Brett Aaron Mattison

The following is based on your complainant’s review of the reports of other officers and your complainant’s own investigation: On May 24, 2026, at about 11:20am, Ramsey County Emergency 911 received a call from the owner of Caremate Home Health, [ADDRESS REDACTED]., St. Paul, Ramsey County. The owner said that a man appeared to be checking out the windows and doors of the business, which was closed that day. He said that a window at the business had been broken the prior day. The company’s security service then called to say that motion had been detected inside.

St. Paul Police responded and saw a man exiting the business through a small window. The man matched the description provided by the 911 caller. He was detained and identified as the defendant, BRETT AARON MATTISON ([DOB REDACTED]). The window through which the defendant exited was found to have been smashed open. Photographs were taken. The business was cleared. Five touch-screen tablets were stacked, as if for carrying out, just inside of the window where the defendant had been seen. The owner said that the tablets were new and had been in boxes in another part of the business.

The owner showed officers a video clip of the defendant at the business the prior morning, shortly before the alarm for the broken window. In a Mirandized interview, the defendant claimed to have been in the area with a friend who left before officers arrived. He said that he entered the business in order to retrieve the friend’s bag, which happened to be just inside of the window. But he denied having broken the window or having taken anything. He then said that he really does not know who the friend is.

The cost to repair the broken window is not yet known. The defendant's criminal record includes at least 14 felony convictions, many for burglary.