A man whom St. Paul police said last week they wanted to question in the June break-in at the home of Roman Catholic Archbishop John Nienstedt has turned himself in. Police announced on Thursday they were looking for Kelvin Benjamin Smalls, 25.
He called police on Sunday and said he knew officers were seeking him, said Sgt. Paul Schnell, police spokesman.
Officers picked up Smalls and he was booked into the Ramsey County jail at about 11 p.m. on suspicion of felony burglary. He has not been charged.
Police continue to investigate, Schnell said.
A 75-pound safe was stolen during the predawn break-in at Nienstedt's home in St. Paul on June 28.
Police believe the thief or thieves broke in through the window of a second-story closet connected to Nienstedt's bedroom.
Church officials originally thought that a priceless set of historical rings and crosses — handed down from archbishop to archbishop for some 150 years since being brought to the United States from Ireland — had been taken, but the items later turned up in Nienstedt's bedroom closet.
Still missing are four crosses and several rings that belonged to Nienstedt.
He brought them from his previous assignment as bishop of the New Ulm Diocese.
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