The former owner of Avon Marine, who was wanted in Stearns County on felony theft and theft-by swindle charges is dead after a traffic stop in Rockford Illinois.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a man who was charged with more than a dozen theft-by swindle charges involving his former marine business. Fifty-five-year-old Randy Pierson is now wanted by authorities after failing to appear at his sentencing hearing Thursday.
The owner of Avon Marine has pleaded guilty to felony theft and theft-by swindle charges after he stole a customer's boat motor and sold it to another customer.
An Avon man faces more than a dozen theft charges after allegedly swindling customers out of thousands of dollars in cash and property at his marine business.
Randy Pierson is the owner of Avon Marine, a boat storage and repair shop in central Minnesota. Randy also has an incredible hobby: Professional kart racing.