MONROE — Three teens, two from Monroe and another from Freeport, signed $20,000 signature bonds in late December on charges alleging they conspired to break into a Town of Clarno home and steal guns.

Darik M. Dowell, 17, Hannah L. Swenson, 17, and LaShawn T. Thurman Jr., 19, are each charged with one felony count of burglary, four felony counts of theft and one misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property, all as a party to a crime.

Dowell also faces a misdemeanor charge of resisting or obstructing an officer. Court records indicate he attended Monroe High School until recently but now lives near Wausau. Swenson has a Monroe address listed, while Thurman lives in Freeport.

All three are due back in court later in January for preliminary hearings. They all have restrictions on their social media use as a bond condition.

According to police reports filed with the criminal complaints:

Dowell, Swenson and Thurman worked together to break into a home south of Monroe on County P on Oct. 11 and stole a safe, jewelry, coins and three firearms: a .357 Ruger model GP100 revolver, SIG Sauer 9mm P2022 handgun and SIG Sauer .45 P250 pistol.

One of the guns was later recovered by Freeport police during a search warrant on a house.

Dowell was missing from fourth period and tardy for fifth period at school on the day of the burglary, during the time police believe it was committed. He at first denied being involved, then told police he helped Swenson and Thurman find the house under threat.

Three days before the burglary, Dowell messaged Swenson the address. He also messaged with someone looking to buy “poles,” a slang term for guns.

Police got warrants for their social media accounts and found that Swenson’s and Thurman’s Snapchat locations place them in the area of the burglary at the time it is believed to have been committed.

Swenson and Thurman posted photos and videos to social media of themselves posing with guns, police found. In one video, Thurman is wearing a black Monroe Cheesemakers Track and Field hooded sweatshirt and saying “pow pow pow pow” as he points the gun at the camera. 

In another image, Swenson is pointing a black semi-automatic handgun at the camera with her finger on the trigger while “a filter of an alien waving” partially obscures her face, according to one officer’s description.