Teenager Albert Lea pleads guilty in second of five car burglaries FR24 News English

(ABC 6 News) – An Albert Lea teenager pleaded guilty to one of four counts of tampering with a motor vehicle in Freeborn County Court Friday.

Lah Soe, 19, was previously arrested on February 15 and pleaded guilty to “searching” Albert Lea’s cars for valuables on the same day.

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Three days after this arrest and conviction, Soe was arrested and charged with the exact same crime.

He was arrested and charged with two counts of tampering with a motor vehicle on March 3, followed by another arrest and charge on May 28.

Soe pleaded guilty to a previous tampering charge from Jan. 22, in exchange for dismissal of charges from Feb. 18 to May 28.

He was immediately sentenced to 1 year of probation and ordered to complete cognitive skills training and “anti-theft programming.”

If Soe does not complete this probation without incident, he could be re-sentenced to 90 days, according to court documents.