Eagan police said Wednesday that they have identified a man caught on store surveillance video stealing charity donation jars from a gas station counter last week and have charged him with misdemeanor theft.
Police on April 11 released pictures of a man who they say distracted a store clerk at SuperAmerica, 2250 Cliff Road, at about 1 p.m. April 6 and snatched two donation jars meant for Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul. The jars together contained only about $5 in cash.
On April 12, police were contacted by someone who saw the pictures and identified the suspect as 25-year-old Michael Kevin Dullinger, said Eagan police officer Aaron Machtemes, department spokesman. A relative also identified Dullinger as the man in the pictures, according to Machtemes.
Police have reached out to Dullinger but have not yet spoken with him, Machtemes said. Dullinger was mailed a citation for misdemeanor theft Wednesday.
“For whatever reason, he felt the need to steal from a children’s hospital,” Machtemes said.
Dullinger was convicted of theft twice in 2015 and once in 2016, state court records show.