County church burglar caught

??? WAHOO ? An arrest has been made in a recent string of church burglaries.

??? Saunders County Sheriff Kevin Stukenholtz reported that Dustin Robbins, 26, of Wahoo was arrested on Dec. 22 in Wahoo.

??? Robbins was arrested on a felony forgery warrant from Douglas County. Stukenholtz noted that the circumstances of that forgery clearly tied Robbins to the December church burglaries in Saunders County.

??? Robbins allegedly took Salvation Army vouchers from one of the churches and attempted to cash them at a business in Omaha by forging the pastor?s signature.

??? ?We?d been in contact with Douglas County and worked with them in order to get an arrest made,? said Stukenholtz.

??? Stukenholtz said another significant point of the arrest was that the county made use of the United States Marshals Fugitive Task force, of which Saunders County Sheriff?s Deputy Joe Smaus is a member. Because he is a member, the county has access not only to the task force, but many of the U.S. Marshals? other fugitive apprehension resources.

??? ?Thanks to his involvement, we were able to make use of their resources,? said Stukenholtz. ?That?s the benefit we?re seeing from having someone involved in that task force.?

??? While the forgery charge was the only one made against Robbins as of late last week, Stukenholtz said his department had reason to believe Robbins could also be tied to other residential burglaries in Saunders County.

??? At least eight burglaries were believed to have occurred in Saunders County churches between Dec. 5 and Dec. 14. Communities impacted by the church burglaries included Ceresco, Ithaca, Wahoo, Mead and Colon.

??? In these burglaries, the thief broke into the churches in the overnight hours and rummaged thought the building, apparently searching for cash.

??? Stukenholtz added that Robbins might also be tied to other residential burglaries in the area and was, at the time of his arrest, out on bond in connection to another burglary charge.

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