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Deputies arrest 3 in rural burglary cases
Small towns had rash of stolen goods
Published Monday, April 13, 2009
Two strings of unrelated burglaries came to a close last week within 24 hours of each other after the arrest of two men in Mower County and one man in Freeborn County.
Authorities believe the two men in Mower County, Justin Roberts and Lee Huston, both 19, were involved with a string of burglaries that included several towns in both Minnesota and Iowa.
The burglaries were in seven Minnesota towns and six other towns in Iowa. The sites included Kiester, Ellendale, Wells, New Richland, Luverne, Waldorf, St. Clair in Minnesota and wood, Forest City, Lime Springs, Garner, Lake Mills and several little towns in Worth County, Iowa, according to authorities. Items taken in the burglaries included cash, cigarettes, DVDs and in one and in one case tires. All the sites were businesses.
Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office detective Scott Golbuff said there was a burglary at the Clarks Grove Hardware store that is also suspected to have originated from Roberts and Huston.
They were arrested outside Corky’s Corner in Adams in the early morning hours last Tuesday by Mower County sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Jeff Ellis.
According to police, Ellis was responding a house fire in LeRoy when Roberts and Huston, riding in a silver car, approached Ellis and asked for directions to Rochester, telling him they were lost.
Ellis gave them directions.
Later in the night after responding to a medical call, Ellis drove into Adams where he observed the same vehicle parked outside of Corky’s with the hood up and trunk and driver’s side door opened.
Ellis stopped, asked the men why they were in Adams and was told that they were lost again and that a belt on their car came off.
Ellis observed a pry bar on the ground and questioned the men, finding that their stories didn’t match. After a search of the vehicle, he found cigarettes and DVDs in the trunk.
The two men were then taken into custody.
They have not yet been charged in either Mower or Freeborn county.
In a separate case last week, the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office arrested Maurice Golson in connection with two residential burglaries in the county, one near Hartland and one near Newry Township outside of Hollandale, Golbuff said. Both of those burglaries took place the same day as the arrest.
Golbuff said there are other burglaries that have taken place recently in Freeborn County that are still under investigation.
He wanted to reassure people that these incidents were not violent crimes, as there have been no injuries or assaults associated with them. Typically, no one was home at the time of the break-in, he said.
If people do see a suspicious person or automobile, they can contact the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office.
— Staff writer Eric Johnson contributed to this report.
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Posted by menace56 (anonymous) on April 13, 2009 at 9 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Who was the 3rd person that was arrested?
Posted by menace56 (anonymous) on April 13, 2009 at 9:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
My bad! I see the name now after I re-read the article again.
Posted by menace56 (anonymous) on April 13, 2009 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
How about mug shots of those arrested.
Posted by realtree (anonymous) on April 13, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
menace56 settle down and wait it will come!!!
Posted by justthinking (anonymous) on April 13, 2009 at 9:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Virginian, they weren't all white guys with blue eyes. The Tribune didn't report the color of the skin, so you didn't know that one of them was a black guy. Maybe they aren't concerned about the color of their skin and eyes after all......hummm? If we all got rid of the chip on our shoulders it would be a much better world, don't you think?
Posted by spongebob (anonymous) on April 14, 2009 at 10:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Virginian, you are right, the first 2 boys in the article are white with blonde hair, I don't know the other person, but I do however know the first 2 boys.
Posted by gardenmama (anonymous) on April 14, 2009 at 11:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What is wrong with being white and having blonde hair and blue eyes? Does it matter?
Posted by gardenmama (anonymous) on April 14, 2009 at 4:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Virginian - There is absolutely nothing wrong with blonde hair and blue eyes - I have both !!!
spongebob - How did you know so quickly these fellows had blonde hair and blue eyes?
I totally understand about identity, color of hair, color of eyes, color of skin, etc. In reading the comments, it sounded to me that all criminals had blonde hair and blue eyes. I guess we are talking two different things here.
I didn't see in the report that the third person had dark skin.
What does the NAACP have to do with this?
Posted by gardenmama (anonymous) on April 14, 2009 at 8:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Virginian - No, I won't disappear. It is obvious that you make comments no matter what someone says to be in disagreement or perhaps stir up things. The third person being discussed is involved in different incidents and not with the first two guys. I understand that you know the first two people talked about in the article. I will leave those thoughts to myself. End of discussion.
Posted by SunMan (anonymous) on April 15, 2009 at 12:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Is this the Huston from Kiester?
If so, his aunt was convicted of embezzlement of 10s of thousands from her ex-employer in Lake Mills.
Great family ethics there.
Posted by spongebob (anonymous) on April 15, 2009 at 7:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes Huston is from Kiester, Yes that was his aunt,
Posted by spongebob (anonymous) on April 15, 2009 at 11:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank you Virginian, as I posted earlier, I know these 2 boys, they went to school with my kids. They were also involved in a gun theft back a few yrs ago. If it were up to me they BOTH would be in jail for a long time!!!!!
Posted by navarre (anonymous) on April 15, 2009 at 9:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I know both of these boys and one of them is a family member. Great family ethics? Please.. we are a great family and have been through a lot. Just because some people make mistake (like embezzlement) doesn't mean the entire family is bad. Some people do things to give there kids a better life or because they have a disease. Yes, we are human and we do make mistakes. My family, even though we are not perfect, all love each other and no matter what mistakes they have made, we stand beside them and don't hate them.
I know they will all pay for their mistakes and i hope they can learn from them.
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