ANOKA MAN ARRESTED IN SIBLEY COUNTY BURGLARIES

An Anoka man has been arrested after several reported burglaries Monday in Sibley County.  The Sheriff’s Office says they received a report around 4 am of a burglary alarm at the Backwoods Bar in New Auburn.  Deputies responded and saw that two males had made forcible entry into the bar but nothing had been taken.  Later that morning, deputies found an open door at the Dugout Bar in Arlington and found it had been burglarized and cash was taken.  The La Villita Restaurant next door also was burglarized.  The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office notified Sibley County that a man was arrested in Anoka County.  61-year-old James Irving Dale was later transported to the jail in Sibley County and has been charged with three counts of second degree burglary.  The joint investigation by the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office and Arlington Police is continuing.