Man Arrested for Threatening Fellow Moviegoer Over Alleged Key Theft

A Minneapolis man has been charged with threatening to kill a man outside in Edina after accusing the man of stealing his keys.

Quentin Dale Roberts, 29, is charged with making terroristic threats, a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Roberts remains in the Hennepin County Jail on a $30,000 bond. He is scheduled to make a first appearance on the charge Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court.

According to the criminal complaint, signed by Detective Richard Lutz, police were called to the parking lot outside the at Southdale at about 8 p.m. May 4 on a report of an assault.

Officers spoke to the victim, who said he was walking to his car after watching a movie when Roberts—whom he didn’t know—confronted him, accusing him of stealing his keys while they were both inside the theater.

When the victim denied stealing Roberts’ keys, Roberts told him he had a gun in his car and he was going to get it and shoot the victim, according to the complaint.

Roberts then grabbed the victim’s shirt, punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground, where he kicked him three or four times, according to Lutz’s account.

A theater employee and mall security officers intervened. When police arrived, the victim’s face was bloody from the assault, the complaint says.

A witness confirmed to police that Roberts told the victim he had a gun in his car and "he wasn’t afraid to use it," according to the complaint.

Roberts’ criminal history includes a conviction for fifth-degree assault in 1999, when he was 17, and a conviction for second-degree burglary in 2011.

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