By Sarah Colburn
scolburn@stcloudtimes.com
EDEN LAKE TOWNSHIP — Police in and out of Minnesota are looking for two people accused of luring a real estate agent into a house, assaulting her and trying to handcuff her.
John Joseph Novicky, 52, and his
sister-in-law, Mary Josephine Still, 20, are wanted on potential charges of kidnapping, second degree assault and terroristic threats.
Novicky's wife of three years is pleading for the couple to come clean.
"That's all I want is for both of them to turn themselves in. I know it's going to cost them, but I would rather nobody else get hurt," Margaret Novicky said.
She's heard from them three or four times and in
one call her husband, who suffers from depression, threatened to commit suicide. Still was staying at the Novicky's home.
Saturday, John Novicky and Still posed as a married couple and went to a Cold Spring open house
staged by Roxanne Forstner with Counselor Realty of St. Cloud. Sunday, they called Forstner and toured homes.
According to the complaint, the 10-minute assault happened after Forstner agreed to walk through Novicky's
house at 22098 Deep Lake Road to determine what it might be worth.
In the basement, Still pointed a gun at Forstner and told her to do as she was told. Forstner grabbed the gun and Novicky put a handcuff on her, the
complaint said. The three struggled and Forstner lost control of the gun, but escaped from the house leaving behind her shoes, cellular telephone and jewelry.
