ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Rochester woman was arrested for what police believe was the predawn theft of cooper pipes and wire. In the process, cops recovered a pickup truck that had been stolen four days earlier from a Mayo patient staying at a hotel. Arrested in the pickup was Laurissa Bale, 36. In the vehicle, police said, were items stolen in a burglary of the Leitzen Concrete burglary in northwest Rochester. A companion in the tuck was not immediately charged. In sequence here’s what happened:
> Wednesday: The Mayo patient reported his truck stolen from Days Inn at 3595 Commercial Drive Southwest.
> Saturday: Employees reporting for work at Leitzen Concrete, at 4019 Highway 14, found a person inside one of the buildings. The person fled.
> Sunday. Police received a video of the stolen pickup, parked was behind a business on Civic Center Drive. When police arrived Bale and a man were in the truck.
> Monday. Bale was charged.
Bale. Cops: Stolen items were in the stolen pickup.