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Allen King (Becker County Jail)
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KFGO KDLM) – A Frazee man has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony illegal possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property.
According to court records, on August 9, emergency dispatchers received a report of a man with a gun in the Jimmy John’s parking lot in Detroit Lakes.
Shortly afterward, an employee at Masterpiece Alternatives, a business located near the Jimmy John’s parking lot, contacted police to inform them they had disarmed a man in their store after he attempted to shoplift some items.
A pistol along with 10 rounds of ammunition was turned over to law enforcement as evidence along surveillance video.
22-year-old Allen King was arrested a short time later. The handgun had been stolen earlier from a vehicle in Detroit Lakes.
King’s bail has been set at $60,000 and his initial request for a public defender was denied.
His next court appearance is scheduled for August. 21.
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