James Leon Combs

On November 18, 2025 Officers were dispatched to a store in the city of Columbia Heights in the County of Anoka for a reported theft. An employee of the store showed a video of two men, one of who was identified as James Leon Combs [DOB REDACTED], herein Defendant enter the store. While an accomplice cashes a check to distract the employee, Defendant surreptitiously reaches behind a counter and takes two iPhones, hiding them by placing his hat over them. When the employee is again distracted, he pockets the phones and the two leave the store.

One phone was an Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max valued at $1,119.99, and the other was a Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max valued at $1,189.00.