By Teri Knight, News Director
A man convicted in Washington County of sexually assaulting his 7 year old daughter in 2002 was picked up by a Northfield police Investigator last November on an outstanding warrant. 46 year old Brian Lee Marlowe was convicted of knowingly violating predatory registration requirements and providing false information including false Northfield addresses and lying about his employment. Marlowe turned himself in to Northfield police and had been in the Rice County jail for 175 days. On Tuesday he received a Stay of Imposition and was given 5 years probation. According to court records, he has also gone by the name Perry Shawn Hardesty and has multiple convictions of aggravated robbery, theft, assault and driving offenses.
Spring Creek II gets another nod from Nfld Council
The Spring Creek townhomes 2nd addition is a go. This is a partnership project with Three Rivers Community Action as the Developer and the Northfield HRA having given them the land. City Planner Mikayla Schmidt explains, “Spring Creek Townhomes proposes a 32 unit townhome complex. There will be 5 buildings. And it’s located on the southeastern part of the City”. These townhomes are centered around affordable housing. Mayor Pownell said the vote was unanimous to approve the project, adding, “preliminary plat is the next step. And yes, that was really important and passed 6 to 0”. Council also discussed, “the connectivity of the area. And included in there some additional trails for pedestrian and bike traffic to help facilitate movement in that whole area down there”. Three Rivers would like to move this along quickly. They also still have to complete a final plat. Currently Spring Creek I is full.
OFP’s up – broken pieces amplified says Staab of Hope Center
Across the state there’s been a 19% increase in Orders for Protection. Erica Staab, Director of Hope Center in Faribault, said the pandemic has amplified all the broken pieces of, not only people’s lives but the systems we’ve relied on. Anxiety, depression and stress is high. Speaking with Sen. Smith in trying to figure out what domestic violence centers need, Staab said, “how do we build back better? What does that look like and what does that mean for our clients and what does that mean for our community?” Speaking of other agencies she said, “we’re all tapped and yet we’re reaching out to each other and asking for support from our other agencies like the CAC and some of the other places that we collaborate, with our law enforcement community”. She said together they’re working through it together. Another challenge is that many of the clients who had friends or family they could stay with, can’t during the pandemic. Staab said the Hope Center is working to listen to the clients to more fully understand what the issues are within the system. One of those being the “wheels of justice” as they turn slowly. A month ago they were already 30,000 cases behind across the state. Victim safety and holding the offender accountable is a priority. In spite of the challenges, Hope Center is available to help. Go to their website hopecentermn.org, find them on Facebook or call 1-800-607-2330. The line is staffed 24/7. All of the services are free and confidential. And to the greater community Staab added, “please continue to support us because especially now we’re not sure when we’re going to be able to do our fundraisers that we normally do, we’re not sure what’s happening at the Federal level in terms of our funding or the State level in terms of our funding. So, it’s an uncertain time but what I know is certain is the support and love of the community, so I’m incredibly grateful for that”.
