By Lori Ehde
Authorities have arrested a suspect in the Dec. 16 burglary of Tony Bosch's rural Brandon storage shed.
Twenty-year-old Mark Duane Lafrenz was arrested earlier this month on burglary charges filed in Minnehaha County Court, Sioux Falls.
The complaint alleges he entered the garage with the intent to burglarize the place.
Rock County law enforcement has been working with South Dakota investigators on the burglary that Bosch, formerly of Luverne, stumbled on that day.
Shortly after leaving his rural Brandon residence Sunday morning, Bosch reportedly returned home after realizing he'd forgotten a set of keys.
Upon his return, he witnessed a burglary in process at a storage building on his property. It was about 6:45 a.m.
Lafrenz was arrested at a rural intersection north of Brandon later that morning for possession of a controlled substance.
He denied playing any role in the burglary, but authorities connected him to the vehicle used in the crime.
Other suspects are also being questioned.
Criminal charges are accumulating against Lafrenz.
In addition to the burglary and controlled substance charges, Lafrenz also faces felony charges for his involvement in a Christmas day car accident.
In that accident, which occurred north of Luverne, Lafrenz's vehicle rear-ended a van carrying 43-year-old Harland Kemerling and his sister, Lynette, who is now paralyzed from the hips down.
Lafrenz was charged last week in Rock County District Court with criminal vehicular injury.
The complaint filed in Rock County District Court, alleges Lafrenz had methamphetamines in his system and he drove the car negligently.
He was arrested last week on that charge but posted bail Monday.