Lorenzo John Cortez Haynes

On 5/19/26 at about 0636 hours, New Brighton Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle theft at Sage Park Apartments ([ADDRESS REDACTED] D W) in New Brighton, Ramsey County. The vehicle’s owner, PL, said she had been dating Lorenzo John Cortez HAYNES [DOB REDACTED] on and off since January. They were at her apartment and HAYNES said he needed to grab something out of her 2023 Mitsubishi (MN-KFW701). HAYNES then took her keys and left PL’s apartment. When HAYNES did not return. PL realized that HAYNES had stolen her vehicle.

PL tried unsuccessfully to contact HAYNES numerous times. The vehicle, which was valued in excess of $5,000, was entered into NCIC as stolen. HAYNES did eventually text PL and say he was going to return the vehicle but never did. At about 19:02 hours, Spring Lake Park Police responded to a theft in progress at the Hy-Vee grocery store at 8155 Hwy 65 NE. Police arrived, spotted the suspect vehicle, and initiated a traffic stop. The suspect vehicle was PL’s stolen Mitsubishi. The driver was identified as PN and the passenger was identified as HAYNES. Before Spring Lake Park Police mentioned that the vehicle was stolen, PN spontaneously said that did not know it was stolen.

After being detained, HAYNES spontaneously said the vehicle belonged to his girlfriend, “PL,” and that he was going to return it. Spring Lake Park Police interviewed PN. She said that she did not know HAYNES well and had met him in an alley in Minneapolis earlier that day. She said HAYNES had been drinking and asked her to drive. PN said she believed the vehicle belonged to HAYNES’ girlfriend, that he was going to return it, but also said that the girlfriend had been calling and HAYNES would not answer the calls.

After being stolen, the vehicle sustained significant damage. The estimate to repair the damage totaled $6,703.67. HAYNES is currently in custody for unrelated charges. For purposes of Rule 6.