ROCHESTER, Minn. — Police think they’ve solved a string of cash machine thefts around Rochester. Jason Krukow, age 47, of the Goodhue community of Pine Island, did them all, police said. Krukow was arrested at home without resistance. The most spectacular incident was April 17 about 4 a.m. Police said Krukow broke into the Haley fireplace store on North Broadway Avenue and sawed through a wall into the next-door Purple Goat restaurant. There he took several thousand dollars from a cash till and tried but failed to get into pull-tab devices. When a police tactical arrived with K-9s, Krukow climbed back through his hole into Haley’s, started up a parked service van inside, and mashed out through a closed garage door, police said. He got \away. After weeks of investigation, police obtained a search warrant for Krukow’s place in Oine Island and made the arrest. Police have linked to burglaries beginning in March at:
> Whitle Binkies South.
> Zen Fusion.
> Chip Shots.
> Byron High School.
> Rochester Sand and Gravel.
Also, police said, Krukow is a person of interest in an Alerus bank crime.
At 3708 North Broadway Aveue. Upscale casual eatery, fancy drinks.
Krukow. Charges: First-degree damage to property, second -degree burglary.