Authorities Arrest Woman Linked to SLP Thefts
Police say Antenese Scottesia Baker, arrested Tuesday in Washington County, confessed to thefts at stores in a number of Minnesota cities, including St. Louis Park.
A Minneapolis woman being sought on theft charges in four Minnesota counties—and whom police say confessed to thefts in Apple Valley, St. Louis Park, Burnsville and Minnetonka, among other cities—was arrested Tuesday in Washington County. Antenese Scottesia Baker, 19, is charged in Dakota County with felony theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. She remains in the Dakota County Jail on a $10,000 bond. She is also being held on warrants from Hennepin, Kandiyohi and Pine counties. According to the criminal complaint, filed in August, loss prevention employees at a store in Apple Valley contacted police last spring and reported that four women had stolen seven cell phones, valued at $1,209, on …
