McLeod County Deputy Ken Reynolds Shoots Horse and Found Not Guilty

McLeod County, Minnesota, deputy Kenneth Reynolds shot Delvin Bethke's horse in Stewart, Minnesota.

Bethke says he heard 9 shots ring out. One horse was injured as it ran into a building to escape the shooting. The other horse had a wound which never healed.  Bethke used a metal detector, which indicated metal inside the horse at the wound.

The horse died about a year later.


McLeod County Deputy Ken Reynolds Criminally Prosecuted

Ken Reynolds was criminally prosecuted for discharging a firearm in the city limits of Stewart.

At the trial Reynolds claimed he was shooting at a woodchuck. However, no woodchuck was found where he was shooting, only a cat which appeared to have died quite a while previously.

And even if he was shooting at a woodchuck -- it is still illegal to discharge a firearm in Stewart, Minnesota.

The jury conveniently found Reynolds "not guilty."

Records of Public Servant Reynolds Hidden from the Public

The court records of the prosecution of Reynolds have also been conveniently sealed.  The truth about a public servant is hidden from the public.  All to protect a crooked cop.

$10,000 Per Month for Sheriff Service

The city of Stewart, Minnesota, pays the McLeod County sheriff $10,000 per month for police service. However, Stewart did nothing to stand up for its resident

City Officials Deny Lori Moldan is a Proxy for City to Cut Resident's Water Line

Lori Moldan appears to be the latest attorney for the city of Stewart, Minnesota. Lori Moldan is representing Bethke's neighbor, Chuck Paul, in his private attempt to resolve an issue about a public utility, with his neighbor, Delvin Bethke.


City Officials Deny that Lori Moldan is City's Lawyer

Two city officials have denied that Lori Moldan is a city lawyer. However, Moldan works for the same firm that the other city lawyers work for. And city resident Chuck Paul has said he has been pressured by the city to shut off Bethke's water, saying:

"The city is on me to get the line changed.... I'm in a rock and a hard place just like you.

That makes Chuck Paul and Lori Moldan alleged proxies for the city.

Neighbor Chuck Paul, alleged proxy for the city, cuts Bethke's water line.

City Demands Private Citizens Resolve Issue about a Public Utility

Bethke said that the city of Hutchinson itself gets easements for public utilities when needed, and does not demand that private residents do it.

However, the city of Stewart appears to be quite fixed upon the idea that a private resident must  resolve an issue regarding a public utility by getting an easement.

Four sheds on Chuck Paul's property where the proposed easement was.

Bethke said the easement Lori Moldan wanted him to sign meant that Bethke would have to pay for 3 sheds that could be torn up by putting the water line in, in addition to the cost of drafting the easement.  Said Bethke, "The lawyer even said she could see why I didn't want to sign it. They revised the proposed easement, but it was basically the same thing."

Page from the proposed Easement Agreement that says that
Bethke is required to repair any sheds damaged by any utility work.

Alleged city attorney Moldan also wanted Bethke to pay for the drafting the easement agreement, in addition to the cost of installing the new waterline.

Alleged city attorney Moldan wants Bethke also to pay for
drafting the Easement Agreement.

City Officials Fail to Condemn Deprivation of Public Utility to Resident

The city of Stewart has stood by and appears to approve of their alleged proxy Chuck Paul taking a private action to cut off a public utility to his neighbor, Bethke.

The McLeod County Sheriff, which is hired by the city for $10,000 a month, did nothing to protect a citizen's rights to public utilities..

No city official has condemned the cutting off of Bethke's water line, instead they have justified it. And according to Chuck Paul's statements, the city appears to be behind this assault on a private resident's water supply.

Raw Sewage Backs Up in Basement in Stewart, MN Homes -- For Many Years

For many years the municipal sewer lines have backed up into the homes of Stewart residents. Apparently this has been happening for nearly over 40 years.

The city of Stewart recently paid millions for a new city sewer system recently -- but it failed to address this problem.

The Central Minnesota News Network called city council member Jason Peirce today. Pierce said that to deal with overflow of the city's sewers, the city calls the MPCA to notify them, then pumps sewer water into the storm drain, which then feeds into Buffalo Creek. Peirce said the water in Buffalo Creek is tested for amounts of sewage content.

Peirce blamed the sewage back-up on excessive rains and residents pumping their sump-pumps into the sewage drain system.

Peirce said that sewage would not be flowing to the flooded area where Bethke's property is, it is fed north of the town.

Peirce did not have an answer as to why the city's new million-dollar sewer system didn't correct the raw sewage back-ups in the town.

Below is a post by Stewart resident Delvin Bethe from May 2019.




Photo of Bethke's tub showing raw sewage backed up into his tub.

Stewart's Botched Storm Drain Causes Flooding and Apparent Septic Failure

Flooding in Stewart, MN at the property of Chuck Paul.

In 2018 the city of Stewart, Minnesota, installed new storm drain lines. The map below shows one of the lines in red, which was installed on the SW corner of town. Where the red line ends, the city hooked up its new storm drain line to Delvin Bethke's private line, claiming his line was in the easement.

Current flooding as of November 2019.

However, when the city hooked up their new storm drain -- they were draining their 20" drain line into Bethke's 12" line. Delvin Bethke says this has caused flooding at his property and his neighbor's ever since.

The below photo shows flooding on the south side of Bethke's property. On the right side of the photo is Highway 212.

"The city took a shortcut and hooked a 20-inch line onto my private 12-inch line. This has caused flooding at my property for the past 2 years.  The city needed to clean out the road right of way, then install another drain tile to drain the city storm water to Lake Stewart."

The neighbor Chuck Paul's property has also been flooding.

Bethke explains, "My 12-inch line can't handle the load and the excess water backs into my pipe and floods my property. The are using my property as a holding pond."

The below picture taken November 7, 2019, shows the new storm drain line is not draining, but instead holding water.

The city's 20" drain pipe on the left, Bethke's 12" line on the right.

The below photos show standing water in the storm drain lines, sediment in the drain lines, which will build up and cause failure, and the bottom right shows washout from storms accumulating on private property.

ALLEGED RETALIATION BY CITY OFFICIALS

Bethke maintains he has been retaliated upon heavily by corrupt city officials for whistleblowing on their fraud. Bethke says this retaliation has included being harassed for cooking wieners, being fined for making "Pray for my City" signs,  the city trying to take his land, shutting off his water twice, failing to install requested utilities, filing criminal charges  for a claimed zoning violation, and many more things.

Now Bethke has been reported to the MPCA for a failing septic system -- when it appears to have been the city's botched storm drain line that caused it in the first place. Says, Bethke, "The septic system isn't working properly because the water table is getting too high from the new storm water line."

LIES REPORTED TO MPCA

It appears that whoever reported it to the MPCA lied. The letter from McLeod County Environmental Services alleges that there is sewage in the basement -- when there is no basement underneath Bethke's trailer house.

And just like the other instances Bethke cites -- once again there is a threat of criminal charges, charges which appear to be wholly based upon the city's wrongdoing. The below letter says, "You have till November 27th, 2019, to provide McLeod County Environmental Services with a compliance inspection or this matter wil be turned over to the County Attorney for review."

Bethke says he has consulted an attorney and is considering his options regarding holding the city liable for the cost of a new septic system.

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The storm drain line when it was being installed.

Storm storm tiles lined up on Grove Street before installation.

Storm drain lines buried.

Storm drain lines being covered.

Breaking News! Crime in Stewart, Minnesota - Break-In, Theft, and Vandalism

Delvin Bethke's property where the water was recently shut off in October 2019, has been broken into.  It was vandalized and belongings were stolen.

Bethke's water bill was paid -- but the city has been pressuring a neighbor to retaliate on Bethke for them.  Bethke reports he has been persecuted and retaliated against by city officials for years for exposing their corruption. 

Stay tuned for updates.

City of Stewart Pumps Raw Sewage into Buffalo Creek

The City of Stewart, Minnesota, is dumping raw sewage into Buffalo Creek, which has been confirmed by council member Jason Peirce.

This photo obtained by the Central Minnesota News Network shows a Stewart, Minnesota city employee pumping raw sewage from the sewer line into the storm drain. The storm drain then empties into Buffalo Creek. 

The photo was taken in the summer of 2019 near Form-a-Feed in Stewart. The witness reported that this was done many times during the summer of 2019.




The Central Minnesota News Network called city council member Jason Peirce today. Pierce said that to deal with overflow of the city's sewers, the city calls the MPCA to notify them, then pumps sewer water into the storm drain, which then feeds into Buffalo Creek. Peirce said the water in Buffalo Creek is tested for amounts of sewage content.

Peirce attributed the sewage back-up on excessive rains and residents pumping their sump-pumps into the sewage drain system.

Peirce said that sewage would not be flowing to the flooded area where Bethke's property is, it is fed north of the town.

Peirce did not have an answer as to why the city's new million-dollar sewer system didn't correct the raw sewage back-ups in the town.

Home Invasion by Winsted Deputy Justin Heldt and McLeod County Deputy Justin Heldt

This story was originally covered by Lion News.

"These people shouldn't be able to ruin people's lives like this. The thing has been devastating for me. I didn't have any positive drug tests, I  had to sign over my children at the time. My live has been turned upside down. I lost my kids, my house, my job.  There was no reason for them to be in there."

Heather Swantek and her fiance Jesse Schafer's home was illegally invaded by Winsted, Minnesota deputy Justin Heldt and McLeod County deputy Justin Heldt.  Swantek arrived home to find the two officers in her house, whispering on the landing.  Swantek was falsely charged with drug possession, lost her house, her job, and at the time her children.  Swantek and Schafer's lives have been turned upside down in the pursuit of justice, eventually getting the fabricated charges against Swantek dismissed.



In the above video Swantek describes what happened:

"In May 2014 police McLeod County deputy Craig Rossow  and Chief of Police Justin Heldt illegally broke into my home without any warrant or any probable cause whatsoever. I interrupted them when I came home, unlocked my door, and found them in my home.

"I can prove this if they'd hand over their free electronic public data in the form of their policy and procedure manuals, but they have been refusing to do it.

"I had to go to jail. 

"They sent in a half pound of epsom salts, tried to say it was methamphetamine, which it never was. They just sent stuff in and thought maybe we'd plea out before it came back. It came back from the BCA. There was nothing in there. And there's a motion to throw that out.

"In the meantime I filed a complaint against the [Winsted] city attorney Fran Eggers and Chief of Police Heldt because they illegally are witholding that information to cover up a crime. Also I filed this today with Patrick Melvin MacLeod County administrator against Michael Junge and Scott Rehmann for withholding that information.

"They're using public funds to cover up a crime. If we were found in their house, we would be doing a mandatory minimum sentence for burglary. 

"These people shouldn't be able to ruin people's lives like this. The thing has been devastating for me. I didn't have any positive drug tests, I  had to sign over my children at the time. My live has been turned upside down. I lost my kids, my house, my job.  There was no reason for them to be in there. 

"They didn't even have their radios on. They claim they went in the house because the door was open and they were looking for a possible burglar. Why didn't you turn your radios and call for back up?

Credit: Lion News

"Each one of them did a separate report. In their report they never wrote once their guns were drawn. On the stand, they claimed their guns were drawn.

"When I come home, I unlocked my door. Who locked the door behind them if their going after a burglar? 

"So I unlocked the door and I find them whispering together. They were stuttering, "Uh uh uh the the the the the door was open." Then they call for back up.

"I went to the McLeod County Herald Journal already, they have no interest in covering the crime, public safety's not an issue for them.They ran my story with my mugshot on there, and all my kids got to see it. And none of it was true. 

"I would like my side of the story get out and I would hope to God that someone would have the decency to do that.

"These people shouldn't be allowed to do this to people. They went around telling all of my neighbors I'm a drug dealer. My kids are in a small town school. I've suffered alot of emotional distress over this. And none of it even needed to happen. All they had to do was look at their d*** employee manual or turn it over to us and they'd clearly see they couldn't be in there legally anyway, and they should have thrown everything out.

Credit:  Lion News

"It's home invasion.

"I don't even have any expectation of privacy in my own home. I can't even trust the people we're supposed to be able to call for safety."

Jesse Schafer chimed in,  "I was in the garage the whole time it happened."


After having her life seared by this home invasion and ensuing legal assault, Swantek got the charges against her dismissed.

Credit:  Lion News

As of this writing, November 6, 2019, Justin Heldt's Linked In says he is still employed by the City of Winsted.



More Lion News coverage of this story at these links:

Case No. 43-CR-14-715 - Dismissed - State Of Minnesota VS Heather Swantek? Chief Judge Terrence E. Conkel Leaves Case Open Even Though He Closed It? Conkel's Attempt To Criminally Defame Swantek? Winsted Police Chief Justin Heldt & McLeod Co. Sheriff Scott Rehmann Still Illegally Withholding Free Electronic Public Data Which Proves Home Invasion By Corrupt Cops? Public Money Used To Cover Up Crime? You Can't Trust Any Arrest, Prosecution Or Conviction In Lawless McLeod Co., Can You?


Jesse Schafer & Heather Swantek File A Complaint Against McLeod Co. Attorney Michael Junge & Sheriff Scott Rehmann? Junge & Rehmann Conspiring With Winsted City Attorney Fran Eggert & Police Chief Justin Heldt To Cover Up May 13, 2014 Home Invasion? Winsted's Herald Journal Aiding & Abetting In Local Corruption? Herald's Editor Ivan Raconteur Willfully Refuses To Interview Schafer & Swantek? City Of Winsted Willfully Refuses To Acknowledge Receipt Of Complaint? Malicious Case No. 43-CR-14-715 To Be Dismissed?


Jesse Schafer & Heather Swantek File A Personnel Complaint Against Winsted City Attorney Fran Eggert & Police Chief Justin Heldt? Eggert & Heldt Conspiring With McLeod Co. Attorney Michael Junge & Sheriff Scott Rehmann To Cover Up May 13, 2014 Home Invasion?


Attorney Kelly Dohm Is Advising City Of Winsted To Illegally Withhold Incriminating Free Electronic Public Data (Winsted Police Dept Policy & Procedure Manual), Isn't She? Dohm "Lawyers Up" And Refuses To Incriminate Herself When Asked To ID Phony Redactions?

Harassing Letter Sent To Heather Swantek By Her Malicious Prosecutor McLeod Co. Attorney Michael Junge? Swantek And Schafer File Complaint With POST Board & Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board Against Co. Attorney Junge - Winsted City Attorney Eggert - McLeod Co. Sheriff Rehmann - Winsted Police Chief Heldt? Free Electronic Public Data Still Being Illegally Withheld By City & County To Cover Up May 13, 2014 Home Invasion?