A Stillwater man who lives on the 200 block of St. Croix Avenue West was the victim of burglary on March 25.
The man had $1,600 worth of electronic items stolen from his residence, the suspect is a former roommate who had lived with him for three months.
The burglary took place between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. while the man was at work. When the man returned home, police reports state, he noticed that his house had been entered and items had been stolen. He had left the front door unlocked.
Items stolen included two televisions, an Xbox game and controllers, a laptop, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 64, noise cancelling headphones, 15 CDs, a blue ray DVD player and a wallet.
Identity theft victim
A Stillwater woman has filed a fraud report of her name being used to seek unemployment funds.
The woman suspects that someone is using her maiden name and her parent’s address in Afton. The woman’s husband said she had received information from her place of work and received a request of funds from the unemployment insurance of Minnesota.
After getting the information from employment services, the man said his wife called and reported the fraud. The account was flagged and was marked ineligible for funds. The woman also notified all credit and banking accounts of possible fraudulent activity along with social security.
Upon visiting her parents, the woman was told that they had gotten notice of appeal to her fraud flagging attempts. The packet they received included a copy of a fake drivers licenses and social security that the suspect had been using.
Two unknown phone numbers were listed within the packet titled Notice of Hearing on March 21, 2014.
It was concluded that she was a victim of identity theft though no suspects currently exist. The case has been forwarded to investigations.