After hours. And where they shouldn’t be. A common denominator in 30-day burglary spree: Find and take cash. Images: LaCrescent police.
Four police agencies share clues, notes
WINONA, Minn. – Recent break-ins in Winona fit a pattern of burglaries in LaCrosse, LaCrescent and Onalaska. Surveillance in LaCrescent show two peoplel probably both male and 18 to 21 years old, and usually wearing black hoodies, black pants and gloves. The burglaries, all in the past 30 days, have been at restaurants, offices and businesses with entry by breaking windows or scaling rooftops, said La Crescent Police Chief Luke Ahlschlager. In one burglary, Ahlschlager said, the thieves were in a white Kia Sorento that later was identified as being stolen from La Crosse and abandoned. The most common target: Mexican restaurants.
Suspected thieves. On surveillance video on North Walnut Street in LaCrescent. Image: LaCrescent police