The third of four teens charged in the assault of a Blue Earth Area football teammate has been sentenced. However, no details are available because the hearing held in Blue Earth County juvenile court was closed to the public. Dale Hurley, father of the victim, says the Faribault County Attorney’s Office has informed him that […]
Continue ReadingA 38-year-old Blue Earth woman has lost an appeal to overturn her perjury conviction related to the 2017 assault of a Blue Earth Area football player. Allison Ann Mastin was accused of lying during a July 2018 omnibus hearing for Wyatt Tungland, a teen involved in the assault of a teammate at another player’s house […]
Continue ReadingA second mother accused of trying to cover-up her son’s involvement in the assault of a Blue Earth Area football player has struck a plea deal. Renee Lee Nagel, 47, of Blue Earth has accepted Faribault County Attorney Kathryn Karjala’s offer of a continuance for dismissal. Under the agreement, Nagel was placed on six months […]
Continue ReadingTwo mothers who were charged after their sons were convicted of assaulting a Blue Earth Area football teammate in 2017 appear to have their cases coming to an end. Mankato attorney Patrick Casey says while the court hasn’t addressed his client’s right to a speedy trial, he and Faribault County prosecutors have reached a deal. […]
Continue ReadingFaribault County taxpayers may never know the cost of prosecuting cases associated with the assault of a Blue Earth Area football player. County Attorney Kathryn Karjala says the conviction of four teens and a person charged with perjury involves more than legal costs. “Faribault County is not required to create data to respond to a […]
Continue ReadingA second mother of a teen convicted in the assault of a Blue Earth Area football teammate during a drinking party at a Winnebago house in October 2017 has been charged. According to documents filed in Faribault County District Court, Renee Lee Nagel, 47, of Blue Earth faces felony counts of aiding an offender; aiding […]
Continue ReadingThe mother of a teen convicted in the October 2017 assault of a Blue Earth Area football player at a Winnebago party is facing four felony charges. Shawna Barnett, 47, of Des Moines, Iowa, has been charged with aiding an offender; aiding an offender — obstructing investigation; conspiracy to aid an offender; and conspiracy to […]
Continue ReadingThere will not be a new trial for a 37-year-old Blue Earth woman convicted of perjury. Instead, she’ll be doing some jail time. Judge Troy Timmerman sentenced Allison Ann Mastin to 30 days in the Faribault County Jail after denying attorney Gary Gittus’s motion for a new trial at a hearing held March 9. Mastin […]
Continue ReadingAn attorney for a Blue Earth woman convicted of perjury last month is seeking a new trial claiming his client’s constitutional rights were violated and there was prosecutorial misconduct. Allison Ann Mastin, 37, was convicted of perjury following a two-day trial that began on Jan. 23. In court papers filed on Feb.7 in Faribault County […]
Continue ReadingThe start of Day 2 in the two-day jury trial of a Blue Earth woman charged with perjury had to be delayed because the defendant was a no-show. According to court records, Allison Ann Mastin, 37, was arrested Thursday night reportedly for domestic assault and spent the night in Faribault County Jail. “She was booked […]
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