Three Detroit Lakes Residents Charged After Reporting False Robbery in South Dakota

Mar 5, 2021 | 10:01 AM

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KDLM/KVRR) – Three people from Detroit Lakes were arrested after police received a false report of an armed robbery in Watertown, S.D.

Watertown Police say officers responded to a report of possible drug activity in a parking lot, while police were investigating the incident, the people involved left and called to report that gunmen were entering a local business.

After realizing the report was false, officers executed search warrants and located meth, drug paraphernalia and a portable fish house stolen from North Dakota.

Steven Barnes and Stephan Bergeron of Detroit Lakes were charged with Terroristic Threats, False Reporting, Possession of Stolen Property and various drug-related charges.

Alicia Mitzel of Detroit Lakes is also facing drug-related charges.

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