The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office has taken two individuals into custody for their alleged involvement in burglaries reported on Diamond Rd, rural St.Mary’s , and in the city of St.Mary’s, KMAN previously reported on.
On June 25th, Detectives with the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office and the St.Mary’s Police Department served a search warrant on the 1200 block of Pawnee Drive in St.Mary’s. As a result of this warrant stolen property was recovered to include power tools, household goods, guns, electronics, and other misc. items that had been previously reported as stolen from the earlier burglaries.
Detectives working the case learned during this investigation that the suspects were also said to have been involved in an aggravated robbery to one of the residence at an earlier date. Arrested for these incidents were 35 year old Luke Linxwiler of St Marys, for Aggravated Robbery, Burglary, Theft, Criminal Damage to Property, and Criminal use of a Weapon, Linxwiler is currently being held at the Pottawatomie County Jail, bond being 100,000. Also arrested was 37 year old Stephanie Cole, for Aggravated Robbery, Burglary, Theft, Criminal Damage to Property and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She is also being held at the Pottawatomie Count Jail, bond set at 100,000 dollars.
This investigation is continuing.