Just days after a woman involved in his case pleaded not guilty, a local man has changed his plea to guilty for possession of drugs and stolen property.

Steven John Holm, 29, changed his plea to guilty Friday in Mower County Court for charges of fifth-degree drug possession and receiving stolen property. One count of fifth-degree drug sale of a marijuana mixture was dismissed.

A woman allegedly involved in the same case, Nicole Lynn O’Brien, 33, pleaded not guilty to all three of those charges just last week.

According to the court complaint, deputies found $1,000 in tools reportedly stolen from a construction site and two $600 burial vaults stolen from a LeRoy funeral home during their search at the 500 block of North Main Street on Jan. 16. They also found items that tested positive for methamphetamines, more than 100 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, grow lights, potting soil and plastic cups filled with soil.

In February, Holm filed his own claim against the Mower County Sheriff’s Office. Holm said sheriff’s deputies wrongfully seized medications, collectibles, lighting systems, jewelry, perfumes and lotions valued at $8,000. He claimed deputies illegally shuffled through a trash can and scouted the LeRoy residence before they obtained an official search warrant and raided the home on Jan. 16.

“They illegally took matters into their own hands and blatantly disregarded the law by rifling through a trash receptacle 20 feet … out of view … around the side of my home,” Holm wrote in his complaint against the sheriff’s office. “The result of this illegal search on private property while they were trespassing resulted in the issuance of a search warrant for the rest of the property …”

Holm further mentioned he is a reputable eBay dealer who has received praise for his Internet business. The next hearing in his case against the sheriff’s office is set for mid-June.