Apple Valley Man Pleads Guilty To Stalking, Identity Theft

DAKOTA COUNTY, MN — Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom announced that Christopher Jerome Endicott, 51, of Apple Valley, has pleaded guilty to two counts of stalking (gross misdemeanor), two counts of burglary (felony), and one count of identity theft (felony), in connection with five separate cases from June of 2013 to June of 2018.

Judge Tim Wermager ordered a pre-sentence investigation and psychological evaluation. Sentencing has been set for June 17.

On Nov. 1, 2015, homeowners told Apple Valley police that upon returning to their house after being out of town they found a basement window had been broken and pulled open.

They also noted that someone had been in the master bedroom. The homeowners found two safes that had been pulled out into the basement hallway. Both were damaged but only one had been opened. At that time, the homeowners were unable to identify if anything was missing.

Two days later, police were contacted by one of the homeowners who said she was missing a white gold ring with a small diamond and a key ring that had their house keys on it.

On Jan. 12, 2018, Endicott was suspended from his job as principal of a Lakeville middle school. On Feb. 21 a Lakeville school resource officer opened a drawer of a file cabinet in Endicott's former school office, which he was using at that time, and discovered three watches, a gold ring, an antique fork and knife, a Coon Rapids High School class ring, a key on a Mercedes Benz key ring, and a thumb drive, according to police.

Investigators later met with the homeowner who lived next to Endicott and whose home was burglarized in November of 2015; she identified both the gold ring and the class ring as belonging to her.