Boise police make arrests in tool theft ring, recover $18,000 in stolen goods

A Garden City man has been charged with 31 crimes, including 20 felony counts of burglary, after police conducted a monthslong investigation into the stealing of tools from a Boise retailer.

Layn Minor, 23, also was charged with three counts of grand theft, a felony, and eight counts of petit theft, a misdemeanor.

The thefts occurred over several weeks between October and December from a retailer on N. Milwaukee Street, according to a press release from the Boise Police Department. BPD worked in conjunction with the U.S. Marshal’s fugitive task force to arrest Minor and Madison Carner, 19, of Nampa, the release said. Carner faces a single felony count of solicitation to commit a crime.

Minor and Carner both were booked into the Ada County Jail, with bail set at $100,000 for Minor and $10,000 for Carner.

Police said in the release that items including various power tools, drills and saws were stolen by Minor, who is accused of entering the business with the intent to pilfer the tools. Carner is accused of soliciting help from others to sell or pawn the stolen items.

Most of the items were recovered from area pawn shops, police said, to the tune of about $18,000 in stolen goods.

Police said additional charges are still possible related to the stealing and selling of the tools.