Blake Joseph Dotson

On October 20, 2025, JH reported that his and his wife’s two bikes – which were locked in a bike rack in the underground parking garage of his apartment building in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota – were stolen. The theft was recorded on surveillance video, and reviewed by the apartment building’s concierge, who recognized the suspect as someone he has dealt with many times and knew to be BLAKE JOSEPH DOTSON, [DOB REDACTED]. Dotson has relatives in the building that he visits often. After efforts to locate Dotson were unsuccessful, the undersigned investigator sent a letter on April 2, 2026 to his attention at the address of his relatives in the building where the theft occurred.

Dotson left a voicemail in response to the letter and on April 20, 2026, the undersigned investigator spoke with him over the phone. After informing Dotson of the investigation of a theft involving a bike and that it was captured on video, Dotson claimed that if he was seen leaving with a bike, it must have belonged to him. The video shows a male dressed in a black stocking cap, black sweatshirt and jeans and white tennis shoes hustling toward the door of the garage as the door lowers, and sticking their foot underneath to cause the door to go back up.

He then enters the garage. Less than a minute later, he comes back into view, having put on a striped jacket and backpack, and is riding one bike while dragging a second bike along side him. He opens the garage door and leaves with the two bikes. JH reported that the bikes were Trek brand, model Madone 3.1C, worth $2000. An online search of the Bicycle Blue Book confirms that the original MSRP for this bike was between $1870 and $1980 per bike. Further, less than 5 years before this offense was committed, Dotson was convicted and received a felony sentence for offense under 609.582, subd. 2 within the past 5 years (••-CR-••-••••, conviction date 10/18/2021).