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Luverne woman faces felony burglary charges

Lead Summary
By
Lori Sorenson

A Luverne woman was arrested last week on felony charges after she was found in her neighbor’s house allegedly going through personal items.
According to the criminal complaint filed Friday in Rock County District Court, Robyn Denise Hemme, 53, faces first-degree burglary charges.
The complaint states that law enforcement was dispatched to 609 West Luverne St. in Luverne for a report of a burglary in progress just after 1 p.m. Thursday, March 31.
The homeowner, Cory Schoeneman, had detained the alleged burglar, Hemme, and told the deputy he had found her in his bedroom looking through his drawers.
He said he didn’t know her and that she didn’t have permission to be in his house. He stated that in the top drawer of the dresser he always had a small amount of cash.
The deputy instructed Hemme to keep her hands out of her pockets, but the report states that she repeatedly put them back in her pockets, so she was handcuffed and searched.
A total of $7 was found in her pocket along with a Twizzler’s wrapper. Schoeneman later said that the drawer Hemme was looking in was where he kept cash and that his children often ate Twizzlers. He believed it very possible they had put a wrapper in that same area.
He was unsure of the amount of cash he had in the drawer but said it wouldn’t have been more than $7 under most circumstances.
The complaint states that Schoeneman said he had left to go to Bomgaars but had turned around after realizing he forgot his phone in the house.
Upon arriving home, he had noticed the west door was open and then entered and found Hemme going through his dresser drawers.
The complaint states that Schoeneman said he had asked her what she was doing and she stated she was looking for a puppy. He said he was unsure if any other items were missing as he hadn’t looked around the house yet.
As Hemme was taken into custody, she again claimed to have been looking for puppies, as she was worried about the neighbor’s dog. She said she thought she heard water running and just walked in even though she shouldn’t have.
She was then transported to the law enforcement center where she was read the Miranda warning and Hemme reportedly spontaneously made several comments about the case without being questioned.
She stated she was looking for a puppy that was lost in the neighborhood. She stated she knew that didn’t give her the right to go into the house. She claimed to have not taken anything.
When she was again questioned about whether she was willing to speak under Miranda, she then stated that she was not and at that time was transported to Nobles County Jail.
By definition, first-degree burglary charges are filed for entering a building without consent and committing a crime while another person — not an accomplice — was inside the dwelling.
A felony conviction on a first-degree burglary offense carries a mandatory minimum sentence of six months incarceration.

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