WISCONSIN COMPUTERS THEFT REPORTED AT CORPORATION The Reporter - Area homeless man admits G&L theftsA 46-year-old homeless man called police this week to confess to a recent burglary at Giddings & Lewis.

Kendall L. Wilson also told police he and a woman, who was head of security at G&L, were involved in the theft from G&L last year of six computers valued at $14,000, according to police reports.Wilson was charged Thursday with burglary and theft in connection with a Feb. 29 burglary at G&L, where he allegedly took about $100 from a petty cash fund. Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Judge Dale English ordered a signature bond and no contact with G&L or his ex-wife. Wilson’s next court appearance is scheduled for April 2.

The charges carry maximum penalties of more than 13 years in prison and $35,000 in fines.

The 54-year-old woman is expected to be charged today in connection with the theft of the computers, according to court records.

Fond du Lac Police Department Detective Steve Kaufman had been working on the computer burglary at G&L when Wilson called him March 1 to confess to the Feb. 29 burglary, according to the criminal complaint.

Kendall and the woman allegedly broke into G & L last November and stole the computers from a storage room, said Fond du Lac Police Capt. Kevin Lemke. The couple took the computers north to the Crivitz area, where they sold them to acquaintances for $250 each, using the money they received to go gambling.

The acquaintances were told the computers were surplus and were not aware they were stolen, Lemke said.

Wilson said he waited for the guards at G&L to change shifts Feb. 29 and then he jumped a fence, gaining access to one of the buildings. He rummaged through offices, forcing open a desk drawer with a crowbar, according to the criminal complaint.

He said he called police to turn himself in because he felt guilty, according to the complaint.

After he admitted to the burglary, he also admitted to stealing the six computers, according to a police report. The woman, he said, was not involved in the Feb. 29 burglary.

Wilson also is expected to face additional charges in connection with the theft of the computers.