Perham area resident's stolen boat trailer found impounded in Minneapolis
A Pickerel Drive resident reported a stolen boat trailer after getting a parking ticket in St. Paul; the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office blotter says the trailer was impounded and the owner was notified.
A Perham-area resident on Pickerel Drive reported a stolen boat trailer after learning of the theft through a parking ticket issued by the city of St. Paul, and the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office weekly blotter states the trailer had been impounded and the caller was notified of its location. The blotter entry appears in the Otter Tail County/Perham weekly crime report covering Feb. 24–March 2 and is time-stamped 11:43 a.m. in the Perham Focus item published March 4, 2026.
“The caller stated she learned of the theft after receiving a parking ticket for the trail from the city of St. Paul. The authorities in St. Paul were notified, and the blotter stated the trailer had been impounded, and the caller was notified of its location,” the Perham Focus weekly blotter reads, reproducing the sheriff’s office text.
Valley News Live reports the theft was called in from a residence on the west side of Pickerel Lake, west of Richville, and provides a detailed description of the trailer and other missing property. Valley News Live describes the trailer as a “bright silver-colored Alumna brand, 20 foot aluminum tilt-bed trailer with new tires and aluminum wheels.” The outlet also reports “four refurbished carrier assemblies that would fit on a Tucker brand Sno-Cat tracked snow machine” were taken and notes “the frames on the track assemblies were painted orange.” Valley News Live records the owner saying she last saw the trailer at about 10 p.m. on June 20.
An original brief compiled alongside the local reports states investigators located the trailer impounded by city authorities in Minneapolis and notified the owner. That detail sits alongside the Perham Focus language about a St. Paul parking ticket and notification to St. Paul authorities, so the specific city responsible for the impound differs across the available notices.
Regional law-enforcement reporting shows the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office active on multiple theft and recovery fronts this spring. A related InForum piece on a separate coordinated investigation lists the sheriff’s office contact number as 218-998-8555 and urges the public to share tips; the Perham Focus weekly blotter for Feb. 24–March 2 also includes other local calls such as a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of County Highways 142 and 135, a missing goat after a horse theft along State Highway 29, a tractor fire, and an online extortion report.
The blotter entries and the Valley News Live notice do not list a case number or any arrests connected to the trailer report. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office at 218-998-8555; agencies have not publicly reconciled the timing and impound-location differences between the Perham Focus blotter, Valley News Live’s last-seen date, and the original brief indicating Minneapolis impoundment.
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