Gary Allen Stewart

On December 29, 2025, law enforcement was dispatched to Holtz Garden Center located at 15245 Highway 65 NE, Ham Lake, Anoka County, on a report of a stolen vehicle. The reporting party, J. D., who owns a landscaping business, told law enforcement that when he arrived at work around 11:00 P.M. On December 28, 2025, he noticed his red 2000 Ford F550 (MN/YAH9020) was missing from the lot. The last time J. D. Saw the vehicle was December 27, 2026, around 2:00 P.M. J. D. Also stated the truck had a yellow Fischer Expendable Plow XLS and a yellow Fischer Seeder/Salter in the bed.

The yellow Fischer Expendable Plow XLS is estimated to be around $9,500 in value and the yellow Fischer Salter/Seeder is estimated to be around $8,900 in value. Surveillance footage for the business captured a suspect attempting to open numerous vehicles on the lot before leaving in the stolen vehicle around 1:41 P.M. On December 28, 2025. J. D. Suspected Gary Allen Stewart [DOB REDACTED], defendant herein, as the suspect on the footage based on a message he received from D. L. On Facebook messenger.

On December 31, 2025, law enforcement was dispatched to Walmart located at [ADDRESS REDACTED] NW, Coon Rapids, Anoka County, on a report of the stolen vehicle observed in the parking lot. Law enforcement located the stolen vehicle, which was spray-painted black, and it had an 8-foot trailer attached to it with a mattress loaded onto the trailer and the Fischer Salter in the bed of the truck. J. D. Stated the stolen vehicle and Fischer Salter was his, but the trailer and mattress were not. Walmart surveillance captured the driver arriving around 10:00 A.M. On December 29, 2025. The yellow Fischer Expendable Plow XLS was recovered on D. N.’s property.

D. N. Told law enforcement that defendant had been staying with him and defendant claimed they were his or his dad’s. Defendant was located at the Ramsey County Jail and, in a post-Miranda statement, defendant stated that he was staying with D. N. In December and admitted to stealing a truck from a landscaping business after trying the doors on other cars with different keys. He said the truck was red and he spray-painted it black, went to the Walmart, and fell asleep in the car. When he woke up, the car wouldn’t start so he called his dad for help with a jump start.

The Walmart surveillance confirms this series of events.