Wendy Patricia Escobar

On May 4, 2026, officers with the Burnsville Police Department responded to a call regarding a suspicious person who was observed behaving erratically and “blasting” music from a van parked across the street from the reporting party, which was on Millpond Avenue in the City of Burnsville, County of Dakota, Minnesota. Upon arrival, officers were directed to the individual the reporting party had observed climbing in and out of all doors and exits of the van, who was later identified as Wendy Patricia Escobar, [DOB REDACTED], (hereinafter “Defendant”). As Defendant noticed officers, she began attempting to leave the area.

Officers observed that the van did not have any license plates, so they ran the VIN number of the vehicle, which came back as a stolen vehicle. Officers then pursued Defendant and ordered her to the ground. The van was locked, and a set of keys were discovered on the ground between the van and where Defendant was detained. The keys found unlocked the van. Defendant denied having any knowledge about the van and claimed she was merely walking by. The reporting party confirmed he was certain that Defendant was the individual he had seen getting in and out of the van and playing music from the van, as he had observed the individual doing this for over two hours.

The van was towed and during an inventory search, officers discovered a baggy containing a white rock-like substance which appeared to be consistent in appearance with a controlled substance.