On October 25, 2017, at approximately 10:52 a.m., the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office along with the SE MN Violent Crime Enforcement Team, the Mower County Sheriff’s Office, the Austin Police Department with their K-9 and the Austin-Mower County SIRT (Special Incident Response Team) executed a search warrant on a residence in the 18000 block of 160th Street in rural Spring Valley. The search warrant was executed for the arrest and apprehension of 34-year-old Steven John Holm who was wanted for numerous warrants in Fillmore County, Mower County and Blue Earth County. Upon entry, Holm was not found inside the residence, and it was learned that Holm had left the area and taken off on a dirt bike. Through the investigation, the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office expanded their search and learned that Holm was seen at the intersection of Fillmore County Road 14 and 141st Avenue in rural Spring Valley. The officers set up a perimeter around the area and requested extra assistance from the Minnesota State Patrol helicopter and the Rochester Police Department K-9 unit. Numerous buildings were checked and Holm was not found. During the execution of the initial search warrant on 160th Street, the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office located numerous stolen property items along with illegal drugs and seized them with a second search warrant. The Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office did not consider Holm to be armed and dangerous and asked for the public’s assistance in finding him.
Holm was wanted for the following warrants:
Felony Warrants: Fillmore County – Burglary, Fillmore County – Fail to Appear, Fillmore County – Receiving Stolen Property, Mower County – 5th degree drug possession, Mower County – Fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle
Misdemeanor Warrants: Mower County – Property damage, Mower County – Disorderly conduct, Blue Earth County – Fail to appear
On October 26, 2017, at approximately 4 p.m., the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office received information that Steven John Holm was seen in the City of Spring Valley going into the Spring Valley Public Library. Several deputies were dispatched to the area and at 4:10 p.m., Steven John Holm was taken into custody without incident. Ironically, Holm was seated at a computer terminal in the library reading an article on the KTTC website about himself from the incident the day before where he was running from law enforcement. Holm was transported to the Mower County Jail for holding.
Fillmore County Sheriff Tom Kaase would like to thank citizens for being on the alert, paying attention to our news releases and notifying law enforcement to make this arrest possible.