DARLINGTON — Two more men were charged in Lafayette County Circuit Court with conspiring to steal trucks and other items from rural properties south of Darlington. 

Warrants were issued Feb. 11 for the arrest of Justin Tyler Zimmerman, 23, Milwaukee, and Lawrence Michael Kasper, 22, McHenry, Illinois. Each faces five Class G felony counts of theft of moveable property with a value greater than $10,000 to $100,000 and five related misdemeanor counts of theft.

The cases against the three codefendants stem from a series of vehicle thefts in early December, according to the criminal complaint.

The complaint alleges they targeted four addresses and took: a 2018 Ram 2500 truck from the 15000 block of County K, along with a pair of sunglasses and a knife valued at $240; a black Dodge Ram truck from the 13000 block of County K, along with a Milwaukee cordless drill valued at $200; a 2013 Ford F-350 extended-cab truck from the 15000 block of Dublin Road, along with a wallet with credit cards and about $200 in cash; and a 2015 Stealth 29-foot utility trailer valued at $11,000 from the 9100 block of R & K Road, along with two handheld radios and a pair of Vortex binoculars.

Kasper and Zimmerman are also charged with the burglary and theft of a 2014 Polaris Ranger UTV worth about $16,900 from the 14000 block of Salty Hollow Road.

All three pickup trucks and the trailer were later recovered, according to police reports filed with the criminal complaint.

The utility trailer and 2013 Ford F-350 were found abandoned about a week later in a construction company parking lot in Chicago. 

The truck had sustained about $4,500 in damages.

The criminal complaint cites surveillance video, highway toll violations and cellphone records as evidence. All three men’s cellphones pinged off cellular towers in the area at the time of the thefts, and Rogge and Kasper’s phones pinged in the area where the stolen truck and trailer were located in Chicago.

Kasper also faces similar charges with a warrant in Kenosha County.