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Suspect In Pay Day Loan Robbery Found In South Dakota Corn

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ELKTON, S.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man is accused of robbing a pay day loan business in South Dakota and taking an employee hostage before being captured hours later in a cornfield.

Authorities say the Lake Benton, Minnesota, man robbed a Check ‘n Go in Brookings, South Dakota, and took a woman hostage.

Authorities say the woman was driving the man’s truck when she purposely crashed it. That’s when the man took off into a corn field.

Brookings County Sheriff Martin Stanwick told KELO-TV that the corn was close together, making it hard for officers to find the man.

Law enforcement surrounded the field north of Elkton, using farming equipment, a helicopter and even a drone to find the suspect. But it was a police dog who finally found the man, five hours later.

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Information from: KELO-TV,

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