Hobbick sentenced to three years in prison for Town of Elk Mound burglary
By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has sentenced 38-year-old Ryan Hobbick to three years in prison for a burglary at A-Z Auto & Truck Salvage & Recycling Center on state Highway 29 near Elk Mound.
In addition to three years in prison, Judge James Peterson sentenced Hobbick to five years of extended supervision at a hearing in Dunn County Circuit Court May 24.
A Dunn County jury found Hobbick guilty of burglary following a one-day trial in February.
Hobbick also is charged in other cases in Dunn County with felony counts of misappropriating identification to obtain money, several counts of fraud against a financial institution, issuing worthless checks, and credit card fraud in an amount greater than $10,000.
At the time of the Town of Elk Mound burglary, Hobbick lived in Ridgeland, although online court records indicate a current address of Menomonie.
Miles J. Gloss, an uncle of Hobbick’s wife, Tiffany, pleaded guilty in April of 2015 to one felony count of burglary related to items stolen from A-Z Auto & Truck Salvage & Recycling Center and agreed to testify against others implicated in the burglary.
Gloss was sentenced to probation and 120 days in the county jail, but his probation was revoked in January, and he was sentenced to four years in state prison.
Gloss and Hobbick also were charged with multiple felony charges of theft and burglary in Chippewa County in connection with thefts from businesses and construction sites totaling more than $60,000.
Stevie Walls Sr., 53, Tiffany Hobbick’s father, and Stevie Walls Jr., 33, also were charged in connection with the thefts from A-Z Auto Salvage.
Court records indicate Menomonie addresses for Walls Sr. and Jr.
Court records previously listed addresses in Elk Mound and Boyceville for the two men.
During the jury trial Michael Larson, Wayne Larson’s son, testified that his father had operated A-Z Towing for 25 years, and that since his father’s death, he has gone out to check the property.
Larson testified that one day when he went to check on the property, he noticed that someone had changed the padlock on the front gate.
David Bolgren, an investigator for Menards, testified that $15,798 worth of merchandize had been ordered by the deceased Wayne Larson, including gift cards, a mattress, a rocker-recliner, copper pipe and “rose mauve” paint.
According to the criminal complaint, a search warrant was executed at the home of Ryan and Tiffany Hobbick in Ridgeland on December 15, 2014.
Law enforcement officers seized receipts from Menards totaling $5,377 in copper tubing and parts ordered from the Eau Claire Menards West; $3,896 in copper tubing and parts ordered from the Rice Lake Menards; $1,698 in furniture and personal products from Eau Claire Menards East; and a $2,000 Menards gift card to be delivered to the Hobbick address in the name of Michael Johnson.
All together, more than $15,500 worth of online items were ordered from Menards, although according to records from Menards, $4,661 was returned or canceled for a total of $10,870.
A status conference on the other cases in which Hobbick has been charged is scheduled in Dunn County Circuit Court in August.
Tiffany Hobbick is scheduled for a plea hearing in Dunn County June 6.
