Theft

Altan charged with cash theft from SL Casey’s

At 1:38 p.m. Wednesday the Storm Lake Police were called to Casey’s Central because of a possible employee theft.

Police were told that on Nov. 3 and again on Nov. 26 a store employee allegedly stole cash from the store’s safe totaling $200.

Woman saved from choking by brother of assault suspect

Then he gets charged with blocking 911 call

A Storm Lake man is accused of trapping a woman and her toddler in a bathroom Friday and choking the woman until the alleged assailant’s brother broke into the bathroom and freed the victims.

Sentenced to 5 years in prison

On Monday, Ricky Lee Habben, 40 had pled guilty to two counts of theft after he and two others were charged with stealing approximately 300 feet of copper wire from two wind turbines owned by Storm Lake Power Partners near Alta.

The thefts happened in March of this year.

Monty J. Grote, 43, of Newell was arrested on two counts of first-degree theft and one count of second-degree theft on Oct. 23.

Grote was contracted to raise feeders pigs for a Minnesota Company. A complaint was received on Oct. 15 by the sheriff’s office of several head of hogs missing and Grote claiming they had died.

Stole over $1,000 from McDonalds

Tracy Jacobson of Schleswig was sentenced on Monday to an intermediate term of prison not to exceed five years for theft.

Jacobson pled guilty to the theft charge and admitted to stealing a bank deposit bag, which contained $1,084 from the McDonalds and $370 from a co-worker’s purse.

Jacobson worked at the McDonalds.

Store video spots suspect vehicle

A Walmart receipt found by a Sac County Deputy led to the arrest of two men who allegedly stole a construction trailer from the McDonald’s construction site at the intersection of East Milwaukee and Seneca Street.        

The construction trailer was reported stolen last Saturday at noon.

Reportedly stole money from father

Danica Mosley, 19, of Storm Lake pled guilty to forgery and two counts of theft after she was accused of stealing and fraudulently writing checks without the account holders’ permission.

On Sept. 19 police were sent to Walmart because a shoplifter had been detained.

Store staff reported that a 15-year-old of Storm Lake had allegedly stolen merchandise.

Police arrested the juvenile and charged him with theft.

He was processed and released to an adult family member pending a court date. The case has been forwarded to the Juvenile Court Authority.

Storm Lake Police took a report of an incident that happened at Walmart on Aug. 17.

Police were told that Shannon Cannon, 34, of Waterloo reported to the store employees that she had come to the Storm Lake store and while she was in the restroom, the toilet backed up and damaged her clothing and the receipt she had for merchandise she was about to return to the store.

Two  men were arrested after allegedly stealing from Walmart.

Police met with store staff who said Andrew Lange, 22, and Randy Gallentine, 19, both of Rockwell City, had allegedly stolen $480 in merchandise.