A man who had been given a place to live by an elderly homeowner pled guilty in Baxter County Circuit Court Tuesday to stealing from the person who gave him shelter.
When asked if he was guilty of the offense charged, 32-two-year-old Dalton Carlsen replied “100 percent guilty.”
He was put on probation for nine years. The amount of victim restitution is in dispute. The victim estimated the value of the items stolen as $14,000 or more.
Carlsen disagrees with that number and Circuit Judge John Putman set a restitution hearing for November 14.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the daughter of the victim made a report to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office on February 17, 2021, that her elderly father had allowed Carlsen to live in his basement.
The daughter said her father felt sorry for the homeless man.
She said after Carlsen had lived in her father,s residence along County Road 610 for about two months, she asked him to leave because of a suspicion he was stealing items from the home.
The woman said some of the missing property had been offered for sale on Internet-based sites and other items had been sold at a local pawnshop.
Among the items stolen, according to the daughter, was a bracelet belonging to her that had been professionally appraised at $8,500.
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