Stewartville, MN (KROC-AM News)- The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office has released video stills that captured the theft of a UTV from a Stewartville dealership over the weekend. 

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Sheriff’s Captain James Schueller said deputies were dispatched to the business in the 500 block of North Main St. in Stewartville around 6 p.m. Sunday. The suspects made off with a UTV worth over $26,000 from Podein’s Power Equipment. 

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Investigators have reviewed footage of the theft captured by security cameras at the dealership. Schueller said a black pick-up truck entered the lot and male exited the truck and began walking along the lot and examining vehicles in it. The sheriff’s office Tuesday released stills of the truck and one of the suspects. 

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Schueller said the suspect then loaded the UTV onto a trailer being towed by a silver SUV that had parked behind the business. Schueller said the two suspected vehicles arrived together and worked together to pull off the theft. 

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The SUV is a 2013 GMC Yukon, and the pickup is a 2007-2013 Chevy Silverado, Schueller said. Investigators also have released a still of the stolen UTV, described as a red and gray 2023 Polaris Industries RZR XP 4 1000 Premium. 

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Investigators are asking anyone with information regarding the theft to contact Crime Stoppers of Minnesota at 651-452-7463, or online at WWW.CrimeStoppersMN.org Or Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office Investigator James McCormick at 507-328-6735.

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