Shakopee Man Charged with Felony Theft from Burnsville Target

A Shakopee man has been charged with theft in Dakota County after police say he filled a shopping cart with more than $1,500 worth of merchandise at the Burnsville Target store earlier this month and walked out of the store without paying for it.

Jason Brian Siegfried, 33, is charged with felony theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.  

When Siegfried was arrested Nov. 10, police discovered an outstanding warrant from August in which he was charged with issuing a dishonored check, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

According to the most recent criminal complaint, Target loss prevention officers called police to the Burnsville store on Nov. 10, alerting them that they had a shoplifter in custody. 

An officer told police that he had noticed Siegfried walking through the store with a loaded shopping cart, and he and two other employees began monitoring him.

All three employees watched as Siegfried pushed the cart past all the store’s checkout stations without attempting to pay for the merchandise, the complaint says. The loss prevention officer confronted Siegfried in the store’s vestibule and called police.

Siegfried refused to talk to store authorities or police. The complaint says the value of the stolen merchandise was $1,596.

The earlier criminal complaint charges Siegfried with writing a bad check for $530 to Mills Fleet Farm in Lakeville on Aug. 24. 

According to that complaint, the cashier who handled the transaction wrote Siegfried’s driver’s license number and date of birth on the check. The store also provided Lakeville police with a surveillance image taken during the transaction.

The store sent Siegfried a letter demanding payment on Aug. 30, but did not hear back from him. Police also attempted to contact him without success.

Siegfried remains in the Dakota County Jail on a $10,000 bond. An omnibus hearing in his case is scheduled for Jan. 24 in Dakota County District Court in Hastings.