Net Tightens Around Fugitive Home Burglar

A suspected serial home burglar managed to evade Wayzata and Minnetonka police Tuesday morning.

Police say a citizen reported seeing a man matching the description of 44-year-old Jeffrey Boemer near the intersection of Hwy. 394 and 101 just after 10 a.m. Boemer is believed to be responsible for multiple home invasions in the Wayzata and Minnetonka area, the most recent of which .

A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his capture.

Sergeant Dave Riegert of the Minnetonka Police Department describes Boemer as a "bad dude" with an extensive criminal record and one police have been hunting for several weeks.

"He’s generally very transient and stays in shelters and buses," Riegert said. "There’s still a stolen vehicle that he took from the house. He could still be potentially driving that. Mostly he rides the bus."

Riegert went on to say several area homeowners have come home to find Boemer inside their residence and described his methods as "pretty bold and brazen."

"We would like to get him scooped up," Riegert said. "He has been spotted. We’re always just a little bit behind him."

Boemer has been convicted twice of burglary offenses in Minnetonka. He was sentenced to just under four years in prison after a 1997 felony conviction and given 96 months after being found guilty in 2000 of felony-level burglary.