By Sara QuamTerry Hoffman was transferred to Minnehaha County Jail Tuesday and is still held there on $100,000 bond.He’s already been charged in Rock County for 12 counts of thefts, and he’s about to be charged with three counts of theft in South Dakota.Rock County Investigator Jeff Weineke said evidence is still being gathered on the 36-year-old Luverne man who is accused of stealing and using or selling various vehicles.One more charge is likely, he said, and possibly more because evidence is still being sorted.Personnel from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, Sioux Falls Police Department, Brandon (S.D.) Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol and National Insurance Crime Bureau were involved in three search warrants Dec. 8.The searches uncovered stolen items starting as early as 2001, including: oa 32-foot flatbed gooseneck trailer from Dressen Custom Trailers in Brandon; oa 2005 Arctic Cat all-terrain vehicle from Sioux International in Sioux Falls; oa 1987 backhoe tractor from Barney’s Auto Salvage in Sioux Falls; oa 2002 Chevrolet Silverado taken from Papik Motors in Luverne; otwo 2002 Arctic Cat Mountain Cat snowmobiles from Worthington Sports Center; oa 2002 Arctic Cat ZR120 snowmobile from Leo’s Snow Sports in Fairmont; oa 5.3 liter Chevy engine from a Silverado pickup from Lithia Motors in Sioux Falls; oa Larson Boat from Action Sports in Marshall; oa 2003 Chevy Avalanche from Lithia in Sioux Falls and a 2002 Chevy Tahoe from Lithia.A combined maximum of 90 years in prison is possible, but it’s unusual for judges to sentence a maximum penalty.
