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    February 14, 2019
    This photo shows Jerry Hennessey in Mexico in January 2013. The photo was taken by Arizona-based hunting company, Sonora Dark Horn. (Photo courtesy of Sonora Dark Horn)
    Ashby co-op manager pleads guilty to mail fraud, tax evasion: Hennessey was accused of embezzling over $5M
    MINNEAPOLIS — The former general manager of the defunct Ashby Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co. pleaded guilty to federal felony charges of...
    news/crime-and-courtsFebruary 14, 2019 - 3:41pm
    February 13, 2019
    A bar and hunting trophies in Jerry Hennessey's home in Dalton, Minn. Courtesy of Century 21
    Ashby co-op manager accused of stealing lists house for sale for $795,000
    DALTON, Minn. — Jerome "Jerry" Hennessey, the former general manager of the Ashby Farmers Cooperative Elevator, has put his house up for sale...
    news/crime-and-courtsFebruary 13, 2019 - 5:55pm
    February 4, 2019
    This photo shows Jerry Hennessey in Mexico in January 2013. The photo was taken by Arizona-based hunting company Sonora Dark Horn. (Photo courtesy of Sonora Dark Horn)
    Former Ashby co-op manager Hennessey to show at plea hearing
    MINNEAPOLIS — Jerome “Jerry” Robert Hennessey, the former general manager of the Ashby Farmers Cooperative Elevator, is scheduled for a...
    news/crime-and-courtsFebruary 4, 2019 - 6:10pm
    January 23, 2019
    Erik Ahlgren, lawyer for Ashby Farmers Elevator Cooperative, on Oct. 15 tells members he has filed a civil suit against former general manager Jerry Hennessey and his wife, Rebecca, and has urged a federal Department of Justice to investigate possible criminal bank fraud. Seated second from left is Russell Dewey, the co-op’s board chairman. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
    Ashby Elevator embezzling scheme prompts call for farmer protections
    ST. PAUL -- Minnesota lawmakers should weigh extra safeguards for farmers to prevent grain elevator fraud cases like one discovered last year...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 23, 2019 - 6:13pm
    January 14, 2019
    Among Hennessey’s big game hunting display is a tiger. Hennessey is alleged to have misappropriated some $5.4 million over 15 years, from the Ashby farmers Cooperative Elevator, in part to support his hunting activities worldwide. Grant County District Court photo
    Documents show first glimpse of alleged co-op embezzler’s hunting trophies, debt details
    ELBOW LAKE, Minn. — Recently filed court documents include photos of hunting trophies at the home of a former Minnesota farm elevator manager...
    news/crime-and-courtsJanuary 14, 2019 - 6:00am
    December 5, 2018
    This photo shows Jerry Hennessey in Mexico in January 2013. The photo was taken by Arizona-based hunting company, Sonora Dark Horn. (Photo courtesy of Sonora Dark Horn)
    Former Minnesota elevator manager on electronic monitoring after turning himself in; Hennessey faces federal charge of mail fraud
    MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The former manager of the now-dissolved Ashby Farmers Cooperative Elevator will be on electronic monitoring pending further...
    news/crime-and-courtsDecember 5, 2018 - 4:28pm
    November 12, 2018
    Jerry Hennessey (Photo courtesy of the Battle Lake Review)
    Seasonal worker didn’t know former boss was escaping after fraud accusations
    FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Tim Leonard was awoken early on Monday, Sept. 10, by a steady knocking on the front door of his house in north Fergus...
    business/agricultureNovember 12, 2018 - 7:17am
    Erik Ahlgren of Fergus Falls, Minn., an attorney for Ashby (Minn.) Farmers Elevator Cooperative, asked for an expedited order to allow him to go onto former manager Jerry Hennessey’s homestead to inventory its taxidermy, equipment and other items for potential recovery in the wake of nearly $5 million in unauthorized checks. Photo taken Nov. 6, 2018, at Elbow Lake, Minn. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
    Co-op seeking access to inventory taxidermy, property
    ELBOW LAKE, Minn. -- The defunct Ashby (Minn.) Farmers Elevator has formally asked a court for permission to enter the property of its former...
    business/agricultureNovember 12, 2018 - 6:12am
    November 5, 2018
    Kathy Evavold, 59, is angry about rumors that her husband, Lee, 64, a Battle Lake, Minn., farmer and former member of the Ashby Farmers Elevator Cooperative, may have killed himself in July 2018 because he may have known about his friend, Jerry Hennessey’s embezzlement of $5 million. His problem was depression, she says. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service
    Suicide widow angry with rumors: Says husband didn’t know about Ashby Co-op embezzlement
    BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — Kathy Evavold has heard the rumors and they make her angry and hurt. Kathy, 59, is the widow of Leland “Lee” Evavold,...
    business/agricultureNovember 5, 2018 - 6:17am
    October 18, 2018
    Erik Ahlgren, lawyer for Ashby Farmers Elevator Cooperative, on Oct. 15 tells members he has filed a civil suit against former general manager Jerry Hennessey and his wife, Rebecca, and has urged a federal Department of Justice to investigate possible criminal bank fraud. Seated second from left is Russell Dewey, the co-op’s board chairman. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
    Ashby co-op members authorize board to sell
    ASHBY, Minn. — Ashby Farmers Elevator Cooperative members on Oct. 15 voted 54-2 to give their board authority to sell all of its assets...
    business/agricultureOctober 18, 2018 - 5:58pm
    October 2, 2018
    This photo shows Jerome "Jerry" Hennessey in Mexico in January 2013. The photo was taken by Arizona-based hunting company Sonora Dark Horn. (Photo courtesy of Sonora Dark Horn)
    Embattled Minnesota elevator reaches lease deal to reopen; alleged manager misspending now totals $4.9M
    ASHBY, Minn. —With still more reports of inappropriate spending by its former general manager, the elevator at Ashby will reopen its doors...
    business/agricultureOctober 2, 2018 - 9:06pm
    September 19, 2018
    Jerry Hennessey (Photo courtesy of the Battle Lake Review)
    Fraud-stricken Minnesota grain co-op looks for quick sale
    ASHBY, Minn. — Ashby Farmers Cooperative Elevator is closed for business but is talking with three other cooperatives in the region to...
    business/agricultureSeptember 19, 2018 - 9:00pm
    September 17, 2018
    Grant County Sheriff Troy Langlie in Elbow Lake, met with the Ashby (Minn.) Farmers Cooperative Elevator board on Sept. 14 and has assigned a deputy to investigate whether general manager Jerome “Jerry” Hennessey stole more than $2 million to support his safari hunting lifestyle.(Trevor Peterson / Forum News Service)
    Did safari hunter kill a co-op? Minnesota elevator manager accused of stealing $2 million
    ASHBY, Minn. — The investigation is only starting into how much Jerome "Jerry" Hennessey could have stolen from the Ashby Farmers Cooperative...
    business/agricultureSeptember 17, 2018 - 8:47pm
    September 13, 2018
    Central Minn. elevator closes after GM allegedly spends over $2 million for hunting safaris, taxidermy
    ASHBY, Minn. — A west-central grain elevator is going belly up, alleging that its general manager spent more than $2 million of its funds for...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 13, 2018 - 1:17pm
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