He had been one of the Brookings Co. Sheriff's Most Wanted, but 50-year-old Gerald Eldon Gosmire has been arrested.

"We received two tips on Monday morning following a Wheel of Justice program as to his whereabouts," said Kathy Hanson with the Brookings County Sheriff's Office. "Early in the afternoon, a call came in from an original tipster that gave us an exact location."

Hanson says she contacted the Minnehaha Co Sheriff’s Office with this information and they checked it out. Deputies were able to locate and arrest Gosmire without incident.

A few hours later, another person called the Brookings County Sheriff's Office with information on Gosmire. Hanson says the caller saw him over the weekend and had the same information on his whereabouts.

"We have used the Wheel of Justice on two occasions and both times we have had calls in regards to the whereabouts of the criminals," said Hanson.

She credited the cooperation of other local law enforcement agencies, like the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, who has assisted them with this and other arrests. But she says Action News' Wheel of Justice is getting them the information they need to make the arrest.

"This is a great tool, and we plan to use it again," said Hanson.

If you have any information on any fugitive targeted by the Wheel, call Crime Stoppers at (605) 367-7007. All tips are confidential.
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Editor's Note: The following story was published July 24, 2009.

He's one of the most wanted men in Brookings County.

50-year-old Gerald Eldon Gosmire is wanted for failure to appear after release on felony insufficient funds check. According to the sheriff's office, Gosmire passed a bad check of more than $2500 at a Brookings business, which is a class six felony.

Gosmire is junk dealer by trade and according to the sheriff's office, often hangs out at salvage yards and auto parts stores. In fact, he's rumored to be starting a salvage business near Hartford.

Gosmire is 6' 2" and 280 pounds.

He's believed to be somewhere in South Dakota, but was last seen in Ida Grove, IA. The sheriff's office says he's possibly driving a white 1998 Chevy pickup with expired SD plate number 51l482.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts should call the Brookings County Sheriff's Office at 605-696-8300.