BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) — A man wanted for robbery and grand theft in Brookings County has been arrested in Indiana.Thirty-five-year-old Ronald Dale Elkins is suspected in a convenience store robbery and the theft of two pickups early Friday morning.
Brookings Police and the Sheriff’s Department reported the three incidents.
It began with a holdup alarm from a Brookings Convenience Store at about 2:20 Friday morning. The man stole items as he was leaving.
Arriving police saw a vehicle leaving rapidly and tried to stop it. The vehicle fled a short distance, lost control and spun out. The suspect fled on foot.
Shortly after 4:00 a.m., a rural Aurora resident saw someone driving off in their pickup. That pickup was found in the ditch.
At about 6:20 a.m., another rural Aurora resident also reported a stolen pickup. That pickup was recovered by the Indiana State Patrol and Elkins was arrested early Saturday morning.
Elkins will likely face extradition to Brookings County to face charges.
For a time on Friday, it was believed that Elkins was in Aberdeen. That led to the lockdown of a hospital and school.
(Perry Miller, KJJQ, contributed this report.)
