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South Dakota Man Accused Stealing Rural Lincoln County Family’s Car, Setting Up Camp

Craig Halstead
Craig Halstead

A South Dakota man is in jail in Lincoln County after a rather strange series of events on Tuesday night.

At around 9:20 p.m., deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a residence on East Golden Road.

The property owner had reported that there were a pickup and camper parked on his property, and he didn’t know who it belonged to.

The victim told deputies that he approached the pickup and camper and found them both to be unoccupied.

A short time later, a male subject, unknown to the victim, drove up in one of the family’s cars, and was wearing a hat and gloves that belonged to the victim’s wife.

After noticing that the male subject, later identified as Craig Halstead, had a gun, the victim left the area and contacted law enforcement.

Deputies located Halstead in his camper, along with several firearms and property belonging to the victim.

Halstead was detained and transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center, where he was jailed on charges of trespassing, unauthorized use of a vehicle, felony theft, felony possession of stolen property and use of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony.

Deputies say the investigation is ongoing.

 

 

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