A 29-year-old Onamia man was arrested by the Morrison County Sheriff's Office for two recent alleged burglaries, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
The sheriff's office received a report June 26 from a neighbor who was watching property along 370th Ave when he saw a suspicious vehicle with three males at the property.
The reporting party confronted them. They said they did not have permission to be there, and fled the scene in a vehicle. The reporting party gave a description of the suspect vehicle and the license plate number to dispatch. A deputy responded to the scene and confirmed that forced entry was made into the garage at the property, the release said.
The sheriff's office put out an attempt to locate to surrounding counties to be on the lookout for the suspects and the vehicle. Later that evening, the sheriff's office was notified by the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office the Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department located the suspect vehicle and the suspects in Mille Lacs County.
The Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office and the Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department assisted with arresting the suspects and impounding the suspect vehicle. Morrison County Investigators conducted a search warrant of the suspect vehicle and located stolen property from a different residential burglary reported June 20 at a residence off Highway 27 in Richardson Township, in Morrison County, near the Mille Lacs County line. On Thursday, Morrison County investigators met with the owner and operator of the suspect vehicle, 29-year-old Stuart Wade.
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Wade allegedly admitted his involvement in both burglaries in Richardson Township. Wade is currently in the Mille Lacs County Jail on unrelated charges. The Morrison County Sheriff's Office was assisted in this matter by the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office and the Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department.
