Robbery And Burglary

Police catch break in car theft probe (09/09/08)
Members of the Spencer Police Department said they were able to recover more than 50 items that were stolen from cars in late August and early September. Officers began following up on information regarding several car burglaries in the Spencer area late last week. Investigators used the information to issue warrants for 18-year-old Jeff Martin, Jr. of Tulsa, Okla...

Intruder report leads to arrest (09/09/08)
The employee at a local business began his work day with a call to police. At about 5:57 a.m. Thursday, officers with the Spencer Police Department responded to a burglary in progress in the 100 block of W. Eighth St. An adult male fled the business as an employee arrived to open the store...

Democrats rally local troops on eve of national convention (08/26/08)
Clay County Democrats gathered at the Oneota Park shelter house Sunday evening for their annual fundraising steak fry. The meeting, coming just a day after Barack Obama named Sen. Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate via a much hyped text message to supporters, had County chairman Bob Whittenburg's stressing organization to his fellow Democrats...

Spencer woman charged in break-in (07/10/08)
Clay County Sheriff's deputies charged a Spencer woman with burglary and criminal mischief following a disturbance call in the early morning hours of Wednesday. When a deputy arrived, he spoke with Melissa Loontjer at a residence in the 4400 block of 200th Avenue in Clay County. She told the deputy the front windshield and rear windows of her vehicle had been broken out by 26-year-old Bridget Gilmore, who left the residence and was possibly headed to Spencer...

Deputies make arrests in Hap Ketelsen thefts (04/26/08)
By Russ Mitchell Daily Reporter Staff Four area teenagers face theft-related charges after a break-in last weekend at the Hap Ketelsen Community Center in Everly. Deputies think the teenagers broke into the community center took cases of beer, a keg, wine and hard liquor from the building's inventory...

Divers help in weapons search (04/22/08)
Members of the Clay County Sheriff's Office received some specialized help with a year-old rural residential burglary investigation. The Arnolds Park/Okoboji Fire Department Dive Team was called at about 8:45 a.m. Sunday to Stolley's Gravel Pit in west Spencer. Lt. Jason Kirschbaum of the dive team said the exercise doubled as a training opportunity for the volunteers who form the unit...