Cliff Buchan
News Editor

It was a crime of opportunity, but now a Stacy man faces a batch of charges after five snowmobiles were stolen in Forest Lake on Jan. 28

Police arrested Jeremy Kellum, 29, on Feb. 1 as officers here moved to apprehend subjects in several unrelated crimes. Police on Feb. 4 arrested a Forest Lake man in connection with two residential burglaries here.

In the snowmobile case, Kellum was arrested in Mora where he is being held for possession of stolen property. Forest Lake police said this week authorities here plan to charge the Stacy man with felony theft.

The five snowmobiles and a trailer were taken from the parking lot at Perkins in Forest Lake on Jan. 28 where the party had stopped to eat. Police said the equipment had total value of between $30,000 and $35,000.

The trailer was found later that day in Stacy.

The Forest Lake police investigation received cooperation from the Chisago, Isanti and Kanebec county sheriffís departments. Following the recovery of the trailer in Stacy, one of the stolen snowmobiles was found abandoned in a gravel pit in Isanti County.

Police in Mora later stopped Kellum and charged him with possession of stolen property. Three of the snowmobiles remain missing and police are in process of attempting to locate the machines.

Kellum is being held in the Kanebec County Jail on several outstanding felony warrants and for possession of a stolen truck and possession of a stolen snowmobile, police said.

The investigation is continuing, police said.

2 burglaries solved

Police on Feb. 4 arrested Aaron Jarvis Schliecher, 18, of 20140 Explorer Ave. N. in connection with possession of stolen property.

Schliecher was arrested after city police here received information from pawn shops in Crystal, Coon Rapids and Blaine where items stolen from the two homes had been sold.

Jewelry pieces stolen from the two homes had been sold at the shops.

The items were taken on Jan. 30 in a burglary on Enfield Ave. N. and on Jan. 31 in a burglary from a home on Floral Bay Drive N.

Items valued at $10,000, including two LCD flat screen televisions and 20 pieces of jewelry, were stolen from the home on Floral Bay Drive.

In the burglary on Enfield Ave. N., the homeowner told police that 25 pieces of jewelry with value in the area of $1500 had been stolen.

The Forest Lake man was booked into the Washington County Jail in Stillwater and later released pending a first court appearance, police said.

The investigation is continuing and additional charges may be possible, police said.

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