2 teens charged with cattle rustling in Minnesota

Published 8:32 am Wednesday, February 9, 2011

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Two teenagers have been charged with cattle rustling in three Minnesota counties.

Criminal complaints accuse 19-year-old Jesse Ronsberg of Rothsay and a 16-year-old Barnseville boy with stealing 17 calves from farms in Stearns, Todd and Douglas counties last November. The calves are valued at about $3,000.

The St. Cloud Times reports the two planned to sell the calves.

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