Agents with The West Central Minnesota Drug and Violent Crime Task Force gathered information that led to the execution of two search warrants in Pope County and an additional search warrant in Grant County.

Those search warrants led to the arrests of two individuals, it was reported last week in a news release from the Task Force.  

On June 25, a search warrant was executed in rural Starbuck. A stolen ATV, flatbed trailer and several ATV accessories/attachments were recovered, it was stated. The items were previously reported stolen from another rural Starbuck address.

Then, on June 26, a search warrant was executed at the old Cyrus School in the City of Cyrus. Several items of stolen property, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, two firearms and ammunition were recovered. The stolen property that was recovered derived from thefts in Douglas County, Stevens County and Pope County, the task force reported.  Additionally, some of the stolen property was intentionally damaged by the suspect. 

During the execution of that search warrant, Billy Maynard Swartz (DOB/9-13-1986) was arrested for Possession of Stolen Property and Criminal Damage to Property.

On June 27, a search warrant was executed in the City of Hoffman. Items of stolen property, a firearm and ammunition were recovered. The stolen property recovered was from a burglary in Pope County. Additional bulk metals were recovered. During the execution of the search warrant, Jeremiah Dennis Leonard (DOB/2-3-2002) was arrested for Possession of Stolen Property and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, it was stated. The case remains under investigation.

The West Central Minnesota Drug and Violent Crime Task Force was assisted by The Alexandria Police Department, The Grant County Sheriff’s Office, The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, The Pope County Sheriff’s Office and The Stevens County Sheriff’s Office.