Bar break-in leads to arrest [UPDATED]

Published 10:09am Monday, October 29, 2012 Updated 12:10pm Monday, October 29, 2012

A burglary alarm sounded after a man allegedly forcefully broke into Marie’s Bar in Underwood Saturday.

The bar’s door was found forced open when the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office responded to the alarm at around 2:20 a.m.

A vehicle was seen speeding away from the scene, and Dakota Alan Johnson, 21, of Underwood was pulled over and later arrested for several possible charges including third-degree burglary, DUI and criminal damage to property.

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