Minneapolis Man Arrested for Burglary in Eagan

A Minneapolis man has been charged with aiding and abetting burglary, possession of burglary tools and credit card fraud after Eagan police say they found him taking copper pipes from a vacant Eagan gas station last weekend.

Delano Cruz Henton-Hannon, 21, faces three felony charges in the case, filed in Dakota County District Court in Hastings.

The maximum penalty for aiding and abetting third-degree burglary and credit card fraud is five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Aiding and abetting in possession of burglary tools carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

According to the complaint against Henton-Hannon, an Eagan police officer spotted a car parked at the defunct Phillips 66 station on Pilot Knob Road just before 7 a.m. May 14. Police had received a call the previous night from a construction crew, asking for extra patrols because of unauthorized people entering the building and removing items.

As the officer pulled up to the gas station, Henton-Hannon walked out of the car wash part of the building carrying two bolt cutters, several copper pipes and a bundle of wire, the complaint says. He told the officer that a friend told him that the building was being demolished, “so he took it upon himself to come and help himself,” the complaint says.

Other officers arrived and found a female passenger in Henton-Hannon’s car. The passenger was identified as Elizabeth Marie Krause, 41, according to the complaint.

Both Henton-Hannon and Krause were arrested for burglary and possession of burglary tools. When officers searched the car, they found a number of items in Walmart bags in the back seat, including a DVD player and a personal computer, according to the complaint. They also found a black wallet with someone else’s identification, a number of credit cards and receipts for items purchased from Walmart that morning.

Police contacted the wallet’s owner, who said he thought he’d left the wallet on the back seat of a taxi the previous evening. Officers discovered that the credit cards had been used for unauthorized purchases at the Walmart in Oak Park Heights, with two other transactions attempted that morning at the Eagan Walmart.

Eagan officers watched surveillance video from the Eagan Walmart and saw Henton-Hannon using the black wallet to make a cash purchase for $12 and then attempting two other purchases, using credit cards that were denied. The first attempted purchase was for a $248 necklace, and the second was for a $793 laptop personal computer.

Henton-Hannon admitted to officers that he got the wallet from a friend, who removed cash from it and then gave it to him. He told police that he made two purchases at the Oak Park Heights Walmart and that he had attempted two transactions at the Eagan Walmart.

An omnibus hearing in Henton-Hannon’s case is scheduled for Oct. 3 in Dakota County District Court in Hastings.