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Brown County District Court • Gross misdemeanor theft charges were filed Dec. 4 against Scott Allan Swenstad, 57, Mankato and Thursday against Michael Eric Blomquist, 53, 316 S. German St., New Ulm. According to court documents, New Ulm Police responded to a theft report at 1:07 p.m. Sept. 6 at Menards. A store manager told police two men entered the store parking lot in a red Ford Ranger at about 2:36 p.m. Sept. 5. One man entered the store, grabbed a shopping bag and cart and went to the electrical department. The other man stayed in the vehicle. A few minutes later, the other ...

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Brown County District Court • A gross misdemeanor theft charge was filed Tuesday against Robert Lugo Jr., 35, Fairmont. According to court documents, a New Ulm Police officer responded to a theft report at Walmart at 6:10 p.m. Monday. A store loss prevention associate (witness) said he noticed a shopping cart on the east side of the building Sunday. Surveillance footage showed a man he identified through previous encounters as Lugo put items into a shopping cart at about 6:16 p.m. Lugo then left the store through a garden center fire exit without paying for the items in his ...

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Brown County District Court • A gross misdemeanor theft charge was filed Tuesday against Robert Lugo Jr., 35, Fairmont. According to court documents, a New Ulm Police officer responded to a theft report at Walmart at 6:10 p.m. Monday. A store loss prevention associate (witness) said he noticed a shopping cart on the east side of the building Sunday. Surveillance footage showed a man he identified through previous encounters as Lugo put items into a shopping cart at about 6:16 p.m. Lugo then left the store through a garden center fire exit without paying for the items in his cart. ...

Brown County Record

(Charges are petty misdemeanors unless otherwise noted). DRIVER FAILS TO STOP FOR STOP SIGN Rollie Edward Forstner, 17792 180th Ave., New Ulm. $135. SPEEDING Aiden Douglas Guggisberg, 1725 Boettger Rd. New Ulm. 65/55. $125. Dakota Jeffrey Gutzke. Darfur. 64/55. $125. Katie Elizabeth Hillesheim, St. Cloud. 81/55. $285. Transito Juarez Pu, 315 Armstrong Blvd. St. James. 66/55. $135. Also driving after revocation. $200. Gabriel Thomas Landmark. 108 Burnside St. S.E. Sleepy Eye. 65/55. $125. Elizabeth Anne Stark, 1000 S. Franklin. New Ulm. 65/55. $125. John Gaylord Thompson. Bird ...

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Brown County District Court • A felony third-degree drug possess 10 grams or more of a narcotic other than heroin was charged Dec. 1 against Garrett Dean Loudermilk, 43, Wykoff. According to court documents, Loudermilk was in Brown County Jail custody at 3:20 p.m. Nov. 27 when a baggie with a clear, milky-colored, rock-like substance was found on the his cell floor during a jail cell check. Loudermilk denied the baggie was his but no one else had been in the cell with him and the baggie was not there during earlier rounds. The baggie was about three inches and by five inches and ...

Brown County Record

(Charges are petty misdemeanors unless otherwise noted). STARTING AND REPORTING FIRES Anthony John Bauer, 20792 CR 27, New Ulm. $135. DISORDERLY CONDUCT James Jeffrey Ludewig, 20449 230th Ave. Sleepy Eye. $585. 90 days local confinement, 87 stayed for one year supervised probation. Credit for three days served. Domestic abuse counseling/treatment completion, Domestic Abuse Batterer’s Intervention Program. Misdemeanor. ATV-PROHIBITIONS ON YOUTHFUL OPERATORS-PASSENGERS UNDER 18 HELMET REQUIRED Tyler Adam Prescott, 308 S. Dekalb St. Redwood Falls. $135. SPEEDING Janice ...