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Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Two Minnesota residents are facing a laundry list of charges for allegedly breaking into multiple buildings in a Rochester apartment complex and stealing coins from washing machines and dryers.

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The criminal complaint says surveillance footage shows 30-year-old Stephanie Bellanger and 37-year-old Cody Hendrickson of Richfield breaking into buildings in the Silver Lake Apartment Complex in February of 2021. The complaint states the footage shows Bellanger and Hendrickson used a metal bar to pry open secured doors. The two then broke the coin collectors on the machines and removed the coins inside.

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Apartment managers estimated the two inflicted $200 worth of damage on each broken door and caused $100 worth of damage to each laundry machine. The complaint says each machine had $22 in coins.

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The complaint details seven incidents in which the two allegedly broke into laundry rooms throughout the apartment complex. Bellanger faces 28 charges related to the alleged break-ins while Hendrickson is facing 21 counts. Some of the charges Bellanger and Hendrickson are facing include burglary, damage to property and theft. 

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Court records indicate Bellanger is in the Minnesota State Correctional facility in Shakopee where she is serving a 13 month sentence for a drug conviction. Hendrickson made his first appearance in Olmsted County Court on Wednesday.

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