Bryce Mark Tschida, 25, Little Falls, was charged with two counts of felony theft and one felony count of receiving stolen property in Morrison County District Court, Oct. 7.
On Oct. 4, around 7 p.m., an ATV was reported stolen from a property in Morrison County. A trail camera had allegedly caught footage of Tschida on the red ATV.
On Oct. 5, law enforcement spoke with a person who said someone on a red ATV had come to his house asking for directions.
The ATV was located that same day in a field.
Then, law enforcement received a report of a stolen chipper truck.
According to the criminal complaint, someone had gone through a property and broken into vehicles, damaging two side mirrors where fingerprints were discovered. An unknown bicycle was also found on the property.
After one of the truck’s owners and another man found Tschida in a vehicle on the west side of Little Falls, Tschida allegedly jumped out of the vehicle and fled on a bicycle.
The two later saw Tschida ride into a wooded area wearing a backpack. When Tschida later rode out of the area he didn’t have the backpack.
Police arrived on the scene and arrested Tschida. One of the victim’s debit and insurance identification cards was found in the backpack after a search of the woods. resulted in the backpack being found.
The truck was found abandoned in a field.
If convicted of all charges, Tschida faces up to five years in prison and/or $10,000 in fines for each charge.