Samuel Jonathon Lamson

On May 9, 2026, at approximately 4:09 A.M., Saint Paul Officers were dispatched to the Ordway Theater Center, [ADDRESS REDACTED], Saint Paul, County of Ramsey, on a burglary. Officers arrived and met KMC, security employee at Ordway. KMC showed officers video that showed a male wearing a dark jacket and dark jeans rolling a large cart on the second floor. Officers arrived and made an announcement. A male-later identified as SAMUEL JONATHON LAMSON, [DOB REDACTED]-was observed walking out through a door.

LAMSON was arrested and searched. He had a small headlamp around his neck. Behind the door that LAMSON emerged, there was a room with a duffel bag and a garbage bag with wine bottles, two laptop computers, a docking station, and a charging cord that were property of the Ordway. The duffel bag had a staff member’s name tags. The duffel bag was taken from the staff member’s locker. After a Miranda advisory, LAMSON spoke to an officer. He said he entered the building from 5th Street and the door was unlocked.

He went inside the building to get water and was alone. In a second interview, LAMSON said he did not intend to steal anything. KMC said shortly after 4:00 A.M., she heard a commotion in the building. When she checked the monitor, she saw a male pushing a cart with a yellow tarp over it. She thought the male was a member of the production crew. She checked the login information and no one used a badge to enter the building recently. KMC said no one should be in the building. KMC said she recently made rounds around the building and all the doors were secure.

The only way to enter the building is with a key card. In the locker room, there was an empty case of Cline Family Cellars. A door appeared to be barricaded with a mop stick in between the handles of a double door. A speaker was laying on the floor. Items appeared out of place. A set of red Milwaukee toolboxes on wheels had a microwave stacked on top and covered with a blanket. On the second floor of the Ordway Center, there was a window with the screen out of place and the window open. Officer viewed video that showed LAWSON going to the fire escape stairwell.

He is also seen inside the Ordway Center carrying and moving property around.