Sheriff: 3 Arrested And Charged With Burglarizing Storage Facility In Benton County

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Officials in Benton County say three men have been charged after being arrested in connection to a storage facility burglary Monday morning.

According to the sheriff's office, an individual reported witnessing a burglary in progress at 12:30 a.m. Monday at the JK Storage facility in Sauk Rapids Township.

Benton County deputies and Sauk Rapids police officers responded and located a white pickup truck driving nearby without headlights on. Three individuals inside were arrested.

At the storage facility, investigators discovered that a storage unit had been forced open with a number of items moved from the unit to a location near the perimeter fence.

On Wednesday, all three made appearances in court. They're identified as 36-year-old Thomas Allen Lovitt of Blaine, 40-year-old Tony Leonard Boyer of Eden Valley and 31-year-old James Alan Westerlund.

All three have been charged with two counts each of burglary, which is a felony. Westerlund faces an addition misdemeanor count of giving a false name to a police officer.