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by Scott Carlson
A string of local garage and car t „ _..r .
burglaries,spanning seven municipalities =
and some dating as far back as one year, , ;' $ -,
have been solved by the North St. Paul ° ` � �
and Maplewood police forces, the Review ; , '44
has learned. . +- 44
And in the process of breaking the , I '_4,
burglaries last week, hundreds and ,, , , �,..�
possibly more than a $1,000 in stolen — + 44 _ .�
property, mostly garage tools, has been ' '- ''� 1t __ x
recovered,said North St.Paul Lieutenant & • 1 71„,,,,,,- ,�,,. iA ,
Nick Brandt, who helped to `break' the x -.,.,..y� r w ., . ..
burglaries with Maplewood Sergeant ',,;:,--J4
John McNulty. . , ' ;
Maplewood Asst. Deputy Tom Hagen �� �, � , �; ' � �
called the two police force efforts an :2 �, r
example of good cooperation. � f - , .."“4
Two suspects, Maplewood adults, are °`-` �f� 1 • `� .. • d
being questioned and held under in- x e � '�
vestigation in connection with the15"":"--,:‘,„-„,„.,- ' "', x
burglaries.Police say that the two admit w:� .� - --� .�
participating in at least 27 Maplewood � `'
burglaries and perhaps at least 50 HUNDREDS OF TOOLS were recovered from the suspects by local police officers.
burglaries in communities that include "At that time they admitted 27 places in "Some of these things are expensive,"
Forest Lake Township, Stillwater, Maplewood (where they had taken Brandt said."...But in these hundreds or
Maplewood, North St. Paul, White Bear property) myself to m self and Sgt. McNulty." thousands of dollars ofproperty, which
Lake, New Brighton and St. Paul.
Brandt added, "These suspects pointed was recovered, very little can be
The identities of the two individuals, out 50 or more locations where they had postively identified."
however,were not released at presstime. made garage thefts and thefts from autos. The police stressed the value of par-
"It was good cooperation with the police "They also took us to a swamp in ticipating in Operation Identification, a
departments," McNulty said. "When he Washington countyand showed where program of marking
(Brandt) gets a lead he let's us know." g s personal and
Brandt came up with the addresses of the they had thrown numerous tool boxes household valuables.
Brandt d suspects thafe
er rying o ofthe after they removed the tools," Brandt For instance a bolt which had an
Maplewood
n some North St. Paul burglariestrack said. "Subsequently after finding these Operation Identification Number
from lastospring. tool boxes some of which had names on engraved on it was traced to the
said that police will be able to them, we were able to establish owner- Alexander Construction Co., Stillwater.
return Brandtoma property because it has fullo ship of some oof the toolboxes and also And some toolboxes had people's first and
names, initials or Operation Iden- locate theft reports." last names written on them.
names, numbers. ButOmuch of Since the discovery Brandt has been But some handtools, etched with the
property nuwill not be returned to theite looking through the theft reports at- word `Ron', do little to help the police
rightful owners. tempting to match reported stolen return stolen property,Brandt said. "Who
The apprehension of the suspects and property with recovered stolen property. in the hell is Ron?"he asked. "We don't
the discoveryof the stolen know."
property Recovered property includes: hundreds After the North St.Paul and Maplewood
follows 15 to 20 recent Maplewood car and of car tools(wrenches etc.),amp meters, police forces do some organizing on the
garage burglaries, Hagen said. lanterns, Heet, oil, anti-freeze, gas series of burglaries, the case will be
Brandt explains how the burglaries cyclinder, electric jigsaw, power light, turned over to the Ramsey County At-
were `busted': extension cords and even a small air
"Originally in March, 1974, I arrested compressor. torney's office for prosecution, Brandt
twopersons over 18 said.
years of age far
burglary of a garage in North St. Paul
where numerous tools, gasoline and gas
cans were taken," Brandt said. "Some
property was recovered at that time.
"Continuing investigation since that
time...in September a suspect originally
picked up in March was questioned about
numerous other garage burglaries and
theft from autos.
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GREASE GUNS, tools and numerous other items were among the property
recovered by the North St.Paul and Maplewood police departments recently.
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