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<br /> • lead to -arr-gest,-o3
<br /> on ,burglary charges
<br /> By Roberta Walburn Police said the case shows how im-
<br /> Staff'Writer portant it isJor-homeowners to make
<br /> sure their'houses'appear occupied
<br /> Three Twin Cities men were charged when they are away.
<br /> with burglary Friday after police
<br /> found them driving slowly through "People made It easy' for burglars,
<br /> suburban streets in the late night and said Capt. Brent Running, head of
<br /> early morning hours, occasionally criminal investigations for the sher-
<br /> pulling into driveways of houses with iff s department.
<br /> no lights on, then calling those
<br /> houses to see if anyone was home. Broskzo and Vellsek are being held
<br /> in Hennepin County jail in lieu of
<br /> On one night alone this week about $10,000.bai1, and Semmer is being
<br /> 95 calls were made in a two-hour held under bail of$20,000.
<br /> period to 50 Bloomington homes, in-
<br /> cluding one-that was burglarized af-
<br /> ter no one answered the telephone, —
<br /> according to complaints against the
<br /> three.
<br /> The three have::been..charged._in-,
<br /> Be. .pin_County DistricR Court with
<br /> lzu.Slory, 01-14 Bloomington Norge
<br /> and-conspiracy to commit burglary.
<br /> They were identified,as_Gregopr
<br /> Semmer,22,27¢5,Zenith A. 4,.N,�Rob
<br /> • binsdale; William $roszko, 23, 1403
<br /> NE.--Monroe-St-, Minneapolis,
<br /> Wade ,Vellsek. 25, 505..Ast-Av
<br /> South St.Paul.
<br /> Semmer also.was:charged. with re-
<br /> ceiving stolen.property,.possessing a
<br /> short-barreled shotgun and being-a
<br /> felon in possession of a pistol.
<br /> Using search warrants executed,af-
<br /> tet hey arrests,;,poll;e s recovered,
<br /> enough stolen.pro'pe`rV.'to`'iaaieak .
<br /> that the.three men.co v_ been
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