A career felon with 15 prior felonies was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for seven burglaries in Ramsey County last year.
Daniel Thomas LaBarre, 34, of St Paul’s, entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors in April. In exchange for pleading guilty to seven counts of second-degree theft, prosecutors agreed to drop six other charges and not seek the departure of a grievous term from the statutory 10-year maximum sentence.
Ramsey County District Judge Kelly Charles ordered Labor to pay a yet-to-be-determined amount to pay compensation to her victims. They will get custody 294 days in advance.
According to the criminal complaint, the theft took place between April and September in an underground apartment building garage in Little Canada, Roseville, Shoreview, St. Paul and White Bear Lake.
An alleged accomplice, 39-year-old Jamie Marie Nash, has multiple theft charges pending in court and is being held in county jail without bail.
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According to an October 25 criminal complaint, the pair’s method was to gain access to garages and stolen items from vehicles. Sometimes he would check the door handle. Sometimes they used to break windows. Several times they stole vehicles.
In one of the thefts, police say they swiped an Apple Watch, which the owner was able to track down to a camper behind a residence on Bayland Avenue in White Bear Lake. They were not at home, but on September 19, using a search warrant, police were able to confirm the identities of LaBarre and Nash, whose photos were captured on multiple video surveillance cameras.
On September 21, a man reported that his vehicle was vandalized while it was parked in Roseville. His iPhone and purse were stolen.
Police were informed that one of the man’s credit cards was used at Best Buy. Video from the store shows Nash and LeBarre making purchases totaling $1,599 using a stolen card and leaving it in a minivan.
The minivan was found on 26 September outside a hotel in Egan. Police was called. Labare tried to run away, but was caught. He and Nash were both arrested.
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In November, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office added Labor and Nash to its Serious and Career Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Program, which the agency called in March 2021 to “monitor charges, bail conditions, prosecution, sentencing and probation” of career offenders and Started to repeat. Juvenile delinquency in Ramsay County. ,
“The program will ensure the justice system’s accountability and transparency in keeping the public safe from those who refuse to change their criminal behavior,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement when the initiative was launched.
Career offenders are defined by state statute as those who have been convicted of three felony counts or two violent felony counts.
LaBarre’s prior felonies date back to 2006 and include auto theft, obtaining stolen property, fraud, property damage, escaping from police in a motor vehicle and theft in the first, second and third degrees. He has two pending felony counts: escaping from police in a motor vehicle in Scott County and third-degree theft in Hennepin County.
Nash’s felony criminal history includes convictions for auto theft, obtaining stolen property, possessing fifth-degree drugs, and mail theft. She is due back in court next month on her pending theft charges.
‘Fantastic crime spree’
On Tuesday, LeBarre appeared via Zoom from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud, where he has been an interim commitment since his plea. He apologized to the court and told Judge Charles that he wanted to make a “fresh start” when he came out of prison.
Charles asked LaBar what kind of work he wanted to do. He said he is a welder and wants to move to where his mother lives “for new scenes, new things”.
“I want different in my life,” he said. “I’ve been through the system several times, and I’m tired of seeing the same results every time.”
“It was a very spectacular crime spree,” the judge responded, adding the victims felt violated. “You’re doing a significant portion of jail time because of this.”
