A 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 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 ReadingA Blue Earth teen sentenced in the assault of a former Blue Earth Area football teammate is back in jail. According to the Faribault County Jail roster, 19-year-old Dalton Lee Nagel was taken into custody and booked at 2:31 a.m. Saturday. Nagel is facing a pending charge of violating probation conditions that were placed on […]
Continue ReadingTripleanews.com has learned Winnebago Police were recently issued a search warrant related to the assault of a former Blue Earth Area football player last October. Police Chief Eric Olson says the warrant was obtained for Blue Earth Area School District. “Officer Jacob Petitt and I served the warrant last Friday afternoon at the district’s administration […]
Continue ReadingObtaining information on three cases involving the assault of a former Blue Earth Area football player hasn’t been easy. E-mails to Faribault County Attorney Kathryn Karjala-Curtis from Tripleanews.com regarding the status of two juvenile cases have gone unanswered. During a public meeting held last Thursday in Winnebago, Karjala-Curtis was asked how far along the juvenile […]
Continue ReadingOne day after graduating with his classmates, a Blue Earth Area student charged in the October 2017 assault of a football teammate appeared in court for a plea hearing held Monday morning in Fairmont. Faribault County assistant county attorney LaMar Piper told Martin County Judge Michael Trushenski that 18-year-old Dalton Nagel has agreed to plead […]
Continue ReadingA teen charged in an alleged assault that occurred last October in Winnebago is in legal trouble again. According to the Faribault County Jail roster, 18-year-old Wyatt Eugene Tungland of Frost was arrested and booked into custody at 2:34 a.m. Saturday. Tungland faces pending charges of liquor consumption under age 21, fleeing a peace officer […]
Continue ReadingA father whose son was allegedly beaten by four Blue Earth Area football teammates is hoping justice doesn’t get lost in the shuffle. In early January, Faribault County Attorney Troy Timmerman was sworn in as a judge in the Fifth Judicial District. The County Board in February hired Lamar Piper on an interim basis to […]
Continue ReadingA Faribault County judge says a Blue Earth teen must face an assault charge stemming for the allege beating of a former football teammate last October in Winnebago. In a three-page omnibus order, Judge Douglas Richards denied defense attorney Michael Kircher’s motion to have a charge of aiding and abetting third-degree assault against 18-year-old Dalton […]
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