Richard Edward Poppen III

On February 2, 2026, around 9:30 A.M., law enforcement responded to [ADDRESS REDACTED] NE, Blaine, Anoka County, on the report of a male slumped over the steering wheel of a gray Honda Accord (MN/GXZ284) in the parking lot. Upon arrival, law enforcement knocked on the window of the vehicle and the male in the driver’s seat, later identified as Richard Edward Poppen III [DOB REDACTED], defendant herein, slowly looked up at law enforcement. Defendant had multiple felony warrants from Anoka, Hennepin, and Washington Counties and was arrested.

Law enforcement ran the license plate on the vehicle and discovered it did not match the VIN through the windshield of the vehicle. A second license plate (MN/GFP209) was located face down on the driver’s side dash of the vehicle. There was no front license plate on the vehicle. Neither of the license plates were the correct license plates for the vehicle. A check of the VIN confirmed the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Fridley, Anoka County, on January 24, 2026, by the registered owner H. M. Defendant told law enforcement that his friend, M. M., let him use the vehicle.

M. M. Is not the registered owner of the vehicle.