of vehicle the suspects were leaving in. Squads arrived in the area shortly after the suspects left the parking lot, and an officer indicated that they located the vehicle on University Avenue SE heading toward 35W and were able to get it stopped, according to further audio.
Images later obtained by Crime Watch showed the pair inside the building after making entry, as well as getting pulled over by squads near the entrance to 35W.
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UPDATE on the SE Minneapolis burglary from security, who responded to the scene:
7xx 5th St SE – 2/7/2024 at 23:40 – two white female suspects attempted to enter a residential apartment building with screwdrivers and pry bar.When they were unable to enter with the burglary… pic.twitter.com/vvyfmu4Bik
— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) February 8, 2025
Police relayed to security personnel who arrived at the scene of the traffic stop that upon searching the vehicle, a significant number of burglary tools, stolen keys, and stolen property were located. The vehicle is also suspected in several area burglaries where USPS lockboxes were broken into with similar tools. Police said that there had been a rash of USPS lockbox burglaries in the area. The building’s security personnel later told Crime Watch that at least five of their buildings have been hit in the same manner in the last week.
Both women have been charged with felony counts of second-degree burglary while in possession of burglary tools and mail theft. Both made initial court appearances on Tuesday and were granted public defenders.
Angela, of Apple Valley, was conditionally released from custody on Wednesday with zero bail required; her next hearing is scheduled for April 1. Sammantha, of St. Paul, remains in custody on $40,000 bail and has another hearing on March 11.
A search of court and public records show Angela has at least 19 criminal convictions, including multiple felonies for burglary, check forgery, drugs, possession of stolen property, first-degree property damage, possession of burglary tools, and theft. Similarly, Sammantha has multiple felony and other convictions including state lottery fraud, aid/abet state lottery fraud, financial card fraud, theft, possession of burglary tools, second-degree burglary, damage to telecom infrastructure or equipment, and issuing a dishonored check.
Media reports also indicate that Sammantha has a criminal history in Iowa, where she was convicted of burglarizing a bar in Wheatland in 2017.
Second burglary
Another burglary of an apartment building in the same neighborhood occurred just after midnight Tuesday morning on the 700 block of 6th Avenue SE. Again, suspects were captured on surveillance video trying to break into the coin box of a laundry room inside the building.
As police were responding to the scene, they said the suspect description matched an unspecified incident in the same area earlier in the evening, according to police scanner audio.
Squads converged on the apartment building and covered exits on either side. The suspects apparently became alerted to the police presence and tried to flee through the building toward the exits but were apprehended on site.
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Suspects in the SE Minneapolis burglary. Both suspects were caught in the act and were arrested, and their vehicle is being towed.Both suspects are chronic offenders. Will post more after booking. pic.twitter.com/I0utsJUfkj
— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) February 11, 2025
Andrew Thomas Peterson, 43, of Richfield and Cody William Hendrickson, 39, of Bloomington have each been charged with one felony count of second-degree burglary while in possession of burglary tools. The criminal complaints reiterate that their descriptions at the time of the burglary matched descriptions from another recent apartment burglary and theft. Over $100 in coins were recovered in a bag that both had been seen carrying on video, along with screwdrivers, pliers, a wrench, and a center punch tool.
Both suspects remain in custody on $40,000 bail.
Minnesota court records show 12 prior convictions for Peterson, including six felonies for multiple drugs, theft, and terroristic threats, as well as several convictions for assault or domestic assault.
Minnesota court records show Hendrickson has at least 35 prior convictions including 19 felonies on crimes that include multiple drugs, first-degree property damage, multiple forgery, financial card fraud, identity theft, fleeing police, possession of stolen property, and possession of burglary tools. In one case charged in 2022, Hendrickson was facing 21 criminal counts in Rochester, Minn., including multiple counts of burglary, theft, and damage to property for breaking into multiple apartment buildings in a complex, where he again was targeting coin laundry machines. Under the terms of a plea agreement, all but two of the charges were dismissed, and Hendrickson was sentenced to 29 months in prison. Hendrickson is currently on parole and under supervised release in at least two other cases involving drugs in Hennepin and Scott counties.
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