On April 13, 2025, at approximately 7:55 pm, Cold Spring Richmond Police were dispatched to a robbery call near Alexander Park in the City of Cold Spring, County of Stearns. Dispatch advised the complainant, Victim A, fully identified in reports, was trying to sell a virtual reality headset when he was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint. Victim A was reportedly bleeding from the face and a male in a car had pulled a gun on him. Officer Mitchell Mueller arrived at Alexander Park and saw Victim A standing next to the rest room.
Officer Mueller observed Victim A to have a bloody face and hands, and it appeared his lower lip had been split open and was bleeding. Officer Mueller got some brief information, including suspect and vehicle information, before making arrangements to meet Victim A at the Cold Spring Fire Hall to take a recorded statement. At the Fire Hall, Victim A told Officer Mueller he met Brody Dennis Eide, [DOB redacted], the juvenile herein and Juvenile B, fully identified in police reports, at the dam parking lot on Main Street in Cold Spring, just east of the park.
Victim A had been speaking with Eide about trading THC cartridges or $450 cash for Victim A's virtual reality system. Eide and Juvenile B arrived with two adult males Victim A did not know. The two adults were later identified as Rhylee James Keller and Adult A, fully identified in police reports. Victim A said he got into the vehicle, Keller was driving, Adult A was in the front passenger seat, Eide and Juvenile B were in the back seat with Victim A. The group drove to Lookout Park, also in Cold Spring, where they got out of the car and walked toward the trunk.
When the trunk was popped, Eide said "get him" and someone punched Victim A in the face from behind and to the left with a closed fist. Victim A was struck in his face, causing his teeth to cut open his lower lip. While reacting to the punches, Victim A noticed a black handle of a firearm in Keller's left pocket. During the altercation, someone grabbed the backpack containing Victim A's VR headset and put it in the trunk of the vehicle before closing the trunk. Victim A's backpack was blue with orange around the zipper areas.
Eide, Juvenile B, Keller and Adult A tried to get back in the car, so Victim A grabbed Juvenile B. Keller then displayed the handgun while sitting in the driver's seat, pointing and waving it around towards the roof of the vehicle. Victim A said Keller never actually pointed the gun at him but showed it and commented "I'll kill your ass." Victim A backed away and everyone else left in the vehicle heading east. Victim A believed the firearm was real and called law enforcement after walking back to Alexander Park.
Officer Mueller went to the apartment of Eide and Juvenile B. Officer Mueller spoke with Witness A, a female fully identified in police reports, Witness A stated that Eide and Juvenile B were in Keller's apartment in the same building. Witness A stated that Eide and Juvenile B told Witness A that cops would be coming and to tell officers she did not know where Eide and Juvenile B were. Officers went to Keller's apartment and knocked, announcing their presence, and no one answered. Based on the information he had learned so far Officer Mueller began drafting a search warrant for the apartment.
