• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Crime / Courts / Five arrested after Le Mars home break-in

Five arrested after Le Mars home break-in

January 19, 2009 By admin

Five people are in custody after a break-in last night at the home of Frank Tritz in rural LeMars. Tritz said he was in the bathroom when the intruders entered the home through a back garage door.

His girlfriend ran into a bedroom and attempted to hold the door shut and struggled to keep the door closed as the intruders tried to force it open. Tritz said the male intruders fled when she yelled his name. He said "the bad thing is they knew we were home."

The men, dressed in black clothing, had plastic bags with them when they entered. He described them as one white man and four Hispanic males. Some knives and a hatchet were later recovered. A deputy sheriff spotted a vehicle leaving the area and arrested two of the occupants when it went into a ditch and got stuck.

The other three jumped out and ran away on foot. A sheriff’s deputy used a dog to follow their tracks. One of the suspects was taken into custody by a LeMars police officer in the area of the golf course. Two others were located in a wooded area when authorities used a thermal imaging camera and were eventually arrested.

 

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Crime / Courts

Featured Stories

Congresswoman Axne favors Biden pandemic relief plan, Hinson not ruling out a ‘yes’

DOT plow crews struggling against blizzard conditions

Death penalty proposed for specific child murder cases

Iowa delegation breaks along party lines on Trump impeachment vote

Two northeast Iowa men admit to illegally harvesting ginseng

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

UNI adds two nonconference games to basketball schedule

Iowa State-Kansas postponed

Iowa-Michigan State postponed

Fire damage to Riverfront Stadium electrical system will cost Waterloo thousands

Iowa State at Kansas State postponed

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC