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Ex-archdiocese Accountant Pleads Guilty In Theft

The Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:48:21 +0000

A former accounting director accused of embezzling $670,000 from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has pleaded guilty to theft charges.

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St. Anna Man Arrested In Connection With Snowmobile Theft

Ashli Gerdes — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:14:33 +0000

The Stearns County Sheriff's office was called to a report of a stolen 1998 Arctic Cat snowmobile around 12:40 p.m. in Holdingford today (Wednesday).

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Spicer Woman Arrested in Shoplifting Case

Lee Voss — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:14:01 +0000

Authorities solved a string of shoplifting cases in the St. Cloud area with the arrest of a Spicer woman.

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Flatbed Trailer, Copper Wire Stolen from St. Cloud Business

Jim Maurice — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:20:43 +0000

A flatbed trailer and copper wire stolen from a St. Cloud business. Police were called to the 4800 block of Heatherwood Road.

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Electric Wire Stolen from South St. Cloud

Jim Maurice — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:18:25 +0000

St. Cloud police are investigating the theft of two large wooden spools of electrical wire, along with a large amount of scrap electrical wire.

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Police Are Looking For Suspect In Recent Theft

Ashli Gerdes — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:21:08 +0000

St. Cloud Police Department were called to the 600 block of Apollo Avenue Northeast for a theft complaint at about 5:00 p.m. yesterday (Friday).

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Display Case Stolen from Downtown St. Cloud Store

Jim Maurice — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:18:55 +0000

St. Cloud police have arrested a 20-year-old man after he allegedly tried to steal a display case of merchandise from a store. The incident happened in the 10 block of 7th Avenue South in downtown St. Cloud at about 11:45 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday).

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Electronics Stolen From SCSU Locker Room

Jim Maurice — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:50:25 +0000

Electronics were stolen from the women's locker room at St. Cloud State University's Hallenbeck Hall. St. Cloud police say they were called at about 5:45 p.m. on Saturday.

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Better Business Bureau Warns of New Checking Account Theft Scam

Abby Faulkner — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:39:23 +0000

The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota is warning consumers of a new checking account theft scheme. It's from a Las Vegas-based company called "Funds Direct."

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Unknown Thief Makes Off with 25 School Bus Radios

Abby Faulkner — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:46:52 +0000

Sometime in the past week, about 25 Panasonic radio and CD systems were stolen from the school buses parked in a lot off Roosevelt Road.

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Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Stealing Thousands From Employer

Lee Voss — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:59:40 +0000

A Sauk Rapids woman has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from her employer over a three-and-half year span. 49-year-old Elizabeth "Betty" Benoit admitted to stealing just under $59-thousand from October 2007 to February 2010.

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Fishing Equipment Stolen From Little Rock Lake Homes

Jim Maurice — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:55:36 +0000

The Benton County Sheriff is reminding lake home owners to lock-up their fishing equipment. Sheriff Brad Bennett says they've received several reports of thefts on and around the Little Rock Lake and Harris Channel area.

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Pequot Teacher Charged in $34,000 Theft

Abby Faulkner — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:11:30 +0000

A Pequot Lakes teacher has been charged with six felonies in Crow Wing County in the theft of $34,000 from a teachers' union fund.

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Police Look For Suspect In Change Machine Thefts

Lee Voss — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:34:43 +0000

St. Cloud Police are investigating a pair of cafeteria change machine thefts where the suspect posed as a repairman. Police say the suspect is described as a white man in his 30's or 40's, about 5-feet-8 to six feet tall, clean cut and with a heavier build. Police say he walked into a business in south St. Cloud near the Skatin' Place in south St. Cloud and took change from the machine Thursday evening.

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Sauk Rapids Man Caught On Tape Stealing From St. Cloud Business

Lee Voss — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:21:58 +0000

St. Cloud Police arrested a Sauk Rapids man today after surveillance cameras caught him stealing a compressed air dryer from a business parking lot. Police were called to the El-Jay Plumbing business along Apollo Avenue Northeast and got the vehicle make, model and license plate from the cameras.

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Three People Arrested For Alleged Rest Area Vandalism

Jim Maurice — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:38:50 +0000

Three people have been arrested for allegedly breaking into vending machines at the I-94 rest areas. An alert motorist called the Stearns County Sheriff's Department just before 3:00 a.m. this (Thursday) morning, after they had stopped at the rest area near Avon.

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2 Minnesota Men Charged In Ax-Wielding Robbery

Jim Maurice — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:52:45 +0000

Two men are accused of robbing an Inver Grove Heights man and attacking him with a battle ax. Twenty-two-year-old Jacob Anhalt and 31-year-old Randy Knight, both of Inver Grove Heights, are charged with burglary, aggravated robbery and theft.

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