A Detroit Lakes man has been convicted and sentenced in Becker County District Court on a felony charge of motor vehicle theft.
Jeffrey Scott Gunderson, 20, of 339 Oak St., Detroit Lakes, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, stayed on conditions including completion of a 90-day jail sentence, up to five years of supervised probation and community service in lieu of $1,160 in court fines and fees.
A misdemeanor count of driving after license revocation was dismissed at sentencing.
Gunderson was accused of “borrowing” a van belonging to a Detroit Lakes plumbing and heating business on Nov. 27. The van was stopped outside Callaway on Nov. 27 because it had no working tail lights; Gunderson pretended to be out on a service call at the casino in Mahnomen.
But after it was discovered that he had a revoked license, the investigating officer called the plumbing business; the owner said there was no one out on service calls at that time, and he did not know Gunderson.
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Gunderson said that he had eventually planned to return the vehicle to where he had found it.
