The fugitive former manager of a small-town Minnesota grain elevator who disappeared in September after allegedly stealing nearly $5 million from the business, surrendered to authorities Tuesday before appearing in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, where he was charged with mail fraud, reports the Star Tribune.
Jerry Hennessey, Dalton, MN, appeared yesterday in court, formally charged with sending fraudulently obtained money through the U.S. mail.
The Star Tribune reports the 56-year-old, who had managed the elevator for nearly 30 years and has been on the run since September, already faces a lawsuit in state court accusing him of stealing more than $4.9 million from the Ashby Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co. in Ashby, MN.
Hennessey was formally charged Tuesday with sending fraudulently obtained money through the U.S. mail. He was allowed to go free after the hearing provided he adhere to numerous conditions imposed by the judge, including that his location will be electronically monitored and he cannot leave Minnesota without permission from his probation officer.
Read the full report at the Star Tribune.
