A fourth suspect in a home invasion case has been taken into custody, said Wadena County Sheriff Mike Carr.
Carr said Zachery Scott Eide, 24, was apprehended in Chippewa County by a Clara City police officer on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 22.
Wadena County Sheriff's Deputies executed a search warrant on Eide's pickup that was allegedly used in an armed robbery and burglary on Oct. 9. Carr said authorities are attempting to get the truck forfeited since it was allegedly used in the commission of a crime.
Willmar police searched a storage shed rented by Eide and recovered $15,000 in stolen construction equipment. Eide faces felony possession of stolen property charges in Kandiyohi County.
Eide joins William Gilbert Romo, 26, of New York Mills; Bethany Lynn Kruse, 22, of Menahga; and Andrew Thomas St. Michel, 24, in facing charges locally.
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Wadena County Attorney Kyra Ladd charged Eide, Romo and St. Michel with first-degree aggravated robbery, three counts of first-degree burglary, and two counts of second degree assault. Kruse was charged with six aiding and abetting crimes.
The most serious of the violations carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and up to a $35,000 fine.
The crimes are connected to two home invasions, one in the middle of the night in North Germany Township, and another the same day in Menahga.
Carr said all three of the males have an affiliation with the Aryan Brotherhood, a white prison gang.
