Enricque Troy BallardRepeat

At around 12:06 AM on April 28, 2026, deputies were sent to the Holiday at 1920 Highway 96 West, Arden Hills, Ramsey County on a theft from the store. Surveillance video showed ENRICQUE TROY BALLARD [DOB REDACTED] and DJ [DOB REDACTED] pulled up in a Dodge Durango and entered the store together. Ballard and DJ split up. Ballard spoke to the lone employee who was stocking items away from the counter. DJ crouched down and grabbed items from the area where cigars and e-cigarettes were stocked. DJ concealed the items in his pants.

Ballard looked in DJ’s direction several times while DJ was stealing from the store. Ballard and DJ met in the store. DJ went and talked to the employee while Ballard went behind the counter and stole items from the same area where DJ had taken items. DJ looked in Ballard’s direction when Ballard stole items. DJ and Ballard met at the front door, laughed, and shook hands. They left together in the Dodge Durango. Ballard and DJ stole a total of merchandise valued at $549.18 from Holiday. Deputies stopped the Durango at Highway 96 and Old Highway 8. Ballard admitted he had stopped at the gas station.

Ballard matched the description of one of the thieves and was arrested. Deputies removed DJ and the others from the Durango and recovered the items DJ and Ballard stole from Holiday. Ballard claimed he was the one who took everything, not the others in the Durango. Ballard yelled to DJ that he was taking the fall for all of it and DJ had better remember it. Ballard has 5 prior felony convictions: theft, simple robbery, theft of a motor vehicle, and 2 for fleeing police in a motor vehicle. On November 29, 2023, Ballard was sentenced on a theft in Dakota County District Court file 19HA-CR- 23-1107. Ballard received a felony sentence.