Overview
- Two early-morning break-ins in Brooklyn Park left women sexually assaulted at gunpoint, with one incident occurring last Friday and a second occurring Wednesday, both in neighborhoods just blocks apart.
- Police formed a dedicated multi-agency task force, canvassed roughly 40 blocks and executed a search warrant Wednesday evening that resulted in the arrest of 25-year-old Darius Ahmadd Olson-Baker.
- Hennepin County charging documents list eight counts of criminal sexual conduct and two counts of first-degree burglary against Olson-Baker, who remains in Hennepin County Jail pending his first court hearing.
- Court records and police say Olson-Baker was released from prison on July 7 and placed on supervised release, and they note a significant juvenile history of burglaries in Brooklyn Park that police say matched past patterns.
- Authorities are urging residents to lock doors, check security cameras and report suspicious activity, and officials say the swift joint response was critical to the arrest while prosecutors and victim services continue their work.